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From Pharisee to Tax Collector: Rethinking Tinubu’s Kenyan Comparison

In a recent remark in Yenagoa, Bola Ahmed Tinubu suggested that Nigerians should find solace in being “better off than Kenya and other African countries.” While this may have been intended to soften the impact of economic hardship and rising fuel prices, the comment risks downplaying the severity of the current crisis. It echoes the biblical parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector in the Gospel of Luke (18:9–14). A similar warning is found in the Qur’an (53:32), which cautions against self-righteousness.

Like the Pharisee who boasted of his superiority over others to mask his own spiritual void, such downward comparisons serve more as a refuge than a remedy. This validated an earlier dismissive remark by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu during electioneering: “Na statistics we go shop?” Yet statistics remain indispensable - they are the language through which nations understand their condition and chart progress. No country can develop in isolation from measurable realities or without comparing itself with peers. Comparisons, when properly grounded, are not instruments of escapism but tools of accountability. What is objectionable is not comparison itself, but comparison stripped of credible, verifiable data—mere tax collector comparisons that soothe rather than solve.

On key development indicators such as security, the Human Development Index, life expectancy, GDP per capita, literacy levels, and electricity access, Kenya consistently outperforms Nigeria. Nigeria is the fourth most terrorised nation in the world, while Kenya is not among the ten worst. Kenya’s HDI ranking is 143 out of 180 countries, with a coefficient of about 0.630, compared to Nigeria’s ranking of 164 out of 180, with a coefficient of about 0.530. Its GDP per capita is roughly $2,200–$2,300, compared to Nigeria’s $807–$835. Kenya’s poverty rate is about 43% of the population (approximately 23 million people), while Nigeria’s is about 63% (around 150 million people), over six times that of Kenya. Kenya’s life expectancy is about 67 years, while Nigeria’s is about 54 years. The literacy rate in Kenya is approximately 81–85%, compared to Nigeria’s 62–65%.

Kenya’s electricity access is higher, while Nigeria has one of the lowest levels of electricity access in the world. Kenya has about 3.5 million out-of-school children, while Nigeria has about 20 million. Kenya’s inflation rate has been about 4.5% or lower over the past three years, while Nigeria’s has remained above 15% within the same period. Kenya’s exchange rate has been around USD 1 to KES 130 over the past three years, whereas Nigeria’s exchange rate rose from below ₦500/$1 to above ₦1,250/$1 within the same period. Even with developments in the Middle East and rising oil prices, Kenyans have not experienced the sharp increases in petroleum product prices seen in Nigeria.

Across other key indicators, Kenya also performs better. In the end, these indices clearly show that Kenya ranks higher than Nigeria on several development metrics. The standard of living of Kenyans is better than that of Nigerians. If the President considers Kenyans to be suffering despite these stronger figures, then Nigerians are in a far more difficult situation. He should therefore refrain from self-consolation and, in honest reflection, take responsibility for the situation and make a determined effort to drive improvement. This requires a posture of humility, accountability, and commitment to addressing the factors that have slowed Nigeria’s development.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Felix @felixherbt]

I can’t believe my eyes 👀
El-Rufai has regained his sense since he left APC.

How the British Destroyed Nigeria
—El-Rufai

[tobechi egboh @tegboh]

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[Ndubuisi Ekekwe @ndekekwe]

I came back from Onitsha and Aba where I had gone to seek advertisers for my campus news magazine, FUTO Bubbles, which I edited and published during my undergraduate program in FUTO Owerri. When I returned, I got the message that Prof SOE Ogbogu had been looking for me (no GSM then). I went to see him, and he handed me an offer package, and told me that Bourdex came, and wanted to hire three students. He negotiated that the best student should be excluded from any interview out of respect for his department [the heritage of FUTO]. He had signed the job offer for me with no consultation, and I was to resume in 9 months in the company.

Nine months later, I defended my final year project on Friday, and on Sunday I moved to Aba, from the hostel, to begin work. On that Monday, the first assignment was to go to Star Paper Mill plant, to help set up a CDMA phone. When we got into the compound, I saw the influence of the legendary Nnanna Kalu. If you want to write The Men Who Built Aba, he will have a big page, in the same way people have written The Men Who Built America.

But Star Paper Mill was fading and later largely faded. The bad debts company, AMCON, came over….and Star Paper Mill went off the grid! But there seems to be hope, courtesy of Abia State Government:

“As we speak, we know that Star Paper Mill has been taken over by AMCON. Let me announce that the State Government entered into a discussion with AMCON and as we speak, we have made an offer to AMCON to buy back Star Paper Mill. So, one thing you can take to the bank is that under our watch, Star Paper Mill will be back,” Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State.

Yes, Star Paper Mill is coming back. It needs to come back, just as we want those in Ibadan, Kano, etc to return.  A producing Nigeria will save Naira because the strength of Naira does not come from the CBN headquarters but from factories and warehouses (modern, old, digital) across Nigeria. If Star Paper Mill, Aba Ceramics, etc return, Naira will get more strategic injections. Scale that around the nation, Naira will get the jackets to swim in the international ocean of currencies.

Abia is Working >> Invest in Abia as the state begins the second phase of the playbook which is going to be big as I noted in July here https://t.co/Fhnks2m83K

Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Member, Abia State Global Economic Advisory Council

[AMB. SERAH IBRAHIM @TheSerahIbrahim]

@PeterObi Even the Vatican just spoke about Peter Obi.
Peter Obi is an international leader.
The most competent of them all.

[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

At 30, he already had 2 two university and ran his own multi million naira company. But when God came calling, like Peter, Andrew, James, and John, he left everything behind and followed God. Like Paul, he counted everything as loss because of the surpassing love of serving God as a priest.

What you see in this video is the pure and undiluted joy of selfless service to God as a priest💯✅

[tobechi egboh @tegboh]

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[Franklyn A. Nlerum @fachonlerum]

@thecableng @NigBarAssoc @GovWike @OlayinkaLere And there was appropriation for the donation to Sokoto Central Market Fire incident and for the donation to COWLSO and many of the “generous givings” that you made over 8 years!

Wenem no put mouth for some matters!

When it comes to playing the rules recuse yourself.

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[Ndubuisi Ekekwe @ndekekwe]

Nigerians in America are the highest working people I have come to know. Go to any university in America, check their PhD students, MBA students, you will see Nigerians. Go to any nursing, PA, etc programs, they speak Nigerian pidgins. There is an accelerating return here where people are propelled to do more and thrive.

Why is that? I think it has to do with our population within limited opportunities. Nigeria is a place you fight in the universities to pay your school fees. I mean you push and push for the opportunity to pay your school fees. You push at bus stops. You always believe that before it gets to you, all the opportunities would be gone. So, there is always a mindset that "you cannot wait, you have to compete".

Yet, the biggest challenge remains that despite this great success in America, Nigerian Americans have limited political influence in Nigeria.  We run away from the homeland leaders thinking we are doing the right things by doing so. I am hoping that our tenacity, can-do attitude and unalloyed commitment to achieve  personal financial liberty and personal economy will propel us to do more in Nigeria.

If Nigeria’s elections are free and fair, within a decade Nigeria will become a GREAT economic powerhouse. Balanced elections bring legitimacy and when we have that as a culture, these Nigerians will connect back. We must work to improve how we elect political leaders as that will make these Nigerians pay attention. Most are disconnected right now and that is unfortunate!