What Our Pervasive Insecurity Requires: A Holistic not Reactive Approach.
In a hasty effort to be perceived as attentive and courageous, it is reported that President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of about 1000 forest guards for Oyo State. This is a further demonstration of poor leadership and attending to very serious governance and security issues with a reactive approach. It is the same reactive approach that led to the sudden removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the Naira that has caused irreparable damage to ordinary Nigerians and the economy.
While recruiting more security personnel for Oyo state and the country is important, it should be done in a more organised and well-thought-out manner. Presently, almost all the 36 states in Nigeria are experiencing different forms of insecurity, with Oyo, Plateau, Kwara, Kogi, Borno, Katsina, Anambra, Niger, Imo, and Sokoto being very alarming.
The question, such as the reactive approach of our President, is whether all the states will receive the same approval to recruit 1000 forest guards per state, that is 37, 000 forest guards for the 36 states and Abuja or is the recruitment approval based on the mood of the President? Moreover, with the approval for Oyo, what will happen to the Amotekun Corps that is trying its best to secure South-West Nigeria?. Will they be disbanded in Oyo state?
The pervasive insecurity we currently have is directly related to the failure of our ecosystem, particularly leadership. It is only failure in leadership that can lead to the death of over 10,000 innocent Nigerians since 2023, and Nigeria is ranked among the top-most terror-affected countries in the world.
Addressing our insecurity situation requires a holistic or what can be described as an ecosystem approach. With failure in leadership, there is failure in unifying our dear nation, failure in industrialisation, failure in harnessing our abundant resources in agriculture, minerals, tourism, water, sports and even oil and gas to effectively generate required revenue, growth and particularly jobs for our exponentially growing youth population.
A New and Productive Nigeria will be POssible, and we will be OK! -P0
People always say that everyone loves differently. You hear about love languages all the time. But here is the thing. Even when you are hurting. You still need to be able to consider the person you are with.
It is so sad. So many relationships end. People say things like we were incompatible. Or they fell out of love. Or it just did not work out. But when you look deeper. You often find there was just a lack of consideration.
What I would do for you. What I would show you. You might not even think to do the same for me. It has to go both ways.
Modern dating has everyone saying you should know when you are valued. And that is true. But sometimes it is also about compromise. It is about thinking of someone else too. So many people mix up self respect with refusing to meet someone halfway. That is not how it works.
I really wish more people understood what consideration actually means. What it means to truly value another person. Especially if you are talking about building a life together.
A lot of us still have so much to learn. You really have to work on yourself first. Before you can be what someone else needs.
All your years on social media, you still lost out on one of the major perks of it - friendships and having relationships that makes posts like this needless.
Just fooling, jagabanism, bigotry, greed and myopia.
At almost 1 million followers. ๐
Happy Menโs Mental Health Month.
To every man reading this: you are not a burden, and you were never meant to carry the weight of the world alone. Speaking up is not a sign of weakness but an act of strength.
Your mental health matters. You matter.
525,000 a year
10,000 a week
1,400 a day.
โThese are the number of men that die by suicide.
โHappy Men's Mental Health Month.
โTo every man reading this: you are not a burden, and you do not have to carry the weight of the world alone. Speaking up is real strength.
Saudi Arabia blacklisted somebody because of his extremist and terrorist Islamic views, you people brought that same person to lecture in Oyo state. A man that has been doing PR for terrorists oo. โน๏ธ
Men are so private online. A guy could be moving to another country or having his first child, and heโd still only post a random football score on his story.
The abduction of the Chibok girls in 2014 triggered a global movement. One school abduction was enough to unite Nigerians, attract international attention, and place enormous pressure on the government through the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
Yet, what has happened since then should trouble every Nigerian.
Under President Buhari's eight years in office, Nigeria witnessed about ten school abductions. Under President Tinubu's administration, in just three years, we have already recorded over ten school abductions.
Despite these repeated tragedies, there has been neither sustained national outrage nor significant international attention comparable to what followed Chibok.
This raises an important question: have we become so accustomed to insecurity that what once shocked our national conscience is now treated as normal?
At a time when millions of Nigerians are grappling with insecurity, poverty, and hardship, it is deeply troubling that those in power appear more focused on political calculations and preparations for the next election than on addressing the urgent challenges confronting our people.
It is, therefore, no surprise that some observers have labelled us a "Now Disgraced Nation". While we do not agree with any attempt to define our great country by its present difficulties, we must acknowledge that persistent insecurity, economic hardship, and leadership failure have damaged our reputation and standing among nations.
The answer is not denial, propaganda, or political distraction. The answer is leadership that is competent, compassionate, accountable, and genuinely committed to the welfare and security of the Nigerian people.
The Nigerian youth must not become indifferent. We must all refuse to normalise failure.
Young Nigerians - Take back your country!
A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO