Today is Day 102. Mussa and Lassa, pupils from Askira Uba, Borno State, were kidnapped and are still in captivity.
We need another solidarity post please.
I made a video illustration explaining the Eastern Economic Corridor and how unlocking it will automatically boost the economy of this country. But has been deliberately abandoned with so many of excuses.
VIDEO: Nigerian Whistleblower D English Alhaji Raises Alarm Over Threat to Life If He Reveals Identity of Alleged APC Senator Hosting Terrorists in His House and Receiving Share of Ransom From Them https://t.co/shDdzxwP2u
Nigeria Has Everything It Needs to Prosper
Yesterday, I had the privilege of joining some presidential candidates and their representatives as a guest and panellist at the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Our discussion focused on how to rebuild Nigeria and make it work for its resilient, hardworking, and long-suffering people.
I reiterated my long-held view that the poverty and hunger Nigerians face today are largely the result of years of mismanagement and corruption by leaders entrusted with our commonwealth.
With our vast human and natural resources, Nigeria has no business being associated with extreme poverty and hunger. We have no business importing food when we possess enormous agricultural potential.
With the right investment, policies, and political will, agriculture can become one of Nigeria’s greatest sources of wealth. Northern Nigeria’s vast farmland, in particular, can drive major economic transformation. If countries with fewer resources have transformed their agricultural sectors, Nigeria can feed itself, create millions of jobs, and export food to the world.
On fuel subsidy removal, I remain committed to the position I took in 2023: the subsidy system was riddled with corruption. My approach was to eliminate the corruption, establish the actual subsidy cost, and then carry out a carefully planned, phased removal.
Savings from subsidy removal should have been transparently invested in clearly defined, measurable development priorities, especially agriculture, healthcare, education, poverty reduction, and security. I remain convinced that subsidy removal must deliver real benefits to Nigerians; citizens should not bear higher energy costs while the savings remain unaccounted for or fail to improve their lives. Nigeria must focus its investments on what matters most: food security, healthcare, education, infrastructure, human capital, national security, and unity.
Nigeria has all it needs to prosper. What remains is competent, honest, and purposeful leadership that puts the common good above personal interests.
A New Nigeria is POssible, and Nigeria will be OK. -PO
Insecurity, crisis, and social unrest are mostly fueled by economic weakness.
The Niger Delta crisis was driven by economic grievances.
The North-East crisis was caused by economic hardship.
The unrest in the South-East was also caused by economic frustrations.
As people become more aware of their potential and the prosperity they are capable of achieving, their expectations rise.
When reality fails to match those expectations, a sense of deprivation will emerge, creating frustration and, in most cases, social unrest.
In South East for instance, I will always tell people that we complain too much because of there is a concept called “the J-curve theory of rising expectations”
Where there are economic opportunities, but zero will to harness it by the leadership, leads to frustration, which has evolved into unrest, conflict, and insecurity.
This is why addressing economic sabotage is important as the deliberate negligence of the EEC has created unintended consequences in Nigeria.
BUSTED: APC’s Desperate Quest for Validation Again Exposed After Bayo Onanuga-Owned Newspaper PM News Twists Oby Ezekwesili’s Interview as Praise for Bola Tinubu’s Biting Reforms https://t.co/AUT1OKovFV
This is what happens when you steal the people’s mandate then spend your 4 years talking about the man who actually won the election forgetting you cannot govern by Propaganda ❗️
Bunch of Invalids 🤡
Oriburuku renewed hopelessness ❗️
2027 = tinubu MUST GO🎤🇳🇬
That’s a false analogy. America is not Hollywood, and success here isn’t limited to becoming famous or “making it big.” Millions build stable careers, businesses and better lives without becoming celebrities. Of course relocating carries risks, but reducing an entire country’s opportunities to LA’s entertainment industry is very dishonest sha.
Lagos Govt Removes Over 50 Campaign Banners of Peter Obi, NDC Reps Candidate Dr Adefolaseye in Surulere, Leaves APC Banners Intact https://t.co/3KuNyJxAUl
@pmnewsnigeria , If you have any iota of credibility left, delete this falsehood.
What kind of rag-sheet journalism is this? Are you all that desperate for a praise from Oby Ezekwesili for the administration, @pmnewsnigeria that you decided to manufacture this barefaced lie as my word?
Please do yourselves a favor and watch my @NewsCentralTV interview to learn.
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Today, I must bring to the attention of all Nigerians an alarming act of political intimidation. As the NDC candidate for Surulere 1, alongside Mr. Peter Obi and other NDC supporters, I was dismayed to see over 50 of my big campaign banners removed by the APC-led Lagos State Signage LASAA. This was carried in their truck with security escorts.These banners, placed in public spaces, were taken down while APC banners remained intact.
Their spokesperson of the LASAA told me that the poles were lagos government property and it has been assigned to “ Outdoor Practitioners”
They claim to take it Alausa, only for me to discover this evening that my banners are hidden somewhere in the surulere Local Government Area in onilegogoro
I ask: what right does the signage agency have to silence us during this crucial election season? INEC has lifted all bans to ensure free campaigning, and we will not accept this bullying. Meanwhile, Barakat,s banner is still intact , Fuad,s posters are all over the place
I call on all Nigerians to see what the APC government is doing to us and to question why they fear a fair contest.
I also call on the national leadership of the NDC to investigate this intimidation and demand that APC stop this bullying of opposition parties.
These are my banners they carried
Meanwhile these “Signage abusers of office left all the APC banners alone
Signed,
Dr. Adefolaseye Adebomi Adebayo
NDC, House of Reps, Surulere 1.