By Kayode Emola
At the point of writing this week’s article, I cannot decide which of the two conditions is the greater problem plaguing Nigerians: whether we are gullible to the point of foolishness, or simply the attitude of “I don’t care.” Nigerians have had more than their fair share of calamities befall them, that is undeniable; however, our woes are compounded exponentially by our people’s refusal or simple inability to resist unwanted social ills. It would seem that we tend more towards capitulating to social injustices, rather than outrightly rejecting them.
In my article of 22 February 2025, I detailed why Tinubu’s promise of uninterrupted power supply before 2027 was a ruse – for those who missed out on that article, here is a link: https://thebossnewspapers.com/2025/02/22/voice-of-emancipation-tinubus-uninterrupted-power-supply-promise-is-a-ruse/ Even so, not many people minded the fact that this was just yet another political gimmick.
Just this week, as if to prove that Nigeria cannot go even one week without political comedy, the Federal Government announced its plans to install solar panels in Aso Rock. Mustapha Abdulahi, the Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), was tasked with explaining to Nigerians why the presidency decided upon this course of action, instead of building viable infrastructures that will provide electricity for the general populace.
I wrote in February’s article that for Tinubu’s promise to amount to anything, the best he could do would be to provide free fuel for all Nigerians to power their generators. After all, since we get the crude oil for free, why shouldn’t Nigerians be allocated a portion of it every week to power their homes? The government has failed to do the needful for its citizens in any other respect.
The electricity situation in Nigeria is the greatest problem faced by the population, second only to the corruption pervading our leadership. Yet by the installation of solar panels in Aso Rock, the government is giving the clearest signal yet that it has no interest in improving the situation for its populace.
All this goes to show that President Tinubu has no interest in providing electricity – or any other basic amenity – for the country. His sole ambition is to retain the presidency for eight years, thereby fulfilling his childhood dream of ruling the most populous black nation on the earth.
If developing the country is not their primary purpose of taking the position, then I wonder why Nigerians still pander to the rhetoric of the presidency? We ought to know that no president, whether past or present, has the capacity to change the root problems at Nigeria’s very foundations.
When a building’s foundations are weak, no one is surprised when it cannot weather the storms, so how much more so if it is a country whose foundations are hollow? When Nigeria’s foundations are so feeble, how can we expect a president to make any meaningful progress with the country? Nigeria is built upon lies and deceit, therefore anyone expecting a miracle is deludedly living in a fool’s paradise.
It is clear that nothing good can come out of Nigeria, and so any effort spent trying to correct things will be fruitless. Those looking from afar and hoping that things will one day get better are simply wasting their precious time. If it is not so, why will the president promise uninterrupted power supply before 2027, whilst setting no roadmap on how to achieve it?
This is all the more reason why we must come together as one united Yoruba people, to demand our exit from a country that holds no future for our children. Why should we waste our time in a country where lies and deceit are the daily breakfast served to us by the politicians?
We need not continue in this madness of idly sitting and hoping that our fortune will change for the better through mere optimism alone. We need to be proactive in dismantling the root cause of our problem: the fallacious amalgamation of Nigeria itself. In this way, truly independent nations, united by a common history and way of life, can be formed out of it. We need to strive assiduously for the rebirth of our Yoruba nation, knowing that when we are no more, a lasting legacy has been left behind for our children.
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