Public pain in the politics of ambition, Lawrence Egede writes.
Nigeria is slowly crumbling—not from lack of resources or potential but from unchecked ambition, greed, and a political class disconnected from the reality of the common man.
Today, the country has become a punching ground for politicians more obsessed with 2027 election dreams than the urgent collapse facing the nation.
In the face of growing insecurity, biting hunger, and economic decay, the ruling elite remain busy exchanging insults, staging power struggles, and plotting personal futures.
They are fighting shadows—empty-handed and empty-headed while the nation groans under the weight of their failures.
Where are the leaders? Where are the true patriots? Where are those who should place the people above politics?
Instead of crafting a united response to Nigeria’s numerous crises, politicians flaunt arrogance and entitlement.
They act as if Nigeria exists only to serve their ambitions bragging about zoning formulars, power shifts, and campaign structures, while the streets are filled with tears, hunger, fear, and blood.
What about the security of lives and property? What about the farmers who can no longer access their lands due to bandits? What about the students who no longer attend school because their parents can't afford transportation, let alone tuition? What about the health sector, where hospitals lack power, water, and even gloves? What about the economy where the value of the naira is reduced to dust?
Instead of addressing these fundamental issues, politicians live in denial.
They campaign while the nation weeps. They move in convoys while the masses trek miles for food.
They fund media blitzes while pensioners die in silence. They plan primaries while Nigeria burns at the edges.
Even those called to speak truth—the prophets, seers, and men of conscience are ridiculed, ignored, or bought. But the real prophets are not for sale. They are not confused. They are not silenced. They speak truth to power, warning that the soul of Nigeria is at risk. But who listens in this age of "instead"?
Instead of using their wealth to stabilize the nation, the billionaires and moneybags tighten their grip, afflicting the people with economic hardship while their foreign bank accounts swell.
Instead of laying a new foundation for national healing, politicians prefer power at all costs even if that power is won in a nation reduced to ashes.
Instead of confronting the real enemies—poverty, insecurity, corruption, and foreign manipulation—they point fingers at each other, stirring division and tribalism.
They forget that their luxurious mansions will one day fall silent. Their designer suits will fade. Their convoys will stop. They forget that the comfort they chase must end with the cold silence of the grave. Yet they act as if their ambition will grant them immortality.
There is now a revolt—silent, invisible, but very real rising from the spiritual realm. A revolt against injustice. Against manipulation. Against the continuous neglect of the people. The world beyond is watching, and the consequences will be grave for those who continue to mock justice and ignore suffering.
2027 may come, but what will be left of Nigeria? A broken country where power means nothing, or a redeemed nation built on truth, sacrifice, and love for the people?
It is time for reflection. Time for repentance. Time to return to the basics of leadership—service, compassion, and purpose. If politicians fail to see this now, they may have no country left to govern.
To God be the glory forever.
