Thread by @DavidHundeyin

This NBC Amendment bill is a proxy battle in the real war going on at the heart of Nigeria, which is a political conflict between North and South.

The Southern political elite formation wants power through crony capitalism.

The Northern one wants power through state capture.

The Southern elite formation believes in business and free markets as long as they are positioned to benefit the most. I.e, everyone will eat, but they will eat the most.

The Northern one believes in a powerful centralised state under their control that gets to own EVERYTHING.

In the Southern elite vision, there will always be a measure of freedom and democracy, because the market itself is apolitical. There is also some social mobility.

The Northern vision has no such allowances. It wants a tiny vampire elite and a sprawling everlasting underclass.

Before I deactivated my former account on May 29, 2015, I told you that if you are looking for a better life and you voted Buhari, you lack all understanding of the country you live in. These 5 years have borne me out.

The Northern establishment is winning.

The destruction of the economy through border closures, government expansion, debt expansion and zero reforms is DELIBERATE. When Nigeria's economy is weak, the Southern elite are weak because their power is financial.

The Northern vision NEEDS Nigeria to be poor.

This NBC amendment is yet another proxy war in this wider conflict of Northern State vs Southern Economy. This is probably just pissing in the wind, because like you ignored me in 2014 and 2015, you'll probably ignore me now.

But posterity will remember that I tried to tell you.