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16 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NATIONAL REBIRTH

Members of the political leadership class in Nigeria are not selfish for pursuing their own good but because of their hatred of the common good. They are dead to the people because they live only for themselves.
This is the reason Nigerians must watch carefully the ongoing process to reform the police. Such a leadership cannot effect reforms in the general interest. They will engage in fireworks to show they are responsive.
They will come up with committees for reform, running from pillar to post to impress their angry people. Once tension is doused the situation gets worse. VIGILANCE!
To improve the character of this leadership requires courage and the conviction that a new order is possible.
I mean a new order that addresses the flawed character, value system, political and economic structures of the Nigerian state. That #endsars movement emerged is the continuation of the struggle for national rebirth.

#NationBuilding
#RedemptionTime
#TransformativeLeadership

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