By Musa Bakare
Good morning great people of Nigeria !
There is a timeless spiritual principle that many of us have forgotten in this age of anger, cynicism, and endless complaints: you cannot continually curse the soil and expect it to yield abundance for you.
No farmer stands on his farmland every morning, pronouncing doom upon it, and expects a harvest at the end of the season.
No sailor drills holes in his own boat and hopes to arrive safely at shore.
No citizen relentlessly condemns his nation, ridicules its institutions, and vilifies its leadership every day, and still expects prosperity to flourish around him.
Nations are built not merely by resources, policies, geography, or by anyone in particular.
Nations are built by faith, sacrifice, resilience, and collective belief in a common destiny.
This does not mean leaders are beyond criticism. Constructive criticism is necessary for progress. But there is a profound difference between criticism aimed at correction and condemnation aimed at destruction.
Today, Nigeria is undergoing one of the most difficult but necessary transitions in her modern history.
For decades, successive governments postponed hard decisions, choosing comfort over courage and popularity over reform. The result was an economy weighed down by distortions, unsustainable subsidies, mounting debts, and structural weaknesses.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did what many before him lacked the courage to do. He confronted difficult realities head on.
The path of reform is never easy. History teaches us that every nation that eventually rose to greatness first passed through a season of discomfort, adjustment, and sacrifice.
Those who understand nation building know that transformation is not magic. It is a process.
The tragedy of our time in Nigeria is that some people have made a profession out of predicting Nigeria’s doom and collapse. Every policy of the government of President Tinubu is mocked before it is understood.
Every effort is condemned before it is allowed to mature. Every challenge is weaponized to spread a gospel of despair, fear, and sorrow.
Throughout history, no nation has ever become great through collective hopelessness.
The Holy Bible tells us, there is power in words. The tongue can build, and the tongue can destroy.
A people who continually declare failure over their nation unconsciously weaken the very environment in which they seek success.
Patriotism is not blind loyalty. Patriotism is refusing to join those who rejoice at the prospect of your country’s failure. It is choosing to strengthen rather than sabotage. It is believing that difficulties can be overcome and that better days lie ahead.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his administration deserve honest assessments. They also deserve fairness.
The reforms being implemented today are laying foundations that future generations will come to appreciate even more than the present generation does.
Nigeria is not a cursed nation. Nigeria is not a hopeless nation. Nigeria is not a failed nation. She will never fail if we remain positive.
Nigeria remains a nation blessed by God, rich in human and natural resources, and destined for greatness if her people refuse to surrender to despair.
If you truly desire to eat the good of the land of Nigeria, stop speaking death over the land.
Stop celebrating bad news. Stop amplifying lies and hopelessness.
Pray for your country and her leadership. Support what is right. Criticize constructively where necessary. Encourage progress wherever it appears.
For no one benefits when the ship sinks.
The future of Nigeria belongs to those who build, not those who constantly predict collapse.
Nigeria will rise, not because her challenges are small, but because her destiny is greater than her challenges.
Have a very beautiful peaceful and fruitful day…..
– Musa Asiru Bakare, a Political Analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
