By Musa Bakare
As 2027 draws near, opposition politicians are falling over themselves to manufacture lies, spread fear, and poison the atmosphere with reckless utterances. They forget that Nigerians have heard it all before. The difference in this coming election is simple: noise will meet performance, and propaganda will collapse before truth.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has refused to waste precious time replying to every critic, every insult, every half baked economist, and every attention seeking politician. He understands what they don’t, history does not remember noise, history remembers results.
From subsidy removal to exchange-rate unification, from steel revival to massive road, rail, and power projects, President Tinubu is laying foundations that will outlast his critics. He is too busy working for Nigeria’s future to engage in petty verbal wrestling.
The opposition’s only weapon is the microphone. Their speeches are full of fear mongering, ethnic baiting, and recycled propaganda. But Nigerians are not gullible. They see that while others talk, President Tinubu builds. While others predict doom, President Tinubu unlocks possibilities.
The Yoruba say: “Ọ̀rọ̀ àlùfáà kì í jẹ́ kó mọ̀lẹ́, iṣẹ́ ni ń jẹ́ kó mọ̀lẹ́”- it is not the priest’s words that prove his calling, it is his work. The same applies to politics: results, not rhetoric, win enduring loyalty.
In the desperation to win elections, some politicians cross red lines, stoking ethnic suspicions, inflaming religious sentiments, and insulting the intelligence of Nigerians. These careless words may fetch applause in the moment but sow divisions that haunt the nation. That is why restraint is not weakness but wisdom. Some things are better left unsaid because they endanger national unity.
The 2027 election will not be decided by those who shout the loudest, but by those who deliver the most. President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda has already separated him from the crowd. His opponents rely on what they say; he relies on what Nigerians can see.
And when results face rhetoric at the ballot box, Nigerians will once again choose wisely.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, APC member and political analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi state.
