It is foolishness, and intellectual laziness to think someone will actually give up on a system they largely benefit from.

This is what Nigerians expect from their leaders.

If you are put in a system that helps you loot billions of naira without severe consequences, chances are you will look to protect that system to sustain your loot. It's the human nature.

This is why when people say "our leaders are bad" you ask, what society did these leaders grow in? Obviously Nigeria's. The same society you and I are in today.

So we all are potentially bad leaders.

Functionality is not mutually exclusive. Functionality cannot exist on it's own. It must have a platform it runs on. That platform is called a system.

It's like your phone or laptop, very functional. But not without a platform they run on.

It is called an operating system. IOS for iPhones, and Google for most androids.

If the system an android runs on is corrupt, affecting the way it functions, you cannot simple make it function better by passing it to another person "hoping" the new guy manages it better.

That is, you cannot expect to elect someone into a position in Nigeria and expect the person to be a saint for the next four years.

Ultimately, the system corrupts the individual.

Complete reconfiguration of the system is required to enable the device perform optimally.

Humans are no different. For our well being, systems are put in place to allow us function and make the society better for all.

Sometimes, these system are rigged by a particular class in the society to favour only them.

The whites in South Africa pre 1991, the whites in America pre 1964, and the rich in Nigeria since 1970 till date.

Nigeria has a systemic problem.

Electing a saint into that system will not bring the desired change.

Like a corrupt device, the system needs to be reconfigured.

Waiting on those who are benefitting from this system to fix it is just premium foolishness.

The Nigerian citizenry has a large amount of blame for how Nigeria is today in 2020.

I'm not exculpating the entire leadership, but through out history, I have not seen where the oppressors try to change the system that favours them just because it is right thing to do.

They are usually forced to a negotiating table.

So let's be very objective here and remove morality from governance.

Expecting saints to govern us all the time.

The only people who can force (yes force) this systemic reconfiguration are the same people who say "e no concern me."

It does. Bad governance is like a stray bullet. It doesn't discriminate. It can hit anybody.

Look at Dangote's wealth from 2014 till date.

John Lewis visited a library in the 50s and was told the library was only open to whites.

These were big questions to him and he sought answers to them.

That was a system put in place by a certain class (the whites) in the society that benefited only them.

He joined the civil rights movement and by 1964, America had passed the civil rights law.

He was able to visit the library again in 1998.

You and I can actually go to the US and visit that library because him and Luther King, and Malcolm X challenged this system.

Nigeria has had epileptic power supply since independence and there was been no single protest since 1960 and here we are, in 2020, still shooting up NEPA.

Even smaller, poorer African countries have constant electricity.

"When you see something, say something" - John Lewis.

I believe our kids are going to be a lot smarter than us and at a point, they'll have to ask us.

What did your generation do about Nigeria?