06/12/2025
Anytime I log in to social media to read comments, I’m reminded again why Nigeria struggles to move forward. It’s not just the leaders, the policies, or the economy many times, it’s us, the people. You can scroll through a post and see how quickly we insult, tear down, mock, or twist a simple issue into something toxic. Instead of conversations, we see accusations. Instead of solutions, we see bitterness and empty noise.
What hurts most is that many of the same people who shout about bad governance behave exactly like the leaders they criticize intolerant, selfish, tribalistic, impatient, and unwilling to listen to any opinion that isn’t theirs. On social media, you can clearly see our deeper problem: a generation that wants change, but doesn’t want to change. A people asking for accountability, but refusing to practice it in their own small spaces.
Nigeria’s problem is not abstract. It’s not somewhere “up there.” It’s in our mindset, our reactions, our values, and the way we treat one another. Until we learn to disagree with sense instead of insults, until we choose responsibility over blame, and until we value truth more than tribal loyalty, we will keep running in circles.
Sometimes I think Nigeria doesn’t need a miracle; it needs honest self reflection. We need to fix the nation within us before we can fix the nation around us. And the day we start doing that individually and collectively is the day this country will finally begin to move forward.
©️ Mr Moses Nino