11/04/2026
A THOUGHT FOR NIGERIA 🇳🇬
Once upon a time, maternal and infant mortality was a major concern in our nation. The wives of our presidents took it upon themselves to ensure that mothers and children survived childbirth and lived beyond it. Projects were launched. Money was invested. Campaigns for immunization, polio eradication, and child protection were everywhere.
We fought hard to save lives at the beginning.
But today, what are we seeing?
Those same children , those same lives we struggled to preserve , are now being lost to insecurity. Many have become victims of violence, killings, and instability across the country. Even more troubling, some have grown into the very threats we fear today.
So we must ask ourselves:
Did we only plan to save them at birth and abandon them as they grew?
Because saving a life is one thing,
Sustaining that life is another.
A nation that protects its people only at infancy but fails them in youth and adulthood is building a broken future.
We must build systems that:
• Keep our people engaged
• Make them productive
• Give them purpose
• Guide them into becoming responsible citizens
Not just in the South. Not just in the North.
But across every part of Nigeria.
This brings me to a deep reflection:
In the Bible, there was Queen Esther , a woman who risked everything to save her people.
There was also Queen Jezebel, a woman who used power against her people and stood for oppression.
Two queens. Two purposes.
So today, we must ask:
Those who occupy positions of influence in our land, what is their purpose?
Are they using their position to save lives ,
Or are they silent while lives are being destroyed?
I remember when Patience Jonathan cried out during the crisis in this nation. She wept on national television and said, “There is God.”
Today, we ask again:
Is there still a voice speaking for the people?
Our current First Lady, the mother of the nation,
What has been done?
What has been said?
What action has been taken?
This is not about politics.
This is about human lives.
No position ,no office and no power,
Is more valuable than the blood of innocent Nigerians.
That is why Goodluck Jonathan is remembered by many for choosing peace over power ,because he understood that the lives of Nigerians mattered more than holding onto office.
So we ask again:
Is the blood of the innocent worth it?
Why are we allowing our people to die like this?
Nigeria must do better.
Not just at birth , but throughout life.
Because a nation that cannot protect its people cannot truly progress.
Emmanuel Ugochukwu