TBG ⚡️

I was on Kaftan TV’s “The Polity” to review the APC’s 2027 manifesto for President Tinubu, where he promised to recruit 50,000 more police officers and 28,000 more military personnel. Here’s what I said. Hiring more security personnel is fine, but it will not solve our insecurity. The deeper problems are corruption, poor leadership, and the ethnic and religious divisions we keep feeding. What matters most is what is in the mind and head of those who lead us. Too many people in power lack proper education. Many became governors, enriched themselves from public funds, then moved higher. The best Nigerians have largely stayed away from power. If they ran this country, Nigeria would be among the top five nations in the world. We must learn to live together and be our brother’s keeper. Successive presidents have filled key positions with people from their own ethnic group. It happened under Buhari and it is happening under Tinubu. Anyone who wants Sharia should practice it in their own town and area. Do not try to impose it on the whole country. Insecurity will drop when the economy creates real jobs. If someone can get industries thriving so young people are working, we will see less bribery, kidnapping, and the rest. Nigeria has iron, coal, tin, oil, gas, and abundant rainfall. Bandits are simply stopping farmers from reaching their farms. I do not believe in government ownership of enterprises. Nigeria Airways, the national shipping line, the refineries, iron and steel, and textile mills across the states all collapsed because of corruption and the placement of relatives and tribesmen. I named no candidate for 2027. Most of those in the race are corrupt. Match my priorities against the candidates yourselves. The presidency should come from the South, which has not had its fair share. Among southern contenders, choose the person with the best manifesto, one that can carry the whole country without regard to religion or ethnicity. Buhari was a total failure who achieved nothing. On INEC, the current appointment process creates a conflict of interest. A president who may also be a candidate appoints the leadership. We need a panel of independent people, or long-tenured appointees insulated from financial pressure, who serve the whole country. When a candidate’s appointee runs the commission, that person tends to work for whoever appointed them. Tribe and religion also play a role. Young people should start in local politics as councillors or mayors before moving to state and national office. Older politicians have messed up the country. Nigeria can become more powerful than Britain and France. Government should finance at least 50 percent of campaign costs, as some systems do with matching funds, so money does not shut out capable people. To young Nigerians: help yourselves. Get practical skills alongside any degree; tailoring, plumbing, electrical work, air conditioning, hairdressing, makeup, photography, media production. Diversified skills make you less vulnerable to being used as political thugs who act only because they are paid. Half of oil revenue should go toward scholarships and skills training. I arrived in the United States at 19 and earned scholarships to top schools. Nigeria must create an environment that rewards merit the way America does, and bring home its best minds from around the world. I hold a medical degree, an MBA, and a master’s in public health; my company employs 5,000 doctors. I need nothing personally. My concern is the next generation. When a leader appoints only people from his own tribe, you hate Africa, you hate black people. You are not a patriot.