Odita Sunday 
“It Will Take Time To Heal The Wounds, Recover And Mature. Nigeria Is Still On The Experimental Road To Becoming Strong, Fit And Healthy”
— MOCODE
By Charles Edet Esq, Fcr
At 66, Nigeria and Nigerians must confront an uncomfortable philosophical truth that nation-building is a marathon of generations, not a hundred-metre dash of political promises. The expectation that Nigeria should develop almost overnight to the level of nations whose institutions evolved through centuries of wars, revolutions, economic upheavals, political experimentation and social reconstruction is historically unrealistic.
Only divine government can claim infallibility; human administrations remain inherently fallible. No government is perfect, although visionary leadership, disciplined institutions and enlightened statecraft can bring a nation closer to excellence. Nigeria is still travelling the tortuous road of administrative, democratic and developmental maturation. The great nations Nigerians routinely used as measuring rods did not arrive at their present stations without passing through what may metaphorically be called the eye of the needle.
The Movement for the Consolidation of Democracy (MOCODE), therefore, believes that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration should be judged soberly on its record, not worshipped and not demonised. The administration has not perfected governance, and legitimate questions remain about policy implementation, advisers, ministers and the translation of reforms into improvements in ordinary lives. The World Bank reported that Nigeria’s macroeconomic performance improved in 2026, but poverty remains widespread and employment creation inadequate.
Tinubu is not Nigeria’s political Messiah; neither should any politician presently scrambling for presidential power be canonised as one. At this growing point, Nigeria is still at the toddler level, yet making an impact as a growing child in a competitive global arena. Governments are in phases, in the continuum of national development. Leaders come and go; institutions and consequences remain. As the ancient wisdom of Ecclesiastes teaches, there is a season for everything, “a time to weep, and a time to laugh.”
Patience, however, must never become an alibi for governmental inertia. Nigerians are not deaf, not blind; blood runs in their veins and they feel pains when pricked with needles of discomfort; they are humans ruled by human beings. Nigeria urgently requires measurable progress against insecurity, kidnapping, corruption, unreliable electricity, poverty, unemployment, food insecurity, infrastructure decay and the haemorrhaging of public resources. The administration itself acknowledges persistent economic hardship and deficiencies in electricity delivery.
As Nigerians are worried about food security, MOCODE is particularly concerned about whether agricultural and food security interventions actually reach targets, the intended grassroots beneficiaries. The Federal Government says 515,720 bags of locally produced fertiliser and thousands of food items are being distributed to all the states and particularly to 128,930 smallholder farmers across 25 states and the FCT. Where federal relief materials or agricultural interventions are diverted, politicised or converted into campaign patronage by state or local officials, MOCODE, therefore, demanded investigation, transparent beneficiary registers and public accountability rather than concealment. While the Federal government is making efforts to solve problems of National concern, pilfering is ongoing in the states and local governments to paint the Federal government black, while the people cry.
Nigeria’s salvation will not emerge from perpetual curses against leadership, nor from sycophantic applause. It will come through accountable government, responsible citizenship, stronger institutions, prayer accompanied by vigilance, and the courage to correct failure.
History is patient, but incorruptible.
Let today’s leaders govern. Let citizens scrutinise them. Let history ultimately pronounce its verdict
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