#governance

Independence came with a dream. Decades later, Nigerians are still asking the same questions their grandparents asked. What happened to the promise — and who is responsible?

Nigeria prays more than almost any nation on earth. We fast more. We tithe more. We build more churches per square kilometre than hospitals. We name our children Chukwuemeka, Oluwaseun, Abubakar, and Chisom — every name a declaration of faith, a tiny sermon pressed into a birth certificate. We spray "God is good" on danfo buses, paint "By His Grace" on container trucks barreling down the Lagos-Ibadan expressway at 120 kilometres per hour, and open PTA meetings, company board sessions, and even football press conferences with prayer.