inued. The CPI score, a number for the world to see, was 27 in 2014. It was 26 in 2024. The number did not move. It was a fixed point in a falling country. Past administrations took what they could. Current administrations take what is left. They use the old songs. They sing of "us" and "them." The people listen and choose. They choose a man because he is from their village. They choose a man because he prays as they do. They choose him because he promises a small thing for them alone. They do not choose a man for his record. They do not choose for the nation. The nation borrowed. The debt grew like a weed in the field. In 2015, the debt was 12 trillion Naira. Now it is 97 trillion. It is a heavy chain. The currency fell. A dollar was 197 Naira. Now it is 1,550. The money in a man's pocket is worth nothing. He buys less. He eats less. The price of everything is high. The leaders did this. The people let them. They chose the men who said, "He is not one of us. He is from another place." They chose the men who said, "He does not worship our god. He is a stranger." The villages turn on each other. The faiths turn on each other. The common man sees his neighbor not as a partner, but as a threat. The trust is gone. The collective will is broken. They stand alone in the dust, and they are easy to break. The future is not a gift. It is a choice. It is not about tribe. It is not about faith. It is about a man who can fix the numbers and improve the living conditions of the MAJORITY. It is about a woman who can make the money mean something. It is about a leader who sees all the people, not just his own. The long night has come because the people chose it.

The dawn will only come when they choose to stand together, to look past the small things, and to demand a new sun, new leadership, a new way of doing things, a new nation. Editorial Team, ECP Channel _The Truth and Nothing But the Truth_