Nigeria, April 18 -- What does it mean to lead for the people in an age where capital trumps compassion? Where governance is less about service and more about spreadsheets, bottom lines, and the transactional nature of power? We live in a time when the wealth of nations is measured in GDPs, but the well-being of citizens is an afterthought, a casualty of boardroom politics and self-serving bureaucracies.
The streets tell a different story from the official press releases. In these streets from Gwoza to Konduga, markets open at dawn, but customers are fewer. Mothers count naira notes that no longer stretch. Fathers weigh the cost of dignity against the price of survival. The youth stand at the crossroads of despair and defiance, wonderi...