Nigeria, June 9 -- As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration clocks two years on June 12, 2025, the air is thick with mixed emotions-felicitations on one hand, frustration on the other. Alongside him, governors and lawmakers who assumed office on May 29, 2023, will also be marking their second year in power. Despite the nation's deep-seated challenges, there is still a case for cautious celebration-celebration of survival, of relative peace, of democratic continuity. In a land often battered by storms, the ability to stand-however shakily-is itself an act of defiance and grace. So, I extend heartfelt congratulations to both the leaders and the led. After all, in the poetry of endurance, "half bread is better than none."

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