Guest Columnist By Sunday Dare
I read your recent piece, “Abuja’s Gangster Chronicles,” with the deep reflection I reserve for those who have spent decades in the sacred vineyard of Nigerian commentary. You wield a sharp pen, and your prose has long captured the imaginations of those who debate our national destiny. But as I absorbed your vivid metaphors—of Hollywood scripts, criminal syndicates, and a state in terminal decay—I was struck not by the weight of your indictment, but by the profound, tragic gulf between the view from your study and the actual, painstaking labor of rebuilding a nation.
You depict the seat of government as a hollow enterprise, a stage where governance has surrendered to “primitive accumulation” and systemic failure. You offer our citizens a darkly entertaining melodrama. But as an intellectual, you know that sensationalism is not analysis, and cynicism is not statesmanship.
Let us dispense with cinematic tropes and speak directly to the structural, economic, and security realities of our Republic.
The Burden of Truth and Fiscal Courage
