Nigerians, like the rest of humanity, embraced the New Year, 2026, with the usual exhilaration. Midnight fireworks were on display and ‘Happy New Year’ felicitations to relations and friends went viral. In churches, prayers were offered to God for guiding the living to the new dawn.
Indeed, the dawning of the new year was a moment of hope for a better future, against the backdrop of lingering harsh socio-economic and security conditions. But despair is not an option. Yes, high costs of living and inflation that keeps shrinking incomes would likely continue to strut the economic landscape. Turning the tide of decades of economic abuses is the work of painstaking statecraft by a leadership ready to take on entrenched interests, in a manner that would ultimately lead to the common good.
Our national history is replete with the chronicles of the resilience of Nigerians, when confronted by deepening and relentless adversity. It is a huge national asset that speaks to the creativity and adaptation, which anchor the survival of the people. These are evident across the informal sector – market and retail traders, artisans, transport operators, mechanics and farmers – to formal, digital
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