Segun Atanda/
As Nigeria marked its 65th Independence Anniversary, Ondo State-born entrepreneur and political thinker, Moyosola Niran-Oladunni, issued a searing warning to the nation’s leaders, declaring that “posterity remains the one consequence no leader can escape.”
In a commemorative address titled, “The Consequences of Posterity is the Most Dangerous,’ Niran-Oladunni, a former gubernatorial aspirant in Ondo State, condemned what he described as the “illusion of impunity” that has long defined Nigeria’s leadership culture.
“One of the biggest problems we face in Nigeria today is the quiet assumption that actions don’t have consequences, or that there will never be a price to pay,” he said.
“People in leadership act with a certain boldness, as if tomorrow doesn’t exist. Rules are bent, institutions are weakened, and responsibilities are treated like favours.”
The businessman and governance advocate said unchecked power and impunity have repeatedly undermined Nigeria’s growth, warning that while such actions may yield short-term gains, they leave deep scars on the nation’s future.
“History is a stubborn record keeper. It doesn’t just note what people achieved; it records how they went about it. Every abuse of power, every careless policy, every silence when it mattered will be written down, whether we like it or not. Leaders may escape scrutiny today, but time always brings things back to the surface,” he warned.
Linking today’s governance failures to future instability, Niran-Oladunni cautioned that neglecting persistent challenges such as insecurity, unemployment, and poverty amounts to “planting seeds of unrest that the next generation will be forced to harvest.”
“The most dangerous mistake any leader can make is to believe that the future will never come. It always does. And when it does, it speaks loudly, long after applause has died down and positions have changed hands,” he added.
He urged Nigerians to demand accountability from those in power, reminding leaders that “power and positions are transient, and wealth is fleeting, but consequences last.”
Concluding, Niran-Oladunni declared, “Posterity is the ultimate consequence because it cannot be bribed, silenced, or avoided.”
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