Over 1,100+ KIDNAPPED and an Unresponsive Government: Nigeria is Heading for Absolute Structural Collapse if Capable Hands Fail to Participate in Politics and Take a Stand.

So I read of another kidnap case again in Borno yesterday, Monday 29th June 2026. Students who went to write their NECO exams.

While these young Nigerians were sitting for their Biology at Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira/Uba LGA, terror walked in. Gunmen opened fire, killed a teacher, and marched an unspecified number of students into the bush. 

This happens barely six weeks after 42 students and teachers were snatched from another school in the same local government area.

According to Amnesty International, at least 1,100 people were abducted across the country in just the first four months of 2026 alone. Kidnapping is no longer an anomaly in Nigeria as it now seems to be a thriving, heavily funded parallel economy.

Honestly, sometimes, I wonder if the Nigerian government really knows what they are doing or if they are just completely out of their depth and detached from reality.

Yet, against the backdrop of this harrowing reality, a glance at the federal budget proposal reveals where the state's true anxieties lie. While our classrooms remain hunting grounds, allocations for presidential vehicle spending jumped by a staggering 135% to ₦11.25 billion.

The nation is confronted with a stark, undeniable contrast: a government that claims it lacks the tactical capacity to protect teenage students taking national exams, but possesses the fiscal agility to allocate billions for elite comfort and fleet upgrades.

Let's even look at the broader allocations: The budget proposal allocates over ₦3.15 trillion to defense, yet basic human security remains an expensive luxury for the average citizen. If our heavily funded security apparatus cannot guarantee that a teenager can sit for an exam and return home in one piece, then our national priorities are fundamentally broken.

A state that cannot secure its citizens has failed its primary constitutional mandate. We cannot comfortably normalize a society where citizens bear the brunt of hyperinflation and insecurity, while the ruling class remains insulated from the very economic and physical harshness they preside over.

The current administration has proven structurally indifferent to the core anxieties of the average Nigerian, and hence, we cannot afford to remain passive observers of our own undoing.

If we truly want to salvage what is left of our collective future, the time to prepare is now.

Go out, get your Permanent Voters Card (PVC), and let us prepare to democratically retire this unresponsive leadership at the next opportunity. 

Power belongs to the people, but only if we organize and vote.

Selah.

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