Sometimes I genuinely wonder whether we are a serious people in this country.

Sometimes I genuinely wonder whether we are a serious people in this country.

Sometimes I genuinely wonder whether we are a serious people in this country. I have watched Nigerians who parade themselves as conscientious and principled, shouting in outrage over Tinubu’s ambassadorial appointments.

But let’s pause and ask a very simple question:
Are we now the ones to dictate who he appoints?

Have we, knowingly or unknowingly, accepted his government as legitimate to the point where we are now debating the moral quality of his nominees?

Because if you’ve accepted the premise, you must accept the consequences.

Let’s speak truth without fear.
If Tinubu did not appoint the likes of Prof Mahmoud, Reno Omokri and FFK, who exactly did you expect him to appoint?

He simply selected people who reflect him;
in character, in attitude, in political conduct, and in the elasticity of their principles.

Why the shock?
Why the disappointment?
Did anyone honestly think he was going to nominate Rufai Oseni? Or Chimamanda Adichie?

He didn’t pick Mahmoud, FFK or Reno on moral grounds.
He picked them because they embody the very traits that power in Nigeria thrives on:
political shape-shifting, emotional instability, and a willingness to serve any master who feeds their ambition.

Ironically, even my brother Joe Igbokwe didn’t make the shortlist of hyperactive saboteurs.
Perhaps his own brand of loyalty was too one-dimensional ; predictable, repetitive, a kind of sellout behavior that has lost entertainment value.

As for me, I cannot be bothered about who Tinubu appoints.
A man will always gather people who resemble his philosophy.
A leader attracts his kind.
A system selects its mirror.

But let’s shift from the noise and look at the deeper lesson.

Tinubu is an experienced politician.
He understands the power of networks, the usefulness of structures, and the importance of rewarding loyalty, not because it strengthens national progress, but because it strengthens his hold on power.

He does not honor virtue; he honors usefulness.
He does not elevate saints; he elevates strategists.
He does not promote people for who they are, but for what they offer him.

Once he identifies your relevance to his political machinery, he will position you;
not for your sake, but for his survival.

And that is the central lesson Nigerians must understand:
political appointments are rarely moral decisions; they are strategic decisions.

Tinubu is simply honoring those who mirror the traits his political ecosystem requires,
people flexible in principle, aggressive in self-interest, loyal to power rather than to truth.

In the end, the ambassadorial list is not a reflection of Nigeria.
It is a reflection of Tinubu.

And perhaps the real question is this:
Why are we shocked when a system produces exactly what it was designed to produce?