Nigeria Is Burning While Leaders Plan Taxes and Elections. This Is a Failure of Governance.

Written by the people. For the people.

From collapsing buildings to raging fires, road deaths to abandoned victims — Nigerians are being left to survive tragedy alone while government officials issue condolences and move on.

In the past few days alone, Nigeria has recorded deadly fires, collapsed buildings with people trapped underneath, fatal road accidents across multiple states, and no coordinated emergency response. This is not bad luck. This is systemic neglect. What Nigerians are witnessing is a clear case of failure of governance — predictable, preventable, and deadly.

At Balogun Market in Lagos, a fire raged for nearly two days. Lives were lost. Businesses destroyed.

What did the Lagos State Government provide? No rapid fire response.

No emergency infrastructure.

No accountability.

Only condolences from Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Condolences are not governance.

In Jigawa State, a fatal road accident killed at least 18 people, including children. In Kebbi State, a rice mill collapse left people dead and others trapped.

Where were the emergency services?

Where were the disaster response teams?

Where was the urgency?

Citizens should not be rescuing citizens with bare hands.

Yes, Anthony Joshua survived a road accident. But let’s be clear — this is not about Anthony Joshua. He survived the same way millions of Nigerians survive crashes: no structured first responders, no immediate medical teams, just passersby doing their best.

Fame didn’t save him. Luck did.

Across Nigeria, fires burn, buildings collapse, roads kill — and ordinary people are left to pull victims from wreckage, treat injuries without training, and wait hours, days, sometimes forever. This is not resilience. This is abandonment.

Nigeria’s Failure of Governance Is Not an Accident

Now let’s talk priorities. While Nigerians are poorly fed, underpaid, and barely surviving, the government is aggressively planning new tax reforms and already positioning for 2026–2027 elections. Taxing hunger without fixing safety is policy failure.

You cannot demand more from citizens when you refuse to protect their lives.

You cannot preach patriotism when markets burn and no fire trucks come.

You cannot campaign for votes while the country collapses in real time.

This statement is not emotional.

It is factual.

It is measured.

It is overdue.

We are calling for responsibility, not sympathy. Systems, not statements. Action, not condolences.

We are tagging those responsible because silence is complicity: @NigeriaGov @jidesanwoolu and relevant state governments.

Do better.

Protect lives.

Build emergency systems.

Lead like the country matters.

This is 99Pluz speaking, for the people.

#99pluznews #Nigeria

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