Post by Igharo Osamede Nathaniel (ION) (@nath_osamede_igharo)

NEVER FIGHT A SYMPTOM WHEN YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE CAUSE, AND REPAIR THE SYSTEM.

"What incentives, institutions, and cultural expectations allow greed to persist"

A QUESTION FOR NATIONAL DISCOURSE:
What incentives, institutions, and cultural expectations allow greed to persist?

If greed were only the problem of a few bad individuals, then replacing one politician with another would solve it.

But history has shown us that when the system itself rewards corruption, discourages accountability, and tolerates abuse of power, the cycle simply repeats—regardless of who occupies the office.
So instead of focusing only on personalities, let's examine the system.

- Are our institutions strong enough to enforce the law without fear or favour?
- Do our incentives reward integrity and performance, or loyalty and personal gain?
- Have our cultural expectations normalized corruption, vote-buying, nepotism, and silence in the face of wrongdoing?

Good governance is not built by hoping for perfect leaders. It is built by creating a system where doing the right thing is rewarded, doing the wrong thing has consequences, and citizens remain informed, active, and vigilant.
The future of Nigeria will not be determined only by who leads us, but by the strength of the systems that govern us.

Citizens should start asking the three in one question, which will eventually create a pathway for the Nigeria people to fix its country.

What incentives, institutions, and cultural expectations allow greed to persist?

Greed may spark corruption, but our institutions, incentives, and cultural expectations determine whether it survives or dies.

Comrade Igharo Osamede Nathaniel.
(ION)

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