MUSA-ODODO ABDULRAHAMAN
If You Are a True Nigerian of Good Conscience. Please Read this Diligently.
And Let Us Take Responsibility for Our Destiny as a People.
Nothing is born until it is first conceived. This is not poetry; it is Law! It is the unbroken Order by which Heaven births realities on earth and by which history brings forth nations. Nigeria, therefore, is not waiting for rescue; Nigeria is waiting for conception. Until a people conceive a new nation within their collective consciousness, no reform, no election, no policy, and no prayer can deliver a new Nigeria.
Conception is the moment a people agree, inwardly and truthfully, that the old order has exhausted its legitimacy and that a new order must be born. Every nation that has ever risen first rose in consciousness before it rose in structure. Empires collapse when their inner agreements die; nations are reborn when a new shared agreement is conceived. Nigeria has arrived at this sacred threshold.
The first inevitable natural law governing the birth of a nation is the law of inner agreement. Nothing manifests in the public space that has not first been agreed upon in the inner life of a people. A nation remains broken when corruption is condemned publicly but accepted privately, when injustice is protested loudly but practiced silently, when leaders are blamed while citizens excuse the same vices in smaller forms. Conception begins when Nigerians, across tribe, faith, class, and geography, reach a solemn inner consensus that corruption is not merely illegal but immoral, that mediocrity is not merely unfortunate but unacceptable, and that Nigeria’s survival is a shared responsibility, not the duty of government alone.
The second law is the law of responsibility preceding authority. In nature, no child is given power before responsibility; in divine order, stewardship always comes before dominion. Nigeria cannot be reborn while power is sought without accountability, while leadership is desired without service, and while rights are demanded without duty. A new nation is conceived when citizens reclaim responsibility for their streets, their schools, their markets, their votes, their words, and their silence. The rebirth of Nigeria begins the day Nigerians stop outsourcing conscience to government and begin to govern themselves inwardly.
The third law is the law of separation. In every birth, the seed must separate from what cannot carry it into the future. No nation is reborn without severing itself from destructive norms that once felt normal. Nigeria must separate from the glorification of unearned wealth, from ethnic loyalty above justice, from religious identity without moral substance, and from the belief that public resources are nobody’s property. This separation is not hatred of the past; it is maturity. What once sustained survival cannot sustain destiny.
The fourth law is the law of gestation through discipline and restraint. What is conceived must be protected before it is announced. Nations fail at this stage when awakening turns into noise without depth, activism without character, and revolution without values. The birthing of a new Nigeria requires a season of restraint, learning, and moral rebuilding. Institutions must be quietly re-aligned to process rather than personality, to law rather than loyalty, to service rather than self-interest. Citizens must relearn patience, excellence, and integrity as daily disciplines, not slogans.
The fifth law is the law of travail. Birth is never painless. When truth confronts entrenched privilege, resistance is inevitable. When accountability replaces impunity, there will be discomfort. When justice is restored, those who benefited from injustice will cry oppression. This is not a sign of failure; it is proof that birth is near. A nation in labor must not panic, retreat, or turn on itself. Nigerians must endure this pressure with courage, refusing violence, refusing despair, and refusing the temptation to return to the familiar chains of the old order.
The sixth law is the law of delivery through alignment. Birth happens when inner consciousness, public values, leadership culture, and institutions align. At this point, change no longer depends on heroes; systems begin to function. Laws are enforced without negotiation, merit begins to matter, productivity is rewarded, and trust slowly returns to public life. This is the moment a nation takes its first breath – not perfect, but alive.
The final law is the law of cutting the cord. No newborn nation survives while still feeding on the decay of its former self. Nigeria must permanently disconnect from the culture of impunity, the manipulation of identity, and the tolerance of moral compromise. This cutting is decisive. It is the moment a people declare, without apology, that the old Nigeria cannot be carried into the future.
This article is not written to entertain, to accuse, or to inspire emotion alone. It is written as a summons. Nigeria is in the womb of conception. Heaven has released the seed of renewal, but only the obedience of the people can carry it to term. The question before us is not whether Nigeria will be reborn, but whether we will cooperate with the laws that govern birth or resist them and prolong our pain.
Let every Nigerian hear this: the new nation will not be given to us; it will be born through us. What we conceive inwardly today will govern what Nigeria becomes tomorrow. He who has understanding, let him understand.
Shepherd of Nigerian Divine Destiny
Musa-Ododo Abdulrahaman
Founder, Initiative for Discovery of Nigeria Heritage and Endowment (IDNHE)
Convener, The Conscious Creation of a New Nigeria
Chairman, National Policy Dialogue – a Dialogue with Wisdom.
www.nationalpolicydialogue.org