<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">In the East where the morning breaks first,</span></p><p>Where red earth stains the soles of dreamers</p><p>And ambition trades in open markets,</p><p>A question lingers like harmattan dust:</p><p><br/></p><p>What must we build</p><p>To raise a president from among us?</p><p><br/></p><p>Not a throne carved from complaint.</p><p>Not a crown woven from memory.</p><p>But a future engineered with discipline.</p><p><br/></p><p>From Abia State’s industrious workshops</p><p>To Anambra State’s restless commerce,</p><p>From Ebonyi State’s stubborn soil</p><p>To Enugu State’s historic hills,</p><p>And Imo State’s crowded streets—</p><p>Let five voices learn the power of one.</p><p><br/></p><p>For a divided house</p><p>Negotiates from weakness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let rivalry grow quiet.</p><p>Let party lines blur before purpose.</p><p>Let governors, elders, youth, and traders</p><p>Agree on a single horizon.</p><p><br/></p><p>Unity is the first campaign.</p><p><br/></p><p>But unity alone is not enough.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stretch hands beyond the Niger’s curve.</p><p>No region crowns itself in Nigeria.</p><p>The path to Aso Rock</p><p>Runs through alliances—</p><p>Through trust built in the North,</p><p>Partnership shaped in the West,</p><p>Solidarity strengthened in the South-South.</p><p><br/></p><p>Politics is arithmetic,</p><p>And coalitions are its mathematics.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let the East also speak in the language of power—</p><p>Economic strength.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let Aba’s factories hum louder.</p><p>Let Onitsha’s markets expand wider.</p><p>Let technology rise from classrooms,</p><p>Let agriculture feed more than pride.</p><p>When a region becomes indispensable,</p><p>It becomes influential.</p><p><br/></p><p>Prosperity commands attention</p><p>Where protest cannot.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then awaken participation.</p><p>Let voter turnout rise like a tide.</p><p>Let young people move from hashtags</p><p>To town halls.</p><p>Let leadership be cultivated</p><p>In local councils, in policy rooms,</p><p>In years of service—not months of ambition.</p><p><br/></p><p>The presidency is not a four-year project.</p><p>It is a generational investment.</p><p><br/></p><p>And when a candidate finally emerges,</p><p>Let him not stand merely as “an Igbo man,”</p><p>But as a Nigerian statesman—</p><p>Competent, steady, unifying.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let his record speak louder than sentiment.</p><p>Let his vision stretch wider than tribe.</p><p>Let his credibility silence doubt.</p><p><br/></p><p>For Nigeria will not entrust her future</p><p>To identity alone—</p><p>But to capacity.</p><p><br/></p><p>The East must rewrite its narrative:</p><p>From grievance to governance.</p><p>From exclusion to excellence.</p><p>From frustration to foresight.</p><p><br/></p><p>If discipline overcomes division,</p><p>If strategy tempers emotion,</p><p>If unity outweighs ego—</p><p><br/></p><p>Then the sun that rises in the East</p><p>Will not rise for one people alone,</p><p>But for all of Nigeria.</p><p><br/></p><p>And when that day comes,</p><p>It will not be an accident of politics—</p><p>But the reward of preparation.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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