SAD BUT TRUE 😢

Akara and Pap was breakfast served every morning in a hostel of 100 people.

Out of the 100, 80 didn’t like it. They grumbled daily, complained bitterly, and wished for something different.

But the remaining 20 were content. They loved it just as it was.

To resolve the conflict, the warden introduced a simple rule: every night, the hostel would vote for the next morning’s breakfast. Whatever meal had the highest number of votes would be served.

Every night, the 20 who loved Akara and Pap cast their votes—for one option, with one voice.

But the 80 who disliked it were never united. Their votes scattered across the board:

18 for Bread and Tea

16 for Yam and Egg Sauce

14 for Jollof Rice

12 for Spaghetti

10 for Indomie

110 for Moi Moi and Pap

And so, despite being the minority, the 20 who stood together always won.

Akara and Pap kept showing up on the dining table—not because it was the best, but because those who wanted change refused to agree on what they truly wanted.

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Now, pause and think.

Isn’t this Nigeria?

We are over 200 million strong, but divided into fragments. Everyone is tired of the same old hardship, the same recycled leadership, the same bitter “meal” of corruption and suffering. We know the problem. We even know possible solutions. But when it comes to taking a stand, unity evaporates.

Instead, we allow tribe, party, religion, personal interest, ambition, and ego to scatter our votes, our voices, and our strength. Then we wake up shocked to the same “Akara and Pap” of bad governance—again and again.

2027 is not far. In fact, it’s already at our doorstep. And unless we learn from this simple hostel story, we will find ourselves chewing the same bitter breakfast, served fresh on election morning, with no one else to blame.

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Food for Thought:

Unity is not about being the majority—it is about being intentional.

A united minority will always outshine a divided majority.

If 20 people with one voice can keep Akara and Pap on a hostel table of 100, imagine what 200 million with one purpose can put on Nigeria’s table.

The question is: Will we keep complaining, or will we finally agree on the kind of future we want to taste?