Leadership is not measured by the popularity of decisions but by the courage to make them. History remembers leaders who chose the difficult path over the convenient one, placing long-term national prosperity above short-term political comfort. This is the essence of what I describe in my infinite stake theory – the belief that true leaders see themselves as custodians of generations yet unborn, making today’s difficult decisions to create tomorrow’s enduring legacy.
When I wrote The Job is for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2019, my argument was straightforward: Nigeria needed a leader prepared to confront deep-rooted structural distortions rather than postpone them. Three years into his administration, the country’s reform agenda increasingly reflects that philosophy. While the journey remains unfinished, the direction is becoming clearer.
The removal of the fuel subsidy was arguably the administration’s boldest reform. For decades, the subsidy regime consumed trillions of naira, encouraged inefficiency, fuelled
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