Let us think of the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate as, like a co-pilot. His hands are on the same lever with the president of the senate, navigating the nation through the storms of nation-build. That is right: nation-building does not happen at the executive office, it happens in the chambers of the nation’s legislative houses.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s first year in office is a resounding success by widespread acclamation. Nothing today gives me more joy. Had he failed, I would have been inundated with phone calls and text messages mocking me for calling for a Christian Governor in 2015 at a time when others were too afraid of the “god” of Lagos State politics to mention it.

Nigeria, the country bequeathed us by the British colonialists, is beset with problems most of which are attributable to incompetent leadership. In their legitimate quest for positive change, Nigerians voted in large numbers for the All Progressives Congress (APC). I am one of those Nigerians who believe that dredging up a seventy two year old retired soldier, Muhammadu Buhari, to vie for the presidency for an unprecedented fourth time after his brief tenure as military head of state thirty-five years ago is counterproductive and retrogressive.

These are trying times for many people in our country. Families are struggling to meet financial obligations, jobs remain scare, retrenchment is the order of the day in otherwise viable companies, and several other people have other challenges.

It is over a week now that majority of British voters decided via a referendum that it was time to exit the European Union. The ripples from the outcome of the poll had not settled and there are signs they are not going to settle anytime soon.