When conscience finds its voice, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria is approaching such a moment. Public trust is thinning. Insecurity has unsettled communities and weakened livelihoods. Suspicion around elections remains deep. Confidence in the judiciary is fragile. Institutions that ought to inspire faith often provoke doubt. These are not isolated problems. They are symptoms of a wider national distress. When hunger meets fear, unemployment collides with inflation, and citizens doubt the fairness of the systems meant to protect them, the moral fabric of society begins to fray.