By Aniefiok Isat
Two of the most lucrative “businesses” in Nigeria today are Church and politics.
Look closely — the pattern is the same.
In many churches, founders hand over leadership to their children or close family members. It raises a simple question: is this truly a calling, or a well-structured family enterprise?
Now to politics — it’s even worse.
In politics, our leaders are no longer just governing; they are grooming their bloodlines to inherit power. Sons, daughters, and relatives are being positioned, imposed, and recycled into offices they barely understand. No experience. No track record. Just family name. Senator Akpabio’s 28-year-old daughter has just been made the head of Tinubu’s support group in Akwa Ibom State. She’s never done any other thing in her life before. Nyesome Wike’s two sons are just about the same age as IniAbasi Akpabio. Wike’s first son would be going to the House of Representatives next year. He has never done any work in his life. Just fresh from school last like Akpabio’s daughter. There are many other examples across the country.
In churches, successors are often trained.
In politics? We are handed fresh graduates and political tourists, expected to lead millions.
So where is the hope for the ordinary Nigerian with no godfather or no political surname?
Even more troubling — our youths are cheering it on.
Nigeria is gradually becoming a family estate.
And the rest of us? Just tenants in our own country.
Aniefiok Isat is a good political observer
