They want you tired.
Giving up is not free.
To the one who used to believe and now checks the news and feels nothing. To the one who has already written the resignation letter in your heart. We understand. But before you walk away, count what it costs you. Personally.
What happened in 2023, and what is different in 2027
Millions of Nigerians did not give up because they were lazy. They gave up because of what they saw in 2023. Those reasons are real. So is the answer.
The results portal failed on presidential election day. A quarter of result forms were still missing when the winner was declared.
Every voter is a portal. We photograph every result sheet at the polling unit before it leaves, and run our own count on the night.
Many voters went home after voting. In Adamawa a winner was announced while votes were still being counted.
The Osun Script: nobody goes home. 372,934 citizen agents, and citizens at every ward and LGA collation centre. In Osun in August 2026, it worked.
The results were upheld. The Supreme Court ruled that uploading results in real time was not mandatory.
We are not waiting for a court. We protect the count where it happens, and every result sheet photo is evidence.
Three main challengers split the vote. Together they won far more votes than the winner’s 8.8 million.
South and North on one ticket: Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. One ballot: NDC.
Only 26.7% of registered voters came out, down from 43.7% in 2015. 68.5 million stayed home.
Mobilise 20: each of us brings twenty, logged on the Mobilisation Platform across all 176,846 polling units.
Many gave the new government a chance: “let the poor breathe.”
We have seen the result: inflation peaked at 34.8% (December 2024), the naira fell to ₦1,690, 35 million in food crisis. 93% now say wrong direction.
Cash scarcity from the naira redesign, violence and intimidation kept many at home.
Go early, go with your twenty, and stay together. There is safety in numbers, and 20 million witnesses are watching.
In 2023 the portal failed and we went home. In 2027 every voter is a portal, and nobody goes home.
In 2023 the opposition was divided. In 2027 South and North are on one ticket. Vote & Mobilise for Peter Obi & Kwankwaso.
In 2023, 26.7% voted. In 2027, each of us brings 20.
To the one who is tired,
You who used to march, and now watch from the window. You who used to argue in the family WhatsApp group, and now scroll past. You who used to wear the cap, and now keep it in a drawer.
You are not lazy. You are not weak. You are tired. You have looked at the rent, the school fees and the empty fridge and asked: what is the point?
This page is the answer. Not a speech. A bill.
From people who have been there too
It is not on a billboard. It is in your house.
One practising doctor for every 4,300 Nigerians. 16,000 have left. When your mother needs one at 2am, the doctor may be in Manchester.
Education’s share of the 2026 budget, against the 20% they promised. 18.3 million children out of school. Your child’s teacher may already be gone.
of young Nigerians think a lot about leaving. Your brother hugging your mother goodbye, knowing he is not coming back.
Nigerian children under five died in 2024. Not numbers. Unlived birthdays and mothers who never recover.
What the minimum wage is worth. It was $92 in 2015. Giving up means four more years of this, or worse.
What a vote was sold for in Anambra in 2025. Giving up is handing your PVC to a thug and saying: take it, I don’t care.
The cost of giving up is not on a billboard. It is at your kitchen table.
Giving up costs you the doctor at 2am, the teacher who japa’d, and the brother who is never coming back.
Your exhaustion is their protection
Here is what they hope you never figure out: they want you tired. They are betting that you will choose survival over struggle. Your exhaustion is their protection. Your surrender is their profit.
In 2023, 68.5 million registered Nigerians stayed home. The winner needed only 8.8 million votes. Every person who gives up makes their job easier.
Giving up is not neutral. It is a gift to the people who made you tired.
They want you tired. Your exhaustion is their protection. Your surrender is their profit.
68.5 million stayed home in 2023. The winner needed 8.8 million. Giving up is a vote for them.
See it for yourself
We are not asking you to be fearless.
We are asking you to be present.
We do not give up on each other.
I am not asking you to be fearless. I am asking you to show up one more time. 16 January 2027.
We do not give up on each other. #TheCostOfGivingUp
You no tire pass the woman wey dey sell for road since 5am. Show up one more time.
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