Power Speaking To Power: Why Oshiomhole Is Demanding Results, Not Excuses

Power Speaking To Power: Why Oshiomhole Is Demanding Results, Not Excuses

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Many people assume that every security challenge can be solved simply by increasing budgets.

But Senator Adams Oshiomhole appears to be asking a different question.

If billions have already been appropriated, where are the measurable outcomes?

Following the recent abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State, Oshiomhole’s intervention in the Senate was not merely about expressing sympathy. It was about accountability.

It was about asking the difficult questions many ordinary Nigerians ask every day.

Are previous security resolutions being implemented?

Are resources reaching the intended targets?

Are the results matching the investments?

These are not questions from an outsider looking in.

These are questions coming from a man who has governed a state, chaired the ruling party at the national level, and now sits in the highest legislative chamber in the country.

That is what makes the intervention significant.

This is not opposition politics.

This is not political grandstanding.

This is power speaking to power.

For years, Nigerians have heard announcements about security allocations, procurement approvals, committee recommendations, and strategic initiatives.

But Oshiomhole’s position appears to be straightforward:

Allocation alone is not achievement.

Spending alone is not success.

The true measure is whether Nigerians feel safer.

Whether children can attend school without fear.

Whether farmers can return to their farms.

Whether travellers can move freely on our highways.

Whether communities can sleep peacefully at night.

In many ways, Oshiomhole’s intervention reflects a broader principle that should guide governance at every level.

Government must not only spend.

Government must measure.

Government must not only announce.

Government must evaluate.

Government must not only promise.

Government must deliver.

And perhaps that is why his voice continues to attract attention whenever national issues arise.

Because he is not merely asking how much was spent.

He is asking what was achieved.

In an era where performance is increasingly becoming the true currency of leadership, that may be the most important question of all.

Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah is the Principal and CEO of Bush Radio Academy