 disturbing our country before the global community by clinging on to the hope and possibilities that Nigeria offers and not by widening her fault lines. This was a submission of the Minister of Works and Housing Babatsunde Raji Fashola while delivering a keynote address at the 2022 the niche newspaper annual lecture held in Lagos. Plus, TV news correspondent Love Ikoku has more. These are high-profile political and business leaders. Here are the 2022 annual niche intellectual lecture tinkering solutions to some of Nigeria's most daunting problems. It is coming 20 days to the formal flag of campaigns for the 2023 general elections. Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola in his keynote address posited that elections and democracies must represent a feast of ideas and choices that bring out the best from the country. We can win elections without exaggerating our problems. We can do so by offering credible service and well-thought-out solutions, by valorizing and clinging on to the hope that Nigeria's possibilities offer, not by widening her fault lines. Elections and democracy. Fashola while highlighting the success of democracy in Nigeria ask Nigerians to see themselves as governments. But these comments sparked another channel of debate. We are not the government. We are not. Because if you look at Nigeria today, you look at how bewildered, totally perplexed we are at the state of things, and how we look at the people and in fact the youth are rebelling against the establishment in politics. Every one of us has a responsibility for the station of leadership. Why? Because when you see you drive on the road, are you all mad? No. We are no animals. In animal kingdom, there's utterliness. Do you have utterliness? I'm ashamed of the older Nigerians. Our democracy, especially in the last seven years, has also come with significant challenges. Our country has never been more divided. Our country has never been more insecure. Our debt has never been as high as it is today. And infrastructure, yes, in spite of modest progress, remains a significant challenge. Former Director-General of Nemasa, Dahkoku, Petaside, is rather worried about what he called Boarding of Governance after elections. Managing the expectation of Nigerian people is not going to be a walk in the park. And why will it be so? There are many reasons. One is that we face monumental insecurity and it is very easy to lay blame on anybody. Nevertheless, fashionably believes the book stops at the doorstep of the media. He charged them to redirect the narratives through conversations that shaped the country by educating the masses about how to vote. Love, Ikuku, Uyedukun, plus TV news. So you get notified about fresh news updates.