Why Nigeria needs a Supreme Leader

Let me explain the concept of the Supreme Leader using Iran as an example. In Iran, the Supreme Leader is considered the Head of State and is more powerful than the president. The Supreme Leader appoints the heads of many powerful posts in the military, the civil government, and the judiciary. While the president is the face of most of the government, the quiet power behind him is the Supreme Leader.

Nigeria needs a Supreme Leader. We need a powerful person behind the curtains pulling the strings who will not just hide but be recognised by the constitution. The reasons for this are many. For one if the law recognises the power behind the curtain, it will stop people from disrespecting or going against the wishes of the Supreme Leader.

I will use a fictional example. Let us say a person Ubunit is very rich and powerful and is the power and money bag behind big political events like a change of government. Ubunit will naturally want things to go his way after spending all that money and using his contacts to make things happen and cause the election of people into public office. Ubunit will expect to make recommendations for appointments to key government positions. In Iran, the Supreme Leader cannot be challenged by just anyone. No one can wake up and accuse him of corruption or ask him how he amassed so much wealth. The law makes it possible for him to make official pronouncements and appointments. All you can do is grumble and tell your concerns to God in prayer, expecting that God, who works in mysterious way will either hasten the Supreme Leaders journey to heaven or touch his heart to make him change.

But in the case of the fictional Ubunit, you will have some small boy who, just because he won elections feels he can go against the unofficial Supreme leader. He will challenge Ubunit. He will ignore Ubunit when Ubunit writes down his choices for appointments on a piece of paper. And because of social media where any idiot can become popular, his supporters will hail him and even insult Ubunit. But you see Ubunit still has the power. It may take him a while to root out dissidents through ingenious means but he will. The problem is once someone sees that you can challenge the godfather everyone will start to try challenge him. Once they know it is possible they will poke their fingers in Ubunit’s eye. This is where my suggestion comes in handy.

I propose we get a Supreme Leadership Authority Council in the constitution. The job of this council will be looking at who the biggest godfather is and appointing him to become Supreme Leader. This Supreme