..says “Posterity Is the Ultimate Consequence Leaders Cannot Escape”

As Nigeria marked its 65th Independence Anniversary, Ondo-born business mogul, politician, and thought leader, Mr. Moyosola Niran-Oladunni, delivered a powerful critique on leadership accountability, warning that the “consequences of posterity” remain inescapable.

Speaking in a commemorative address titled “The Consequences of Posterity Is the Most Dangerous”, the one-time gubernatorial aspirant in Ondo State urged Nigerians to confront what he described as the illusion of impunity that has long defined the country’s political class.

“One of the biggest problems we face in Nigeria today is the quiet that actions don’t have consequences, or that there will never be a price to pay. People do things, especially those in leadership, with a certain boldness, almost as if tomorrow doesn’t exist. Rules are bent, institutions are weakened, and responsibilities are treated like favours,” he declared.

Niran-Oladunni painted a sobering picture of how unchecked power undermines governance, noting that while such actions may deliver short-term advantages, they ultimately sow long-term discord.

“History is like a stubborn record keeper because it doesn’t just note what people achieved, it also records how they went about it. Every abuse of power, every careless policy, every silence when it mattered will be written down, whether we like it or not. Leaders may escape scrutiny today, but time has a way of bringing things back to the surface,” he said.

Drawing a link between present failures and future consequences, he warned that neglecting challenges such as “insecurity on our roads or poverty in our communities” amounts to planting “seeds of unrest and disillusionment that the next generation will be forced to harvest.”

“The most dangerous mistake any leader can make is to believe that the future will never come. It always does. And when it does, it speaks loudly, long after applause has died down and positions have changed hands,” he cautioned.

He reminded Nigerians that power and positions are transient, and wealth is fleeting, “but consequences last.”

Concluding his address, Niran-Oladunni submitted that: “Posterity is the ultimate consequence because it cannot be bribed, silenced, or avoided.”