“What
we need to be doing is not just changing who holds power, but changing
the way we conceive of power. There is the power we’re all familiar with
— power over. But there is another kind of power — power from within.”
(Starhawk, 1979)
Buhari has already won the psychological
war on corruption – the fear of repercussion, at least, is palpable.
Everybody is now scared of stealing and everyone is talking about the
war even when not asked. The Nigerian atmosphere is evidently charged
with the new spirit of the times. The battle of the minds was won
without firing a shot. The next and the main battle front is not only in
government offices, but in all strands of the Nigerian tapestry; in
