How Tomi Adesina is holding the government accountable
"It’s not necessarily an attack on anybody but more a discussion amongst ourselves about how we want to live."
In April, Tomi Adesina wrote about traffic gridlock in Lagos. She called on all Lagosians to join hands in demanding and creating public infrastructure that “serves human dignity rather than undermining it”.
Then, last September, Tomi’s Lagos apartment was flooded after heavy rains.
“I wrote about systemic failures and the endurance of Lagos residents who navigate broken infrastructure daily,” she wrote on her blog after the flooding. “I had no idea I was writing my own future.”
In response, Tomi, who is a product strategist at Paystack, called for more Lagosians to document their flooding experience. She also created a form for fellow citizens to connect with one another and engage the government.
“Building the Lagos we need requires reimagining the relationship between government and citizenry,” Tomi blogged.
Recently, I spoke to Tomi via Google Meet. The transcript of our conversation, edited for clarity and brevity, is published below.
