By Political Animal.
Atimes I am tempted to believe that Nigeria will not work in our lifetime, but occasionally,I take my mind back to when
we were told that poor people cannot have mobile phone and only few had 090 by coup plotters.
The Nigerian movie industry was not even an option but making waves in the world today.It was Hollywood and Bollywood.
But my temptation becomes very strong and shocking,when,I listen to a crop of youths ,who are still asslicking their oppressors,looters and destiny short changers who have refused to make Nigeria work.
Ask them their choice for 2023 and you will be shocked by the kind of names they are calling like their grandpa’s,T…..bu, A….ku.
Maybe I am having Ceasar’s optimism and courage,more like rashness that got him killed.”the ides of March” in the month of March.
For instance, and recently,the NBTE was to do accreditation for a new poly in one of the states in the North East,the only hotel was fully booked,it was like a carnival.
When the NBTE staffs were asked, why so many staffs even with COVID19, everyone ,young or old said “we wanted a piece of the cake ,a piece of the pie”. That is the state of the union.The center can no longer hold.Everybody’s interest has become nobody’s in present Nigeria.
People keep talking about Restructuring,but I want to tell them that Restructuring is not Renovation.
We must first of all, and foremost collapse this old or present edifice or system entirely, and begin anew on a plain sheet or clean slate.
It will no longer be “NIGERIA” but. “NIGERIANS”.
A country for all.United under one new sincere structure and visionary leadership.
Let there be a national conversation.
Nigerians have the power and the power is in our collective voices.
You and I.
Everybody should count and be counted .
We can achieve what many think is impossible,if we work together.The key to our liberation is “unity” against all political jobbers.Nobody should tell me that it is not possible.
God knew why he brought the Northern and Southern Protectorate together.Unless we think that God made a mistake.
Even the children of Israel had it rough anytime they were outside the will of God.
We must discuss our future together.
By so doing we can build a country that should work for “ALL”.We must build a country of laws and institutions and not a country of “MEN”.
If other nations did it ,we can do it.We can build a country of strong institutions and not strong Men or strong POLITICIANS.
When that is done, we will begin to see parameters ,that can assure us that certainly , things shall be better for our children , though we are presently lagging behind in various areas of development.
But with time we will overcome.The power of life and death is in our tongues and also in our doing.Our destiny is our hands.
Sadly, sadly, sadly ,if we fail to do our bit now,some of us would have died before that
“Sweet Nigeria” serenades in the air.Or may be too old to enjoy the jolly ride.
Please don’t blame me,the national Anthem that always come to my mind is “Nigeria we hale thee ,our own the native land”, because, that was what I sang in 1960 as a primary school boy.
I am always forgetting the new one ,may be because it is not working.
My temptation about the future of Nigeria is becoming more serious than ever.The time for us all to wake up is “NOW”.
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