Nigeria is an awesome country, a wonderful place to be and to be associated with, but we don't seem to be getting things right despite how richly blessed she is. She' is full of individuals walking around each day with a broken dream, not because they want to, but because the country forced them to, and that breaks my heart.
Our leaders sell us some piece of crap in exchange for our votes, promising the world if they get elected and eventually, we are the ones who reach for the bottom of our purse to pay for a debt owed due to a lie that was sold to us.
Many grew up wanting to be LAWYERs and DOCTORs and now LAWMAs and CONDUCTORs. Well, they are still enforcing the law (Lawma) and conducting the operation (Bus Conductors), not just in our courts and theatre rooms as it should be, but on our roads and in public buses. How pathetic!
Who do we blame? Is it our leaders, who effortlessly strive to enrich themselves or the people who continuously sell out their votes and right that could have made the difference?
Well, we can still achieve that desired change, all hope isn't lost, we are just in a dilemma. Let us agree we lost on the election day and that the present administration has failed us. However, there's strength in togetherness and if only we come together and first tackle and win the war within ourselves, maybe then we can inspire a change, and become a better people for the #government to lead.
We are the nation, the people and the dream. Nigeria can only lose when we do. We've lost too many battles dating back to our fathers and forefathers and we can't continue to point fingers at the politicians when we'll probably do the same or even worse if given the same opportunity as they have today.
If we choose to turn a new leaf by working on ourselves; disengage from the poverty mentality we share our bed with, rid ourselves of self-entitlement and religious slavery to mention a few, we'd be surprised how things would begin to change for the better.
I am a #Christian, a fervent believer at that but many sadly, have missed it in the aspect of religion. We allow ourselves to be slaves to the doctrines and teachings of Jesus Christ, rather than being true worshippers and followers, but this is a story for another day. By the way, you may ask why I chose to focus my views on #Christianity alone but then, who am I to criticize a religion I don't know about? Many have started religious wars because they failed to choose their battles wisely but not today. Wisdom is profitable to all, and let us also stop these negative utterances we make. There is power in the tongue! No matter how bad things might be for the Americans, they'll always conclude by saying "God bless America". Do you know how far that goes?
With our mouths, we've destroyed destinies and continuously mar the image of our dear country. If we do not love and protect our country, no one will. Despite the hunger, the frustrations and uncertainties, we can decide to be nation builders, not killers. We are Nigeria, not the #politicians, the inflation annihilating the city, the irregularities and most definitely, not the #terrorist. We, the people, is the Nigerian dream.
Many great men have lost their lives to the struggles of wanting to make a difference so that we all can eat, may they not die in vain because of our ignorance, pride and selfishness. There's always light at the end of the tunnel and Nigeria might be going through its dark moments, but remember we took our country back from the British 61 years ago and we will bring our girls back. (#BOGB)
The troubles we are facing today are a compilation of truth neglected yesterday. What we sow is what we would reap, period.
No one is innocent of these wrongs. We've all played an active role in the failure of our #democracy. But then, of course, like I always say, it's pointless pointing fingers when we can use that valuable time to come up with a positive plan that soon gets us out of this mess and put us back on the map where we belong.
Nigeria is a great country and regardless of its shortcomings, it remains one. We just need to wake up from our slumber and start living the dream. The truth is, if you have an orange and you don't take good care of it, it starts to rotten away and that's where we find ourselves today. God has blessed this nation richly but we chose to act like spoilt brats and we are like the prodigal son who squandered all that his father gave to him and crying back (God) for help when by this time we should be making a major impact on the world.
Show me a country that is as blessed as Nigeria and our geography books and world maps would be a fraud.
Collectively, we can build our golden nation back up and get hunger out of our land.
I believe in this nation,
I believe in the Nigerian dream,
I believe in the Nigerian #youth, and finally,
I believe in the coming together of you and me.
#Nigeria is one nation, one people. When we win, we rejoice together and when we fail, we cry together.
Let's not leave it all in the hands of our leaders and keep pushing blames on them. We have all failed each other and it's time we made things right. The change starts with 'US' and together we would mount the national flag back up and keep the green white green flying again.
God Bless Nigeria
Happy 61st Independence Day!
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