Naija is 46!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoorayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! (Or is it shameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!)
Well, to tell you the truth, I did not celebrate Naija’s 46th birthday with enthusiasm, no thanks to recent events (OBJ vs. Atiku) which has made me look with doubts to the future of this country. As a true patriotic Naija man, I only hope and pray for the best for this country. God has blessed us astoundingly with natural and human resources; Coal (I know we used to have it at Enugu), Crude oil (we still have a ‘50 year’ stock or so), Gas (the yet to be flared reserve), food stuffs (well in some homes), best people (a 16 yr old naijerian went to space), best minds (Soyinka, Achebe, me(lol) e.t.c) best weather (at least no tsunami), no famine, no earthquakes, no genocide, religious tolerance (to an extent at least) and so on.
Despite all these good stuffs from JEHOVA, we still have massive social problems which keep leaping from bad to worse to worst; worst roads, worst power supply, worst education, worst security, and worst unemployment. As a typical Naija man, I will lay the blame on our leaders. Our leaders have disappointed us (me) in the past 46 years, military and civilians alike (OBJ and ATIKU, una no try oooo). Their goals and aspirations have never been for the interest of the people, NEVER. It has always been a Personal Enrichment Programme (PED) and it will continue to be so unless for divine intervention. We all need to pray for this nation. We need to pray for our present leaders and the future ones too (especially people like me wey wan become president one day). With all the prayers, we also need to be Nation Development focused.
We all have a part to play in rebuilding Naija. Whatever part we must play, may God never allow us adopt the PED approach but only focus on moving Naija ahead.
Naija must move forward, whether our leaders like it or not.
