MY MUSINGS ON THE WAY FORWARD FOR NIGERIA
As no one should give up on his/her life, we should be strong as a people not to give up on our society.
The way each person's life is what he/she has made it, every society is exactly the way the citizens made it.
The wrong we do and their consequences won't stop until we stop wrong doings. Darkness prevails for as long we hold back from shining as lights.
We have put up long enough with mediocrity, sentiments, malpractices, nepotism, criminality, immorality, corruption, kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, bad leadership and all evil deeds common to us as Nigerians for us to know there is no gain in them.
We wouldn't wake up anyday to have a country that is in the league of global best if we refused to birth it now.
When all of us begin to go about our works, our lives and our dealings with others rightly within and outside the shores of Nigeria; our country will be better for it.
Simply because you are not affected by the challenges of Nigeria (insecurity, bad leadership, poverty etc), doesn't mean you should be unconcerned and/or in support of further deterioration of Nigeria. Love and care for self isn't complete without genuine love and care for your fellow country people.
The transformation of Nigeria is in the hands of every Nigerian everywhere. However, Nigerians that are hardest hit by the wrong system operating in Nigeria have much work to do to be victorious because the beneficiaries of the rottenness in Nigeria would never work for the progress of Nigeria.
When victims of poor handling of Nigeria take sides with those who are mishandling Nigeria; where will their deliverance come? He who has refused to be helped cannot be helped.
A free, fair and prosperous Nigeria where all Nigerians count is possible if every Nigerian is willing and committed to its realization.
Citizens of well to do countries that many Nigerians will do anything to visit, work, live and/or invest didn't have better heads than us. The difference is their excellent mentality and right attitude towards their national affairs.
Let's take a cue from nations that have gone ahead of us to develop right attitude towards our collective affairs instead of merely going there to look and enjoy the good in there. The proof of exposure to excellence is established by delivering excellence. What is the essence of seeing it all and enjoying it all elsewhere without doing it at all in your own country?
To be sweating profusely where there is chilling cold air conditioning system shows that something is wrong with you not the environment. It is unexpected and unacceptable to have everything and lack everything! That we are blessed so much (with favourable weather conditions, natural resources and human resources) yet, suffer so much is our own making.
We may be sick and tired of Nigeria and being a Nigerian, if we are not sick and tired of our wrong deeds that rendered Nigeria impossible; we aren't done with being sick and tired of having an under performing country.
For as long there is a country called Nigeria as ours, let's keep hope of a better Nigeria alive and actively work for it. We cannot continue to be suffering in the midst of plenty. None of us should continue to be a threat to the safety, security, ease, peace and prosperity of any (or some or all) of us. Nigeria can be great if all Nigerians do their bit.
©20/10/2021.
_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
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