You know the
difference between Nigeria and other great countries you are comparing us with?
“The cost of freedom is always high, but those countries have always
sacrificially paid their own price for the true freedom that brought the
massive change in their structure and system today.
harmony, but who and where are the youths of Nigeria who are supposed to sacrificially pay the price of our own freedom and change?
Things do
not happen; Things are made to happen. Let us not seek the lip talk answer of
the APC or the lip talk answer of the PDP, but the right answer coming from the
good side of us. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept
our own responsibility for the future. Is hope alive?
Recently, I
was in the midst of my NYSC colleagues serving in Kano state, and I heard them discussing
the issue of Nigeria; this time, they were arguing on the present and the
future of Nigeria. I heard some say Nigeria is the worst Nation on earth, full
of selfish, callous and corrupt citizens; Nigeria can never be better again;
the future of Nigeria is doom; corruption has infiltrated every sector and even
the youth that are supposed to be the future of Nigeria are already drenched
with a polluted mindset of embezzling and destroying Nigeria further. I even
heard someone say he is always ashamed of displaying her Nigerian green
passport anytime she is in the midst of foreigners or in the embassy.
I sat among them
speechless and void of words. Tears ran down my cheek as I saw young Nigerians
passionate about castigating and bring down Nigeria. I was made weak from the
encephalon seeing them waste their energy and vigor thinking of adding turmoil
to our situation, criticizing Nigeria and cursing the future of our beloved
Nation. But then I remember the words of
J. F. Kennedy, who said “ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what
you can do for your country”. Is hope alive?
I am no
family to president Buhari; I don’t belong to his ethnic group or tribe. I have
not seen this man before. He has not impacted my life directly. I am from the
miry clay like you. I pass through the same pain you guys are passing through.
I know how it feels to live on less than 1.5 dollars a day. I am a testimony of
living in pain, struggle and hustles. I understand how unpalatable it is to
live on 1 or 2 square meal a day. Nevertheless, I am not giving up on the
future of Nigeria. I believe strongly in what God can use President Buhari to
do in Nigeria. I believe in the slogan CHANGE. I don’t need a prophet to tell
me the great and positive changes that is to come in Nigeria.
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3 comments
You are right op. Well we need positive minded people like you to rule Nigeria
I still believe things will get better someday in this country.
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