NIGERIA @ 61 A GLIMPSE TO THE PAST AND THE FUTURE PROSPECTS.
Every page across the media outlets of individual handles or pages of established institutions carry a portion of independence jingle throughout the week bestriding September and October of every year, with the substance of lamentation from the vast majority, only the few and deep intellectuals appraise the achievements of the entity called 'Nigeria' so far recorded in the past 6 decades.
Every entity worthy of value attracts angels and evils among humans, the former looking at the good aspects of it and retracting blessings for the betterment of humanity and the latter for the otherwise. Nigeria is abundantly blessed, which one are we mentioning, the population which constitutes the commercial potentiality, the agric sector or the mineral resources name it.
The country which up till today is yet to exploit its potentialities in terms of natural resources, is seen as rich with a rag caftan, only needs to reshuffle the ramshackle that wedges its progress over the years. This is a country that witnessed the free meals for university students, a country that it's currency outweighed dollar, and pound sterling, a country that its rails were working, a country that produced food items in large quantity for export, a country that attracted foreigners for a good working condition, a country that was seen as the future super power, a country that held a promise for the black race. What then happened along the line that cracked the wall ?
Of course, this kind of good fortune bestowed on the surface and beneath the soil will attract angels and evils. Evils ranging from coup d'etat, Political assassination, civil war, colonialism, slavery among other demonic retrogressive phenomena, along side angels like Tafawa Balewa Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello Sardauna, Oil boom, factories, valued currency and food security.
The misfortune began immediately after Nigerian lost the sense of patriotism in their DNAs yearning for what the country will offer, a liability kind of with a parasitic behaviour. Then corruption ensued that slacked every working system the country had, walking on a walking tone of one-step forward two-steps backward.
The entity that holds a promise for a large number of individuals still exhibiting a nonchalant attitude that makes the future blur, needs to wake up in terms of the share in national wealth. Given what belongs to Caesar to Caesar. If there should be deficit and meager pay to a working class it shouldn't be a Teacher or a Doctor, or Security personnel.
Nigeria holds promise for the black race, the green-white-green flag on the sky which depicts peace and resilience. The first line of the national anthem calling for a 'rise', the hymn of the anthem stirs up the iota, the drop and the sippable liquid in the soul of the man, that this indeed is folded with good fortunes. A long time coming serenity.
On a dividing line, to those who see nothing good in Nigeria are not to blame, they may probably be blaming their parents why they are lagging behind not doing well as same with those who make it in their neighbourhood. At the sametime, we see the compassionate citizens who sew new attires decorated in the promised colour of green-white-green expressing optimism. Those of course are ones enjoying the little they possess and hope filling their statue which I can't live to be counted out of them.
With all that is said across outlets, the future of the country rests on its citizens, in its ability to produce a leader of thought with vast experience and global trend at the centre, and leaders across the periphery, taking charge to face the challenges on ground one at a time, sewing the wrapper of peace that is seemingly tore, and revive the past glories we might have lost.
Ahmad Murtala
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