***Looking For Jobs, Finding Death....... ...Permit me to end this contribution by qouting from a moving email that I received from a dear Nigerian family friend who herself is a mother and who presently resides in the United Kingdom with her family. She sent it to me the day after the tragic death of the youths in the stadium. I have obtained her permission to share her words in this write-up but for obvious reasons I will not mention her name. She wrote- Good М̤̣̲̣̥̈̇ό̲̣̣̣̥я̲̣̣̥и̲̮̣̥̅̊ɪ̣̝̇и̲̮̣̥̅̊G̲̣̣̣̥, I honestly dont know where to start from. My heart is so heavy. What is it about Nigeria that (or is it we as a nation) nothing good comes out of the news. Im beginning to wonder if there is nothing wrong with me when I go through websites expectant of only bad news. Why dont I ever expect anything good to come out of Nigeria? I dont even know what to tell my children again. I try to give them a balanced view of the country but something would always come up to make nonsense of that. Why would any sane person want to come and live in that madness called Nigeria where nothing is guaranteed. Life is not guaranteed, jobs are not guaranteed, education is not guaranteed, security is not guaranteed, a decent daily meal is not guaranteed. I could go on and on. I came to a realization recently which is self-preservation. Abi shebi its life/self first. When I saw the early morning pictures of the crowd of youths at the Abuja stadium my heart just sank because I could almost write the script of what would follow. And so I waited (expectantly?)and wasnt disappointed. Would anything come out of it? No. Would life go on? Yes. Do they care? No. And the slowpoke of a Minister had the gall to say that candidates died because of impatience. Meanwhile the so-called aptitude test was just a ruse. They had handpicked their preferred candidates weeks ago. The crowd alone told me that we have a serious problem of youth unemployment yet Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would come out and be reeling silly figures. Please tell her that shes not fooling anyone. As if the unemployment is not bad enough government is opening more universities like daycare centers and still granting licenses for private universities. Who is going to absorb these teeming unemployed graduates? Where are the industries? Are you creating an enabling environment for investment? Infact Im just done with agonizing over Nigeria. Self first please! Her words and counsel moved me to tears. As far as I am concerned she captured the mood very well and her simple yet succinct submission is reflective of the thinking and deep pain of millions of Nigerians from all over the world that are fast losing hope in their nation. Yet what can we do but just continue to hope and pray. What can we do for the future of our children and to better the fortunes of our nation? This is indeed food for thought. As the bible says, may God deliver us from bloodthirsty and evil men and may the balm of Gilead heal our wounds and comfort our mourning souls. May the souls of those youths that lost their lives in the tragic events of 15th March 2014 rest in perfect peace and may God save Nigeria and deliver her from the power, the rulership and the cruel clutches of this set of insensitive beasts that have no decency, no morals and no conscience. ***Extraction from Dr. Fani-kayodes view of T̶̲̥̅ђe̶̲̥̅̊ sad tradgedy of unfortunate youths who died in their quest τ̩̩ợ̇̇ secure Immigration vacancies already filled by politicians friends and family. But I keep wondering, ᶤ̲ˢ̲/.͡ dr. fani-kayode (currently been probed by EFCC) really in custody of moral ground τ̩̩ợ̇̇ criticize F.G when he registered first-class success-failure as aviation minister. Isnt D̶̲̥̅̊ȋ̝̊̅ƨ̣̇ a shameful trajectory of kettle calling pot black? Isnt six and half a dozen same couple, with paradox of flagrant conformity? For ᵐ̲ʸ̲ country, so I weep on a Monday М̤̣̲̣̥̈̇ό̲̣̣̣̥я̲̣̣̥и̲̮̣̥̅̊ɪ̣̝̇и̲̮̣̥̅̊G̲̣̣̣̥ as I journey τ̩̩ợ̇̇ ᵐ̲ʸ̲ employers farm; ONTV/Soundcity, if I may.........
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:35:21 +0000
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