NIGERIA @54:MY THOUHTS IT WAS EXACTLY 54 YEARS AGO THAT THE BRITISH UNION JACK WAS LOWERED AND NIGERIAS GREEN WHITE GREEN FLAG WAS HOISTED TO HERALD AN INDEPENDENT NATION, CALLED FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA KNEW NO BOND. AT LAST WE HAVE BEEN LIBERATED FROM THE SHACKLES OF EXPLIOTATION AND COLONIALISM. BUT 54 YEARS AFTER, NIGERIA IS WORST THAN WHEN THE COLONIZERS WERE HERE. At 54,OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ARE STILL BEGGING FOR ATTENTION. AT 54,OUR LEGISLATURE IS STIIL UNDER THE WHIMS AND CAPRICES OF THE EXECUTIVE. AT 54,OUR JUDICIARY HAS NO INDEPENDENCE. AT 54,THE FUTURE OF THE YOUTHS SEEMED UNCERTAIN. AT 54,UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE HAPPENING THING IN NIGERIA. AT 54,THE POLITICAL CLASS IS STILL PROMISING US OF FIXING OUR ROADS. AT 54,NO CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY IN NIGERIA. AT 54,WE STILL REFINE OUR CRUDE OIL ABROAD AND BRING THEM BACK AS IMPORTED PRODUCTS. AT 54,OUR EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS ARE BUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL SHAME. AT 54,OUR TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS A FAILURE. AT 54,THERE IS LACK OF CLEAR CULT NATIONAL IDEOLOGY. AT 54,OUR POLITICIANS ARE STILL PLAYING POLITICS OF DO OR DIE. POLITICS OF SELF ENRICHMENT. WHICH WAY NIGERIA?. WHEN WILL WE HAVE NATIONAL LEADERS WHO WILL PLACE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THEIR PERSONAL WANTS?. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE INDEPENDENT,WHAT ARE THE GAINS?. WE SHOULD NOT BE CLAPPING OUR HANDS IN CELEBRATION, WHEN THINGS HAVE FALLEN APART. NEVER.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:58:47 +0000