Nigeria's independence
Today is known for the independence of Nigeria, October 1st, 1960 Nigeria got her independence from the British which today marks the 62nd year of Nigeria's independence.
What can we say since Nigeria got her independence?
I guess this is the question many Nigerians are asking themselves today, a question we have no answer to for all these years, a question our leaders cannot provide an answer to, a question that many citizens did not understand, a question that left many people dumbfounded but let's try to reason together about what we can say since the past 62 years. Nigeria is a country blessed with lots of mineral resources, a country blessed with talented individuals, and one of the most powerful and respected countries in west Africa but yet with all these listed qualities Nigeria is still considered a developing country that is country that still needs tutelage to do things, a country that still needs spoon feeding but why is it so?
Why is it so?
A question begot another question, we will say Nigeria is a well-populated country, yes she is, Nigeria has lots of educated citizens that are well to do of course yes, Nigeria has influential citizens, of course, yes, Nigeria also has lots of entrepreneurs oh yes she does why then is it still considered as a developing country? Nigeria is still considered a developing country because we fail to maximize the opportunities of the great resources we are blessed with, we failed to live in unity, peace, and harmony, and we fail to realize that the government alone can not successfully rule the country if there is no support from its citizens. Lots of the problems we face in Nigeria today are not 100 percent the government's fault we as a citizen also contributed to the problems. People will ask me how?
How?
As citizens we contributed to the problems by selling our votes for a meager amount of money, we sell our future for two modules of rice, and ruining and soiling our dignity for t-shirts, face caps, and Ankara clothes. We voted into power those we know can't be of any good to us but still, we supported them for the present forgetting about the future which is the most important. Year after year the politicians come out with different manifestos just to entice the citizens and what do we do? We jumped at the offer not knowing it's just a game and at the end of it we get punished for being foolish enough to vote them into power. For 62 years Nigeria has been battling insecurity and up til this present moment no positive result has been attained, for 62 years Nigeria has been struggling economically yet our system is still as worst as you can imagine, the education standard is been bastardized and no solution to it yet you can imagine Asuu still on for more than 7 months not knowing the result their next meeting will yield. What then are we celebrating?
What are we celebrating?
We are celebrating years of slavery because we are still under slavery. After all, a country that refuses to leave a developing stage to a developed stage for 62 years is still under slavery. In a country that produces millions of graduates every year but they later turn into vagabonds because of a lack of employment opportunities in the country.
What can be done?
We all cannot be in power but we can make a change right from the grassroots level we are, don't sell your votes, do not get involved in political apathy, and don't wait for the government to do little things so you can come together and do as a citizen, don't wait for the government to provide job opportunities create jobs yourselves, don't rely so much on the government for every social amenities you need, create one and you will see that little by little the good change will begin with you and everyone will help the government in making Nigeria a developed country.
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