Today is the last day of the month. Not just the last day of the month but the month that will be ushering the celebration of the independence day.
At such an ending of the month, there used to be a sober reflection of what I have achieved during the week.
Meanwhile, we use to observe a prayer and fasting programme usually on the first three days of the month. So, I know I already would engage in some spiritual exercise.
But this last day of the month was going to be a special one because we are celebrating our independence. I was told to organize all activities. I was just recovering but I decided to try the children and see their abilities.
First, I had my opening prayer which was followed by the National Anthem by a student. The first was a poem written a student. Here he talked about Nigeria at a glimpse. Stating who we were before the colonial masters came.
The next was my good debaters. So sorry, I forgot the theme of our day. Its theme is "Nigeria of my Dream". While the supporters are saying " Nigeria today has been what we dream about" and the opposers are saying "Nigeria isn't our Dream".
The supporters based their points that Nigeria had moved from what used to be as being naive and crude to being technology inclined. He took us through the journey of 1960, how they fought the gain the independence we celebrate today. Nigeria is seemly becoming our dream.
The opposers were there to kick against it. They said what has happened to our natural resources. What about our hospitals, imagine a country where it's a doctor has been on strike for quite some weeks now. How is it that whenever the politicians fall sick the next thing is to travel outside the country for treatment? What does it mean? That our government does not trust our medical personnel and hospitals. They concluded by stating they want a country void of corruption, a country where the society is void of rapists, protecting every child from abuse. A country where our mothers would boldly ask us after every meal if we are bellyful and will immediately find a solution if we answer in the negative. What again do we want than a society where every graduate can access any job opportunity of his or her choice.
We could go on with what we want of our dream Nigeria, but I pray these dreams will one day become a reality.
We continued the event with the cultural display of our three major ethnic groups that is the Yorubas, Igbos, and Hausas.
We further delve into a melodrama, alongside Timi Dakolo's song titled " One Nigeria". The students were able to illustrate these by portraying the system of bondage we were during the colonial period. And how we were able to fight to gain our independence.
We finally called it a day by dance! dance! dance...
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An interesting closing, which made me think that now we are slaves to the economy and technology, our lives are going by trying to earn enough to live "well".