Whenever I flash back at the several info i'v
read and copious number of documentaries/
videos i'v watched on how Nigeria became an
independent nation,many questions keep coming
to my mind. Is Nigeria really an independent
nation?, has been independent actually helped
our nation abundantly?,what would have been
our fate if we are still under d colonial
masters?,how sincere are our present leaders/
politicians compared to our founding fathers?.
Nigeria is 54years old 2day October 1st&d F.G
would be spending billions of Naira to mark d
celebration.i begin to wonder, what exactly are
we celebrating,is it worth celebrating?Anytime i
hear/recite d Nigeria National anthem, i always
feel sad wen i get to d part "thy labour of our
heroes past shall never be in vain".our true
heroes that fought honestly for our
independent.d likes of jaja nwachukwu, sir
ahmadu bello,abubakar tafawa balewa,
funmilayo ransomekuti in which some of them
were later
killed&masacre all in d name of God forsaken
military coup.My dad use to tell me how they
enjoyed numerous scholarship during their days
in
sch,and how they were given several
allowances&bursaries by d state&local govt. He
use to tell me how very easy it was to get good
job
as an ordinary sch cert holder.he told me how
Naira had great value den&how he lived
large&comfortably with 500naira monthly salary
as a graduate.but d opposite is d case now in
Nigeria. Now we live in a country where words
like unity,faithfulness and fear of God are very
common but practically foreign. A country
where
d same set of people that have ruled us since
our independence in 1960 are still directly or
indirectly
leading us till present and we(d youth)were told
that we are d leaders of 2mrw&i begin to
wonder,
wen will 2mrw come? A country where
corruption,selfishness,wickedness ,injustice&lack
of fear of God are d order of d day.A country
where every politicians see political
office&appointment as an avenue to gather
wealth&to condiddle public funds to further
enrich their pockets and that of their families&
cronies.
A country where d politicians gather wealth for
dia children&unborn children.a country where
politicians spend billions of naira to give quality
education to their children abroad and d
children
wud inturn come back to take over their
father's business(es) or a political appointment
is waiting
4 them immediately they finish their
education.A country where an ordinary
councillor have several
mansions&where a serving president deploy
Thousands of military and security officers to a
particular state just to win election by fire by
force. I wonder how victorious we would have
been if dis number of soldiers were deployed to
sambisa forest to fight bokoharam. A country
where
PHCN could seize light for days,weeks& months
without any notice and apologies.a country
where d likes of dangotes,otedolas&adenuga
wud neva support any protest or revolution
against d government 'cos that is d
source&backbone of
their wealth.A country where 1st class or
second class upper degree cannot totally
guarantee u good job
in a good company except if u have to knw
some1 who knws some1 in d company.A
country where terrorism&terrorist attack is now
d order of d day& where d govt claim to knw d
bokoharam
sponsors but have so far failed to point them
out.A country where churches&mosques are
numerous but d pple fail to follow God's
commandment and injunctions.A country where
pastors live in luxury&some members could nt
even afford 2square meal. A country where
there are several fake sheikh&scholars in islam
who are
only fighting for dia pocket.A country where
some parents send their children to oxford
university&other university abroad but find it
hard
to assist their brother's/sister's children
financially in public sec sch&nigeria university.
A
country that is blessed with many
mineral&natural resources that wud make her
number1 in d world interms of socio
economic&infrastructural development but we
choose to rely heavily on oil. A country where d
rich pple are getting richer&d poor ones are nt
progressing. A country where nothing is working
except corruption&prostitution
(fornication&adultery).I am forced to ask a
question "is dis independence day worth
celebrating passionately"? All dis same May
God bless Nigeria...