It has often been said that my generation was a very lucky one. And I agree. My luck was actually quite extraordinary. And it began quite early. The pace of change in Nigeria from 1940s was incredible. I am not just talking about the rate of development, with villages transforming to towns, or the coming of modern comforts, such as electricity or running water or modes of transportation, but more of the sense that we were standing figuratively and literally at the dawn of a new era - Chinua Achebe, There was a country.

Just imagine it, free education, free or close to free transportation, readily available scholarship for students. Everything was on a platter of Gold for that generation, yet they couldn’t even maintain an independence that they didn’t fought a war to get.

Incase you meet someone that fits in to that generation and the person tries to say anything about this current generation youths, just show the person that extract from Chinua Achebe and ask what’s the outcome of that generation.

Corruption unfortunately started from the very generation that asked for independence in Nigeria.

There was truly a country.