Good day my fellow Nigerians, it is with a heavy heart filled with pain but searching for hope, that i address you all.
I was born in the 90s when Nigeria used to be hopeful, when corruption was still mostly at the top,
when we were told of all the natural, mineral and human resources our beloved Nigeria had deposited just to make life better for us all, knowing these alone made me fall inlove with Nigeria.
When we were told that we are the leaders of tomorrow,
When all you had to do was to get a degree and you have a job offer waiting for you, jobs were not for sale.
When we only heard about terrorism on international television,
When we fully migrated into democracy believing that the power had returned to the people.
Those were hopefull days.
I doubt a younger chap born in the 2000s has such hope in Nigeria.
Nigeria has become characterised by so much curses and hatred for the country by citizens, this is due to recent and current happenings in the country, whereby
Insecurity rocks every angle of the country, Terrorism banditry and kidnapping has become domesticated.
A time when corruption has also become domesticated to the extent that its fast becoming the norm.
A time when even the resources Nigeria has now harm the country's economy. Eg Crude oil in abundance but pms is scarce with subsidy issues and more expensive, food producing country with artificial hyperinflation and starvation
High level of poverty and suffering
A time when jobs are been sold, a time when the cost of living is very high and the standard of living is very low.
A time when the Niara has hit its weakest
Heavy debts and No functional sector

These current happenings have automatically led to lack of love for the country (Unpatriotism), therefore leading to deeper levels of corruption,oppression , insecurity and disloyalty to the Nation.
This Unpatriotism has weakened the souls of the citizens making them forget their responsibilities to the Nation (which is to defend the country from bad governance and building the country with the resources She has provided).

This Unpatriotism basically is as a result of lack of Hope due to recent happenings.

After analysing the problem, i recommend that love and hope are the first solutions to the problem of Nigeria.

It all starts with the consciousness, realisation and acceptance that you are Nigeria i.e "Everything YOU do affects Nigeria positively or negatively" (#ImNigeria)
Therefore if you have consciously decided to be patriotic then you will only do stuff to affect Nigeria positively.
We need to collectively accept and build this PATRIOTIC CONSCIOUSNESS.

Also your Patriotic consciousness and acts will build the hope for a better Nigeria. When others see your acts they will be encouraged that their compatriots are collectively working to make Nigeria a BETTER PLACE.

We need any and every single ray of Hope especially for the younger younger generation,

WE NEED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THESE UNPATRIOTIC AND DIRTY BEHAVIOURs THAT ARE FAST BECOMING NORMS.
We need to kill such mindsets if not we will keep recycling the same things and getting worse.
These have to end with us, lets not infest the younger generation.

Please like and share this post if you are interested in building hope through love.

When this thread gets up to 300likes, then we will continue on ways to build patriotic consciousness, show patriotism and also build hope for a better Nigeria.

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If a particular tribe continue to kill another tribe for several decades and no one even the president is ready to find solutions to the crisis how do you expect those set of people to love Nigeria?

If Nigerian Army invade your community and burn down houses built by individual effort without government input and the government is not even addressing the problem yet they are still ready to kill and burn more houses. How will those set of people love Nigeria?

If your President is traveling to UK for treatment just because he NEVER wanted to fix Nigerian hospitals. How do you expect Nigerians to believe in Nigeria?

If President, senators, house of representatives governors and all politicians children continue to school abroad just because they are not willing to fix education in Nigeria. How do you want Nigerian children to love Nigeria.

The change begin with government not with the citizens.

Rollsnjaguar:
If a particular tribe continue to kill another tribe for several decades and no one even the president is ready to find solutions to the crisis how do you expect those set of people to love Nigeria?

If Nigerian Army invade your community and burn down houses built by individual effort without government input and the government is not even addressing the problem yet they are still ready to kill and burn more houses. How will those set of people love Nigeria?

If your President is traveling to UK for treatment just because he NEVER wanted to fix Nigerian hospitals. How do you expect Nigerians to believe in Nigeria?

If President, senators, house of representatives governors and all politicians children continue to school abroad just because they are not willing to fix education in Nigeria. How do you want Nigerian children to love Nigeria.

The change begin with government not with the citizens.

The citizens are the ones that become the government, the Army you spoke about,
Restructure the mindset of these people and you have the solution to these problems you mentioned

Even if the mission to make Nigeria a BETTER PLACE takes a billion steps, its better to start the process now so you know atleast you have started the mission...

Slimsaj:


The citizens are the ones that become the government, the Army you spoke about,
Restructure the mindset of these people and you have the solution to these problems you mentioned

Even if the mission to make Nigeria a BETTER PLACE takes a billion steps, its better to start the process now so you know atleast you have started the mission...

There is what is called "leading by example".
If the President is using Nigerian hospitals for example. All the ministers, senators and politicians will toll same line and this will make them do everything possible to fix the health sector.
If the President children are schooling in Nigerian schools. All the senators, governors and politicians will follow same route. This will make them fix the education system.

What we have are President, governors, politicians who don't have 100% believe in Nigeria. All what they are after is to steal public funds to buy mansions abroad after their tenor they will fly abroad.

Change begins with politicians then the citizens will fall inline.

Rollsnjaguar:


There is what is called "leading by example".
If the President is using Nigerian hospitals for example. All the ministers, senators and politicians will toll same line and this will make them do everything possible to fix the health sector.
If the President children are schooling in Nigerian schools. All the senators, governors and politicians will follow same route. This will make them fix the education system.

What we have are President, governors, politicians who don't have 100% believe in Nigeria. All what they are after is to steal public funds to buy mansions abroad after their tenor they will fly abroad.

Change begins with politicians then the citizens will fall inline.

[b][/b]those politicians before entering where once ordinary citizens who had these corruption and non challant attitudes. So when they got into office they continued displaying such attitudes.
But when you curb these attitudes from the grassroots and replace them with patriotic consciousness of making the country BETTER,you can be sure they will display patriotic consciousness towards positively affecting Nigeria.
Also its the patriotic responsibility of a citizen to protect the country from bad governments. When the patriotic consciousness is activated the citizens will find ways to hold the government accountable...

Slimsaj:


[b][/b]those politicians before entering where once ordinary citizens who had these corruption and non challant attitudes. So when they got into office they continued displaying such attitudes.
But when you curb these attitudes from the grassroots and replace them with patriotic consciousness of making the country BETTER,you can be sure they will display patriotic consciousness towards positively affecting Nigeria.
Also its the patriotic responsibility of a citizen to protect the country from bad governments. When the patriotic consciousness is activated the citizens will find ways to hold the government accountable...

Can you tell me how the citizens can hold government accountable.

Rollsnjaguar:


Can you tell me how the citizens can hold government accountable.

[b][/b]

When the citizens are united to a common goal of holding the government accountable while in office there are constitutional procedures which can be used to keep the government accountable, like signining petitions to remove an inactive senator or rep by a certain population of voters amonsgt others.
Protest also is way, but we all know this is not encouraged in Nigeria as it can easily be sabotaged and turned to a massacre. Knowing this you cant keeping doing things the same way a expect different results, there are other ways to stage effective protests silently without losing lives.
Also reeclection or election of a politician should be as a reward of his real life changing achievements in previous office or as a patriotic citizen (if first time contesting).

All these and many more can only be possible with UNITY towards a particular goal or CONCEPTION born out of LOVE AND HOPE FOR THE COUNTRY.

You can research constitutional provisions for holding government official accountable. Those things and other freestyle modes can actually work, but only with LOVE HOPE UNITY.

WE CAN TAKE IT STEP BY STEP, START WITH LOVE AND HOPE...

Slimsaj:
[b][/b]

When the citizens are united to a common goal of holding the government accountable while in office there are constitutional procedures which can be used to keep the government accountable, like signining petitions to remove an inactive senator or rep by a certain population of voters amonsgt others.
Protest also is way, but we all know this is not encouraged in Nigeria as it can easily be sabotaged and turned to a massacre. Knowing this you cant keeping doing things the same way a expect different results, there are other ways to stage effective protests silently without losing lives.
Also reeclection or election of a politician should be as a reward of his real life changing achievements in previous office or as a patriotic citizen (if first time contesting).

All these and many more can only be possible with UNITY towards a particular goal or CONCEPTION born out of LOVE AND HOPE FOR THE COUNTRY.

You can research constitutional provisions for holding government official accountable. Those things and other freestyle modes can actually work, but only with LOVE HOPE UNITY.

WE CAN TAKE IT STEP BY STEP, START WITH LOVE AND HOPE...

You are speaking thoery.
Your class of people and reasoning are the people drawing Nigeria backward.

Imagine when President is travelling to UK for medical checkup and refuse to fix Nigerian hospitals and do checkup here

Same thing with education and Power supply.

Even security is nothing to write home about.

How do you expect the citizens to practice love in the midst of all these.

That's why we have ritual killings everywhere, agitations and several vices.

Rollsnjaguar:


You are speaking thoery.
Your class of people and reasoning are the people drawing Nigeria backward.

Imagine when President is travelling to UK for medical checkup and refuse to fix Nigerian hospitals and do checkup here

Same thing with education and Power supply.

Even security is nothing to write home about.

How do you expect the citizens to practice love in the midst of all these.

That's why we have ritual killings everywhere, agitations and several vices.

[b][/b]bro from the way you sound, you once believed in Nigeria but your believe has been killed and buried over and over agian then cremated and blown away by the Atlantic breesze.

How long do you want to wait for the government to change before effecting changes.
For instance use the covid grants, do you know some of these funds were and are actually been released, when it gets to the disbursers they give you offer for the grant or loan and you pay them 50% of the grant or loan upon approval i.e they give you 1.6, you give the connector 800k and still end up pay the initial 1.6 with whatever agreed interest. This act is perpetrated by the people cause everybody is looking for survival and not considering the effects those things have on the country.
These things have eaten into the ordinary citizens and it needs to be curbed so it doesn't enter my child's generation.
Have you heard about the photographer that billed principal 100 for school pictures, principal tells teacher 150 teacher tell class captain 200, class captain tell student 250, students tell mother 300, mother tell father 400.
As far as the father is concerned, in Nigeria a school picture cost 400.

Im just trying to do my bit to make Nigeria a BETTER PLACE for my child, i need you to do your bit so it can become byte then gigabytes then ahead ahead.

For now i just need little hope from you by liking the post and sharing. Thats all for now.