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I asked my dad this question. Why are we like this 63 yrs after?

His answer..

You need to be here 63 yrs ago! This place was a bush!

1. After 63 years, we have at least a fairly looking city of Abuja. Note, Abuja was a thick forest 63 years ago.

2. 63 yrs ago, we had only one university, The University of Ibadan. Today, we have 170 universities just in 63 years (Go and verify).

3. 63 years ago, we had less than 200 qualified doctors in the whole country. 63 years after, Unilag alone produces 250 doctors per annum.

4. In fact, 35 yrs ago, Lekki Peninsula was a mangrove forest. Today, it ranks among the fastest developing estates in the world.

5. There was no Nigerian Pliot 63 yrs ago. Today, we have female Nigerian pilots flying planes with international airlines.

6. The first African nation to participate and win a junior world cup. We've won it 5 times. We have even won the Olympics Gold medals in football and High Jump. We have won more football laurels than the United Kingdom.

7. The total National Income of the Nation was less than 1B USD 63 years ago. All the so called Cotton, Groundnut pyramids, Cocoa etc generated less than 1B USD as of 1960. Today, Nigerias' FDI is 20B USD per annum. That's progress. We seemed not to measure.

8. ANPA - Association of Nigerian Physicians in Northern America, New York branch has over 6000 Nigerian Doctors and Medical Professionals. Second highest ethnic group of physicians in the United States and UK after India....that's progress in intellectual development.

9. Within 63 years of corporate existence, we've produced a Nobel Prize Winner, a Pulitzer Award Winner and other professional leaders of global repute.

10. In 63 years, we now do Renal Surgery, IVR, Organ Transplant, and some good scientific breakthroughs.

11. We have dropped fetishness and poor hygiene to an extent that Polio and Cholera had been almost eradicated. This had dropped the number of children per woman from an average of 8 in 1960 to 3 -4 in 2023.

13. We contribute about 5% of global fossil fuel. This had earned Billions of Dollars, though not properly managed, but had kept our finances as a nation.

14. We had fought the Civil War and recovered, we had survived about 5 military regimes and survived. We've had 24 years of uninterrupted democracy.

15. Most of us reading this post are living in a "Cement Building" wanna know how houses were built 63 years ago? Pay a visit to your granny's building in the "village"

16. There was a story that the Entire Northern Nigeria had less than 10 graduates as of 1959. The dearth of human capital was touted as the reason Sir Ahmadu Bello deferred independence to 1960 for fear of dominance of the fairly educated south. Check the number of graduates ABU alone produces per year as of 2023.

17. 1960, the Oba or Igwe or Emir of your village was a god! They even have power of lives! 2023 , you can take him to court if he infringes on your rights....!

18. Almost 2 million Nigerians write JAMB per year. That's 2 million people who can at least read and write. Check the population of Nigerians that can read as at 1960.

19. How many military generals do we have 63 years ago? How Many Naval Admirals? How many Airforce Commanders? How many professors? How many Vice Chancellors , How many Military Bases, Banks? Bank Directors and Managers? SME Directors, Music Producers, World Class Singers and Composers, Authors, Doctors and Nurses, Engineers, Architects, Business Men and Women?.....etc......all we have then were itinerant subsistence farmers and the elites are village teachers isn't it?

20. The entire SW Nigeria had only one TV and One Radio Station as of 1960 (before Belgium had their first TV station). Today, we have 96 TV stations and 740 stations just within 63 years.

21. On the overall, I think we have some positives as a nation.

Yes, we can do more than this; we are not yet where we might want to be, but we are obviously not where we were in 1960.

With all hands on deck, Nigeria can achieve the greatness of our dreams.

Let's harness the positives in us to build a nation of our dream, where we will be proud to display the green and white colours any time, anywhere in the world.

*Happy Independence from a pragmatic optimist*

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It cld have been worse ..for all this we say thank u JESUS
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