₦airaland Forum

First of all when people post blogs or write articles on anything Nigeria, it usually starts with a condemnation of the Government and trickles down to encompass other facets of the Country. From the failure in our academic system, our poor health infrastructure, poor economy, high rate of crime, and even our fast declining image in the international community. It was not to long ago; if I remember correctly when we used to be the bread basket of Africa. To me it seems we are all too eager to point out the problems, which, if I might add are already to evident, rather than try to figure out a solution. No matter how much denial you live in, you are still a part of the problem, Yes you.

Granted, the issues plaguing our great country is abysmal, and any honest person who scrutinizes it from an unbiased perspective would deem it hopeless, still there is hope.
If one is asked, “What is the greatest export from Nigeria?” the instinctive reply would be “oil” yes crude oil. Be that as it may, this is not true. Crude oil is our major export that yields financial earnings amongst other petty commodities, but the point we are missing is that Nigerians themselves are the greatest export from Nigeria. Let me interject an analogy. If a mother spends her fortune sending her children abroad to college, in the hopes that they will return and help her when they graduate, but upon completion of their education the children don’t return leaving the woman financially and emotionally broke.
The analogy might not relate directly with my point, but anyone with a modicum of common sense would immediately empathize that this is the case with Nigeria “the smart ones are all too scared to go home”. Such fears are not without rationale. According to globally published survey released by a humanitarian watch group in 2005, Nigeria is one the most dangerous countries to live in. But this should come as no surprise to those of you reading this article, you already knew this. I am convicted in the ideal that Nigerians are amongst the smartest and anatomically strongest people on the planet (key word amongst as in we are not the only ones) though there is no scientific basis to my claim, science would serve no hindrance to the claim none the less. Around the world there are Nigerians excelling in all walks of life, some of them leaders in ground breaking research. Now let’s imagine for a second, if all these Nigerians were to return home. Helps us build our country, train us and keep us up-to-date with the rest of the world that would be a first step of many more steps we ought to take in the right direction. But till then this is Mr. Anonymous1113 with my 2kobo. “May it rain in the our fathers rain forest”

There in lies my first solution.