THE NIGERIAN DREAM

THE NIGERIAN DREAM

It’s begins with you?

As our fathers failed us

We can be the generation that will make the change

Why did every movement that have being built in the past, have continuously failed us? The simple answer is they are not founded out of love or compassion for the people. We are all doing all what we can do base on what we want to gain, or so that we can get the attention of someone somewhere who is at the helm of affairs.

The Nigerian Syndrome

Complain
In my short life I have seen that as a nation we complain about virtually everything. Since I was born I have seen people complain about Light, Water & Road. When I grew up I joined the fray, hmm! NEPA (PHCN) received the highest heat, when you ask NEPA (PHCN) officials why we don’t enjoy regular supply of electricity they also complain, climbing up the hierarchy everybody complains. Its shows that nobody have a clue what the problems is, we all just grumble and probably try to have someone to blame for every problem.

Problem Analysis
This is where I have to commend intellectuals in every field of studies in our nation. If I will not exaggerate I don’t think there is a field of study that we don’t have a professor in our country today. We have consultants, economic and development analyst, Public Analyst, Human Rights Activist, Political Analyst, authors with international reputation I celebrate you all. So our papers today are filling with commentary of people analyzing our problems and how the government had failed the people. On TV and Radio interviews more time are spent analyzing our problems rather than proffering solutions.

Criticism
I grew up to hear people criticizing the government. At every point in time there has being prominent people that have risen up against the government in power about what they have done well or wrong. The question is as we transit from one tenor to the other nothing change and the criticism never stop.

As older critics retired new one evolves, and year in year out nothing have changed. And we have continued to spend our precious time and energy using different medium criticizing others. The interesting thing to know is that every Nigerian is a potential critic; we always have something to say about someone else without checking ourselves.

A call to action!

If our fathers have been doing the talking and nothing happens: is high time we start to talk less and act more. We can be the generation that will be breaking the chain of corruption, poverty, fallen educational standard etc.

The Nigeria of our dream cannot come to reality by endless debate of how the Government has being doing something wrong. Let’s rise up and say we can! We can have corruption free institutions, water and light can be available endlessly without interruption, shelter for everyone can be guaranteed. A Nation where no citizen will go to bed without food can be build. Our integrity abroad can be restored. We can take back our place in the affairs of the world as a Nation.

It begins with you, as it was said “if every individual can sweep the front of their house the whole world will be clean” anonymous. Start from the corner of your room, extend to your neighborhood, move in your village, and start to make a different within your town. Say no to corrupt practices of any kind, do your own part as a citizen of this great nation, check out Nigeria constitution and know what is expected of you as a citizen.

We can build community hospitals, schools, power project and so many more. We should realize that we are the government. We can start a community service as a business owner to impact the environment where our company is located. You can organize competition for schools and award scholarship for brilliant student. We can come together and construct our roads, give to needy around us.

The call to a new Nigeria is not the call to become a politician, or to call on government to come and give us our right as if it is a favor they are doing for us, and use it as tool for campaigning for second time. This is a call for all Nigerians in our own little capacity to affect our Nation for good.   

Let it be written with the pen of gold in the heart of history that you are part of the few that made a new Nigeria a reality.

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