Yes, Nigeria is in a state of jeopardy.
Long enough have we suffered in fear and despair. Long enough has poverty, militancy, illiteracy and corruption become our other names. Before independence, we clamoured for a free Nigeria. We chanted "One Nigeria" and now we barely see that coming through. The one Nigeria our fallen heroes spoke of, fought for and gave their lives for has not been actualised. The colonial masters have come and gone and although we are not directly under their rulership and dictatorship, *but we ruling ourselves have turn rulership to dictatorship.*
How shall we continue like this: I am Yoruba, he is Igbo and they are Hausas? How has the ____ segregation, tribalism, nepotism, favoritism amongst us helped the country so far? Rather than build the country, it creates divisions and enlarges the gap between us.
We have enslaved ourselves under the guise of electing leaders who have made it a top priority to loot the treasury for their selfish interest and that of their coming generations.
*Great number* of able bodied men and women leaving the country for greener pastures and a high percentage of them succumb to illegal acts and means of making money. All of this is as a result of electing the wrong people due to peanuts dolled out during election periods, only to end up enslaving ourselves.
They promise us a free country where all will have equal opportunity to thrive, better economy, job opportunities, ____ power supply, good and sound education, security and many more – all these have become mirages and shadows that can't become reality because of some so-called cabals and godfathers who refuse to relinquish their hold on power.
Our greed has enslaved us and made our nation a source of ridicule and center of attraction for the wrong reasons. Looters are leaders while *the saints* and fit to rule are not given the opportunity to do so.
If the head is bad what do you expect to happen to the body?
The youths are complaing of no jobs but they are the root cause of it all. We all posses power – power to elect patriotic leaders, power to create positive changes we clamour for, power to elect leaders at different levels of the political stratas void of sentiments.
You will hear of youths clamouring to use violence, raise up arms to rid the country of this menace. But my question is "How will that help us?" Or what benefit is it to rid the country of thses people by spilling blood? We have our vocal powers, share the good will message to people to elect the right people irrespective of their tribe, clan or geopolitical zones as long as they have a track record of credibility and and have agendas that will benefit the masses.
When we elect right people, the three arms of government will function effectively without any form of bias and doubts and it will be a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Let's make it a good present day and a better tomorrow rather than the good old days as the saying goes. ''E go better" is the national outcry of the poor masses. Let's make Nigeria a country of all, a country where we have equal opportunities to thrive and succeed rather than seek greener pasture else where. Let's make Nigeria better than what it used to be.
Fellow youths, we can use our voice, *our power* and our mental prowess to stop these looters and those people who pose to be cancerous cankerworms to the very foundation and well-being of our beloved country rather than the use of arms and weapons.
We need leaders who will reform the judicial system, the executive and legislative arms of government. Passing bills and reform laws that will change the country and reverberate and revive the country from its dead and drunken state and help boost industrialisation for the local and up comming indeginous companies, improve standard of living, eradicate poverty, improve our educational system, help better the economy. Laws that will stop the Senate from being the retirement plan for governors, laws that will hinder double salaries *?and retirement pensions for civil service workers?*.
Together, we can to make Nigeria what it ought to be.
© 2018 Noah Ademola.
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