Although, this headline may sound somehow, but each time i ponder on the problems combating this nation and tried to proffer possible solutions to it, i therefore, concluded that they are self inflicted.
To start with, since i came to the earth, about forty years ago, no mortal in this country comprising both the rulers and the ruled have exhibited love for this country, i can not found a single iota of patriotism in any citizen.
This is a country where an office aspirant will stand before the people promising heaven and earth to seek for mandate. After getting into office they Lord it over to the citizen.
To start with, since i came to the earth, about forty years ago, no mortal in this country comprising both the rulers and the ruled have exhibited love for this country, i can not found a single iota of patriotism in any citizen.
This is a country where an office aspirant will stand before the people promising heaven and earth to seek for mandate. After getting into office they Lord it over to the citizen.
Everything about him will change, his children will not school with the 'talakawas' in the country again, but the best brain in the best schools abroad. The wife will not buy foodstuffs in the country market again but abroad, everything in the country becomes inferior to him.
The security around him will not allowed old friends to visit him again, except some selected boot leekers. He will come out to preach to us to patronise made in Nigerian goods, but will take the back door to Germany to shop for himself.
If our friend has promised good roads, good healthcare facilities, the best of education, regular electricity supply, better transportation e.t.c, the first one and half year would be used to understurdy the country situation and to see how much the past leaders have ruined the country.
The second year is to start the campaign of calumny, destroying the former occupants of his seat so that their families name be brought into disrepute in order to make sure that such persons or their families will never assume the mantle of leadership again, so he will be seen as a saint who brook no nonsence.
The third year is for payment of the debt the country have been lured to incurred so that he can make friends with other rulers to give him grants and debt forgiveness to manage the country.
The fourth year will be to start patching of roads, importing fake drugs to our hospital, buying 'molues' and giving to private operators to run, digging wells and calling them bore-holes.
After all these so called laughables achievements, he will roled out drums and praise singers will start praising him to stay in office for another twelve years or forever and started campaigning for the bastard again.
Nigerians are like our local bus drivers who lack the culture of protest, each time our rights is infringed upon, we can't slug it out. Our leaders knows that we areilliterate elites, and they threat us like that.
We the governed are our worst enemies. our royal fathers and spiritual leaders who supposed to be the custodian of our culture and faith becomes bad examples to us, royal fathers can prostrate to thieves in the open in order to get what to eat, while spiritual leaders will assured even hired killers of God forgiveness after praying for them and collecting offerings for God.
There is no dignity in any labour again, because all of us are not committed to our works. Teachers only go to classes to mark their presence, whether the children who are tomorrows leaders achieved or not, that is their own cup of tea, all the teachers want is money, after school hours come and pay extra money to learn more.
Security agents are no more interested to defend and protect sovereignty, what they care for is money. Infact, in all sector or in all our daily lives, corruption have eaten deep to the extent that we don't value any other thing in our daily lives than money which they term as the root of all evil.
This is acountry where lust for money and selfishness have turned citizen against one another. There are stories that husband kills wife, children, mother, father and vice versa all for money making rituals.
This country where corpse of dead person is decomposing and people will still eat, dine and embark on trading activities, all they do is to keep some distance so that law enforcement agents would not come to quizzed them for questioning concerning the death.
I witnessed somew years back when a trailer crushed some roadside traders under a popular bridge in Lagos, killing six people in the process. The place was deserted but after about two hours, the place started bubbling again for business.
It is when we changed our attitude
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