ON THE TRAIL OF THE NATIONAL LASHING
One of the things Nigerians are really good at is ‘response’.
We always have a response for everything. Good or bad, acceptable or not, we
feel a deep urge to reply, especially when our image or ego is been stroked.
I’ll come back to why I started this article with this.
A few days back, one of the republican contestants by the
name DT gave Africans; especially Nigerians some few word lashings and as
expected (you know Nigeria is the highest Social Media user in Africa), people
jumped on Social Media to give him a ‘response’. Some said the way he’s running
his mouth, he would never win. Some cursed him for some of the ‘idiotic’ words
he said. Some said he would only end making more US enemies if he continued
using his mouth before his brain. I was just reading comments and smiling.
What did DT say? I’m not going to quote but part of or
similar to what he said included chasing all Nigerians out of the US should he
eventually become the US president. He also said that Africans, especially
Nigerians are usurping jobs meant for honest, hardworking Americans and
Nigerians need to be sent out to work on their country. Yes, he also said that
politicians in Nigeria are some the most corrupt ones and they rob the citizens
blind, after which they head over to the US to spend the cash meant for the
public.
The part that got me laughing was DT saying Nigeria needs to
be recolonized for another hundred years, more preferably by the US because we
know nothing about self-governance and looking at the way things are in
Nigeria, we learnt absolutely nothing from the British. What the heck?!!! He
said other things o, but relaying it gives me more to think about than write
about. Year in year out, independence is celebrated (we already know Africans
love celebration) nothing is achieved throughout the cycle until it’s time for
another celebration.
Honestly, I don’t even know how many years independence would
be celebrated this October cos I’ve totally lost interest in the thing itself.
After listening to what DT said and reading Nigerians reaction on Social Media,
I can just conclude that on the trail of that national bashing, insulting the
man may be the correct response, but can never be the justified response (for
those who know the difference) Where are we, the popularly acclaimed giant of
Africa when some fast developing African countries are mentioned?
Rather than insult anyone for feeding us the hard truth, we
would do better looking inwards, taking the reality check and working on our
governance system. How long would Nigeria be tagged “The place where nothing
ever works”? When would the blindfold of corruption be removed and we would see
how far behind we are, compared to other countries? How long would we continue
to use the deteriorating state of the economy to kill the spark in bright and
brilliant young minds?
Let me just go and finish my cup of Lipton since I don’t even
know if poor internet would allow me publish this post. My laptop battery is
even about going off since the small fuel in my generator is on tight budget and
we’ve not had light for three days straight. “Nigeria we hail thee…”
Mature Minds Talk.
Mature Minds Talk.
My Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteI'm tired of going back and forth on issues regarding this country jare
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ReplyDeleteIt is well wiv Nigeria. All I know is that things can't change until our present system and or governance is removed or changed. Things have been damaged for decades, it will take longer to rebuild it. It is well with the masses!
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