forgive me for calling 160 million of them insignificant(I might as
well be among them). In a country so rich and blessed as Nigeria,with
a few clique enjoying the wealth of the nation,the rest can easily
pass as being insignificant. One man defected to another
party,thousands of people were clapping and hailing him. He stood on
the podium and ordered all of them to defect with him,they're shouted
and agreed to do his biding. Does it mean they don't have a choice of
their own? Can't they decide whether they want to remain in their
present party or not? Wait! Are they really a member of the so-called
party?
The poverty eating deep in our society is that of the mind and not
solely of the pocket. When a man becomes so insignificant that others
decide his life for him,he can't stand out and insist on his right.
Sadly enough,he is not even aware of his right. Many strongly believe
that their own dividends of democracy is in that 5,000 naira and bags
of rice they get during the elections. The future and life of close to
160 million people is being played like a video game by less than 1
million people. And everybody is okay with that. Once I can eat well
and sleep in a house,why worry whether 20 billion dollars is missing
from the federation account? I pray,hope and work hard we get better.
But if the present situation in Nigeria is anything to go by,then more
insignificant people are coming up. Youths even go to the extent of
preferring to watch "Cartoon Network" than pay attention to current
affairs in the polity.
The old soldiers have refused to exit the stage and the new ones are
losing hope. The opinion of Nigerians is really nothing to be reckoned
with because they are "insignificant". The worst is to make noise in
the media,two or three weeks after,everyone goes home to enjoy a few
naira notes he got from calling out the "big men". When next you meet
him,he will tell you that Nigeria was like this before he came and he
won't be the one to change 160 million people. Its all good. I
pray,hope and work hard that my generation will be better. Till we get
to the Promised Land,I shall be waiting for when you will pass me a
glass of water and thank God for the gift of grace for the race.
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