.. don't ask me why (Bob Marley), for it is useless running to the prayer houses for solutions when the heart is seething with poison, without any genuine desire to change.
Just a frank rant!
You young men and women should please take my teachings on fraud & criminality, seriously.
I love you all, & that's why I am doing it.
My choice of words may be too painful.
But I need them to sting.
When they sting, it'll cause you to think.
Not all of you would listen to me.
But some would.
I have showed you all several testimonies, of people who made a change, after reading from me repeatedly.
I don't do this out of spite.
I have never been a victim of fraud.
I have never been arrested by any security agencies.
I have never slept a night in a police cell.
But that doesn't mean that I must keep quiet, because things may be going okay for me.
I know that we live in a very corrupt country.
A country where many hopes of the youths, have been stolen by a few greedy politicians.
And many have struggled to survive, out of frustration, poverty & humiliation.
But in all, I want to appeal to you, to shun greed.
All these things are caused by greed.
It's greedy politicians that steal our common patrimony.
And it's also greedy citizens, that steal from others.
An eye for an eye, makes the world go blind.
If our youths are seeing stealing as the new norm, then there is no way we can be better than the politicians that we all criticize today.
It'll now be a case of...
"You have chopped. It's now my turn to chop".
You see that we are heading nowhere?
The first step in building a better country, is for us to recognize our problems.
And then we decide the best way forward as youths, and well meaning Nigerians.
Should we encourage stealing, because some of our political leaders are stealing?
Or we should discourage it, and raise a new generation that doesn't want an eye for an eye?
Nigeria will not move forward, if we all continue to turn blind eye to the menace of yahoo and prostitution, or if we want to pretend that it's just a wee drop in an ocean.
It's not.
It's affecting us as a country.
Our image is being blacklisted in many countries.
Our green passport keeps losing respect for human dignity & decency.
This is not how we can collectively build a better country.
I hope you listen to me.
My voice may be like a voice on the desert, but my words are true & realistic.
It doesn't matter what anyone says out there.
Lastly, please shun tribalism, political and religious bigotry as well.
They are a very dangerous path to tread.
End.
@therealbelano Good day Boss. Unrelated but I saw your tweet about teaching Cyber security and I’m interested in joining the class. Wanted to comment as you instructed but the comment section seems to be restricted.