How independent are we?
Nigerian presidential candidates usually go to UK & US to campaign, not to our diaspora community but to the politicians & policy makers there, that is why Chatham House is one of their bus stop.
Just a tip of the iceberg.
How INDEPENDENT are we?
So am here ๐ค what independence are Nigerians (in fact most African countries) celebrating... Well it's just the lies that the colonial masters sold to our leaders back then coz truth is we've never been truly independent.
Just like the lies our leaders now are selling to the population that they want to serve us, not for their selfish interests & love for power, that your vote counts, that the law protects even the powerless, that they care.
Dear Mr President, please, permit me to wish you Happy Independence on our 66th anniversary.
I will not waste too much time Sir.
I have just watched and listened to your speech on television and I must honestly say I wasn't impressed. Today is supposed to be a day of celebration but your speech turned it into a day of lamentation.
My heart bled as you went into the morbid analogy of Nigeria as being a cancer patient that merely survived on pain killers before your arrival as a celebrated surgeon. You specifically mentioned MORPHINE as the drug of choice by your predecessors. I'm not sure this analogy was appropriate. At the time you assumed power, Nigeria probably had stage two cancer, at the worst. You were expected to stabilize it and not to metastasize it into a stage four cancer. Your first prescription on day one was a monumental disaster. You took no time to properly examine your patient. You were too much in a hurry to administer your jab which automatically sent Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ into instant coma. And you've not been able to revive it. The least we expected from you was to stabilize and not to destabilize everything in sight.
Sir, your fuel subsidy stunt was a misadventure. I expected an apology for the medical calamity. So, Nigeria has made more money, amassed more loans, insecurity has increased, poverty has escalated, profligacy is palpable, politicians have remained insensitive, elections have taken priority over governance, renewed hope has collapsed into hopelessness and abject despair... I can go on ad infinitum...
Nigerians have mostly given up on your promises. I doubt they are able to endure and accept the endless excuses, barely three months to the next elections.
Four years may not be able to contain and solve all our problems but the HOPE should be glaring by now...
In all West African countries, Nigeria is the only country that pays its soldiers $73 as salary.
โข Ivory Coast: $800
โข Burkina Faso: $700
โข Ghana: $550
โข Mali: $400
โข Senegal: $360
โข Togo, Benin, Niger: $300
โข Nigeria (Giant of Africa): $73
โFor any country to be at peace, the sacrifices of its soldiers must not be taken for grantedโ
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