THE ELEVENTH HOUR: WHAT NIGERIA NEEDS

 

  We may have come across several stories, parodies, news (genuine or distorted), and many other publications that usually revolve around the Nigerian political cum economic situation in the media which includes newspapers, news sites, satellite broadcasts, blogs, and their likes. Not many of the ''rumours'' they carry are true, but to an extent we always tend to grasp the moral of these stories and where they are headed. In return, most of these regularly updated Nigerians tend to sheepishly create their own blindfolds, tie them on their eyes and let themselves be led by a rope to a destination they are not sure of or do not even know. They may not be blamed actually because there is  a need to evade ignorance as knowledge is key, hence no 21st century Homo sapiens should tread the obsolete path. True indeed. Nevertheless, the question that every Nigerian should ask himself/herself is if personal thought still exists. The ability to apply deductive reasoning to every story on our memory timeline is the reason why we live, and most probably the only way we can grow.
    The situation of Nigeria in 2014 is what has really pushed me to make this little contribution. Terrorism is now the motto of the Nigerian nation- if any- as life has become unbearable each day for every family as a result of this menace; affecting them either physically or psychologically. Noticeably the Boko Haram insurgency has become both a matter that requires the most sophisticated degree of national and international security, and as well as a matter that serves as a podium for the elevation of a few Nigerian and even foreign nuisance to the position of human rights activists. For the reason of conservatism and your own freedom of thought and expression, I'd like not to mention a lot of names (if at all I mention any). I feel you can do that yourself, no thought spoon-feeding of any kind will be done by this work. What you must know is that no one has the right to encroach on your mental ability, but sad enough this is what we beg news mongers and politician storytellers to do for us as a favour. It is only advisable you run away from this. Many of these telltale politicians are no more than what the late Biafran leader once called his fellow south-easterner; ''a megalomaniac pimp''. Most of these chameleon-skinned activists now parade as supporters of healthy democracy and good governance. Truth be told, in most cases those perceived to be the bad eggs in reality may not be the actual bad eggs (the ones that totally decay the entire basket), They may just get rotten outside the basket but still leave the basket with a bad name as one would ask if the eggs were from there. I hope you understand this analogy, and if you don't you can visit here for a better explanation with names clearly involve since it would only mean that you wish to know my view.
   Furthermore, the Nigerian economy ha s seen a lot of trying times so far and we may not even be able to account for these sore events if we don't write them in our memos or diaries. They happen like going to an ATM to withdraw, ranging from social injustice to corruption, blackmail, media hacking, murder, you name it. What Nigeria really needs is people who will think apart from each other irrespective of ethnic identity and religion (our primary problems), put heads together after all said and done, and find a long lasting solution to our problems individually, regionally, and as a nation.
By: 9jaAuthor
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