Our Loss; Heaven's Gain!

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THE BATTLE TO KEEP OUR CULTURE AFLOAT

The best we can be is a better version of ourselves (Cooldipo, 2013). Colonization and slavery gave us westernized civilization, democracy and foreign religion in exchange; these have help keep the foothold of the former strong even years long after the abolition of slave trade. Nigeria has lost its consciousness to the free inflow of finished commodity and exportation of raw materials, availability of free and cheap money to the government from crude oil which in-turn has made the govt to depend less on tax and other sources of income and this has created a situation whereby the citizenry does not have the impetus to ask concrete questions outside their 'beer-palour' talk which are non-nonchalant at best. The 'who' we have become is not who we wanted to be but somewhere along the line we stopped following our own manual. When politicians share money, nobody goes out to the street celebrating but when next Okorobo Festival comes up, everybody rolls out their mortar and pestle to welcome the New Yam. The new yam is more about who we used to be; it means we put in our hard work the season round till the new yam comes forth, that is we ripped where we sowed unlike this steal-n-share, crude oil and federal allocation dependent quagmire we found ourselves. It is our culture to be upright and celebrate hard work and we should purge ourselves of the laziness that has been our bed mate in recent times.

Industrialization in the face of many challenges

Nigerian leaders in recent history have painted many pictures of their drive to creating employment for the teaming number of its unemplyed citizenry. Their approach has been handing over the industrialization train to the private sector like it has been done in most advanced countries forgetting that Nigeria is a developing country. This has lead to creating a cabal of super-powers who single-handedly can determine the course they want the country to take. A good example was when the price of cement was at a ridiculous height, one of the super power after some persuasions decided to lower the price of the commodity nationwide. Economic power like this should not be handed to a few as it creates demi-gods who runs the affairs of the large populace as it pleases them. Another disturbing fact is the fact that our privatisation drive is an imperialist plan force down on us which obviously has not in any way lessen our boarden. How can a country afflict with lots of unrest attracts reasonable foreign investment? Why will a foreigner not head to a country with a better comparative advange than Nigeria? Who will industrialize Nigeria if Nigerian’s don't? There is no too way to it, the way forward for this nation is definitinely not Privatization but effective management of our public assest, they nation need to be helped to get on its kneel before being left to fend for itself or else the few opportuned will continue to fleece the populace.

LOOMING REVOLT!

The plan of the Federal Govt to remove fuel subsidy without any clear plan to provide cushion for the people may inevitably result to our own 'Arab Spring'. As it seems, there is no logical way to justify this looming cannibalization of our meager income. It has been argued back and forth that Nigerian doesn’t earn wages commensurate to that of the developed nation; hence there will be no justification to pay the same for fuel as a nation where living standards and social infrastructures are adequate and reasonable. I will like to join the bandwagon of those calling for the genuine resuscitation of our moribund refineries and the setting up of new ones going by the fact that the youngest of our refineries was built in the early eighties. Multinationals and their cohorts will not have it their way forever because the people are getting to know they are on their own day by day. This time to get our leader to listen to us is now!

Not-so-busy-hour-at-work

I still wonder why doing almost anything other than using the internet while less busy at work is acceptable. I think it’s more productive to try adding one or two things to one’s knowledge will availing oneself of the opportunity during the less-busy-time at work. Sadly my manager thinks otherwise, I’m sure he will prefer if I sleep rather than make use of the internet that does not cost extra. The fact that it does not take a second to get me on the next assignment really makes it hard to understand why a staff that prefers to sleep in his/her not-so-busy-hour is preferred to one who is up for anything in the course of the work hour. I’m new at work so i think i need to come to an understanding real fast. As a manager, will you prefer your staff sleep or use the internet in their not busy hours?

Corruption in Nigeria

Corruption is Nigeria is so institutionalize that it has recruited some of the best brains in and outside of the land. They are easily given to double talk, showing us all our ills as citizen. Corruption is so well funded that it has its own Doctor, Lawyer, entertainning troupe, Media Houses, Well sorted crowd of big and mighty. If we wonder why we are tagged one of the happiest people on earth, it is simply because we choose to look away from most of our challenges as people as focus sole on our immediate need. In Nigeria, the politician are the most celebrated corrupt group but i know better that they only rank second, our career civil servant are the most corrupt. History tells me it was not all these bleak, but i wonder why the generation that enjoyed all the benefits of a better Nigeria turn out this way. If only my generation can stay aloof but i fear the worst, because man will always horn his survival instinct. Everyday i wonder what difference a tyrant can bring but we've been there before and we hardly made it out one single whole. My question to you is which way out?

Ranting of a busy bachelor

Can't wait to have decent meal, this 'wuruwuru to the answer no be am'.......what is your plan for the weekend? How do you spend your weekend most times.......did i hear you say.......'going on a visit'...#winks