As a patriotic Nigerian, I strongly believe in the Nigerian Project and its future. But if the truth must be told about the state of our nation and if we must tell ourselves the truth, Nigeria is almost becoming a failed state. At 53, i.e. after five decades and three years of Nigeria’s existence as a nation, we cannot boast of constant power supply, adequate security and greater prosperity for the citizens.
As a die-hard optimist I know that Nigeria will survive all these ordeals, but not on a platter of gold and not without sacrifice. The question here is, for how long will the period of sacrifice last? Nigeria as a nation is plagued with problems such as bribery, corruption and injustice both in high and low places, by both the rule and the ruled. Our leaders are unable to deliver the goods and services to give Nigerians a decent standard of living and dignity.
Nigerians are a very reasonable people, and all they expect from the government is provision of basic social and infrastructural amenities that would make life easy for them. But unfortunately, our leaders have performed below this expectation, and as a result, the people have lost hope in the ability, policies and programs of the government. What then is the way forward?
The remedy to this national calamity is to imbibe a spiritual- psycho-socio-political rebirth i.e. to have a rethink and entrench positive change in all spheres of our national life. As a social crusader and a prophetic voice to the nation, I am glad to announce to Nigerians that our REDEMPTION is near, if not nearer than we think. Some people may think the succor will come as an aftermath of the 2015 general elections in the country, but I am sorry to announce that 2015 will only provide the much needed platform for the change to come, the so-called Nigerian dream(s) will come true in 2019, and the dividends will start pouring in come 2020.
God bless Nigeria!
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