I have asked countless times on this blog , Are we are really sure we want to see changes in Nigeria?
I am asking because, it appears Nigerians are among the only people in the world who transfer their grievances of a very badly run State either to God or to other innocent Nigerians by taking to crime or butchering people under some religious guise.
From the wake of the Arab Spring, to the most recent "Occupy" movements which has now spread to over 82 countries world wide, including South Africa which we all adjudge politically better than Nigeria, Nigerians are the only ones who complain about everything in the polity, but never lift a finger of change.
It does not have to be an "Occupy" protest, but me thinks Nigeria needs a revolution of some sort.
What the participants of this Occupy movement are protesting against are, Social and Economic Inequality, Corporate greed, Influence of Corporate Money and Lobbyists on the government. Go to Wiki to read the genesis of it. Hmm, Nigerians have known worse than these.
Lobbyists! From those who will see that our railways never work because they have transportation companies that carry heavy duties via road and as such lobby to protect their selfish interests, to those who will sit on Power negotiations because they are the highest importers of generator sets in the country. What is even not wrong with the system we call Nigeria, what is there not be disenchanted about?
An Asian friend once said, "if Nigerians will dedicate 1/4 of the time they spend at tarry nights and in praying for their problems, to finding solutions to those problems, they would have long solved their problems"
Don't get me wrong, I love to pray but I also know that no matter how long we pray, we will have to clean up our own mess by ourselves. God is not the Culprit, people are. In fact we all are! If the good ones will not do anything to cure the anomaly in Nigeria, then we all are contributors to it.
2 comments:
I totally agree. There should be an Occupy Nigeria protest! But who will bell the cat? That has always been the average Nigerian's mentality. No one is ready to if need be die for his/her convictions. Tchinny are you?
Tchinny are you a political prophetess? it is like the Warri youths in Naija listened to you. Did you not hear of the occupy warri protests that got Governor Uduaghan of Delta State scampering for cover? More of the occupy protests is needed naija stylee in naija. I am surprised you did not blog about it. Keep up your good work tho.
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