It beats my thoughts how everything negative is possible in Nigeria save progressive activities. Yet this is one nation on the face of the earth that has the capacity to rule the world. On paper, in the 1960s, we were compared to Brazil, China and India. Today, we are struggling for relevance with Lilliputians like Ghana, Benin Republic & at the worst case, Somalia!
Reflect a little on our economic potentials: With oil reserve to last for more than 30 years, we are currently earning not less than 20 million US dollars daily from crude oil sale. Our solid mineral potentials is virtually limitless. From Plateau through Benue to the Western and Southern region, our soil is filled with literal gold in terms of solid minerals. We have one of the best agricultural land mass in the world. We can produce millions of tonnes of groundnuts annual in the north. Same with rice. Benue is home to yam and cassava and annual production at mechanized level can peak at a level that we can feed the entire West Coast of Africa.
Our human capital is enormous. Our people are all over the world making monumental impact on different economies. Barring our educational standards that has miserably fallen, we boost of one of the best crop of endowed people in terms of the capacity to learn and reach the peak of every profession. Unfortunately, it is with the same propensity that we can learn to do wrong!
Our population is another plus. China and other big nations have used their population to their advantage. We are blessed with two of the biggest rivers on the continent. Our culture is rich and our landscape is vast and imposing. From the north to the south, all year round, our climate is clement and we are so blessed not to have any kind seasonal natural disaster. How much more can a nation ask for?
YET...
We remain at a crossroads over 50 years after we gained nationhood in terms of political independence from the British. Ours has been a case of a massive successful failure... bedeviled by ethnic bigotry, corruption, distrust and religious intolerance. Besides the misfortune of military incursion into our body polity, we have had to deal with very unacceptable level of clueless leadership.
HOWEVER, I believe that we can change the tide. The time to do that is now... We can reverse the trend and build a BETTER NIGERIA.
Those who believe that Nigeria's leadership is their birthright must give up such a fight of making the country ungovernable before they wake up one day and discover that they have got gravel in their mouths... their kids may not have a place to call their own eventually because no single person has the monopoly of violence.
Those who think that they can line their pockets with every government money they control should watch it lest they remain behind bars for life because the coming silent revolution will swallow every corruption person.
Ethnic bigots, religious fanatics and tribal champions should quit their dreams. It will simply not work.
It is time for the government to redouble its efforts in youth empowerment, power generation and distribution to achieve a zero point of power cut, build more refineries to cut cost and shift government revenue base more to other IGR than the oil fields that may dry up in about 35 years. Build more roads, connect the hinterland with the waterways, link up villages to cities and educate our kids with the best curriculum.
THE TIME TO BUILD NIGERIA IS HERE... all those who do things they can't explain in line with purposeful living should repent and come to terms with reality. Nigeria is living in the 21st century, we cannot operate with the tools and mindset of the 20th century or the dark ages.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Naija for life!
Reflect a little on our economic potentials: With oil reserve to last for more than 30 years, we are currently earning not less than 20 million US dollars daily from crude oil sale. Our solid mineral potentials is virtually limitless. From Plateau through Benue to the Western and Southern region, our soil is filled with literal gold in terms of solid minerals. We have one of the best agricultural land mass in the world. We can produce millions of tonnes of groundnuts annual in the north. Same with rice. Benue is home to yam and cassava and annual production at mechanized level can peak at a level that we can feed the entire West Coast of Africa.
Our human capital is enormous. Our people are all over the world making monumental impact on different economies. Barring our educational standards that has miserably fallen, we boost of one of the best crop of endowed people in terms of the capacity to learn and reach the peak of every profession. Unfortunately, it is with the same propensity that we can learn to do wrong!
Our population is another plus. China and other big nations have used their population to their advantage. We are blessed with two of the biggest rivers on the continent. Our culture is rich and our landscape is vast and imposing. From the north to the south, all year round, our climate is clement and we are so blessed not to have any kind seasonal natural disaster. How much more can a nation ask for?
YET...
We remain at a crossroads over 50 years after we gained nationhood in terms of political independence from the British. Ours has been a case of a massive successful failure... bedeviled by ethnic bigotry, corruption, distrust and religious intolerance. Besides the misfortune of military incursion into our body polity, we have had to deal with very unacceptable level of clueless leadership.
HOWEVER, I believe that we can change the tide. The time to do that is now... We can reverse the trend and build a BETTER NIGERIA.
Those who believe that Nigeria's leadership is their birthright must give up such a fight of making the country ungovernable before they wake up one day and discover that they have got gravel in their mouths... their kids may not have a place to call their own eventually because no single person has the monopoly of violence.
Those who think that they can line their pockets with every government money they control should watch it lest they remain behind bars for life because the coming silent revolution will swallow every corruption person.
Ethnic bigots, religious fanatics and tribal champions should quit their dreams. It will simply not work.
It is time for the government to redouble its efforts in youth empowerment, power generation and distribution to achieve a zero point of power cut, build more refineries to cut cost and shift government revenue base more to other IGR than the oil fields that may dry up in about 35 years. Build more roads, connect the hinterland with the waterways, link up villages to cities and educate our kids with the best curriculum.
THE TIME TO BUILD NIGERIA IS HERE... all those who do things they can't explain in line with purposeful living should repent and come to terms with reality. Nigeria is living in the 21st century, we cannot operate with the tools and mindset of the 20th century or the dark ages.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Naija for life!
