She Has Fainted: Will She Go Into Comma?

If one begins to ask questions of what is wrong with our nation? One won’t stop until the Cock starts growing teeth. Just ask asking questions of how Nigeria got to plunge herself in this mess won’t get an answer, even after the wait of a century! Wait, does it mean we can’t explain how Nigeria found herself in this trying time?

I was at a conference one bright Monday, smiling and in my normal self until one of the speakers at the conference said something which automatically changed my mood as a remote to a television set would. What did he say? He said researches have shown that the world has about 36 different mineral resources, he then moved to what broke me down. He asserted that Nigeria had 33 of these 36 mineral resources. The first thing that came to my mind was, with 33 mineral resources, we are still termed “underdeveloped”. When then would we get developed? Maybe when we have all!

The situation of our country Nigeria is getting worse by the second, rather than having things change for the better, things are becoming more difficult. The government in town today is claiming it’s trying her best in ensuring that life gets easier for her people, and her people are complaining of everyday difficulty. What’s wrong? Maybe because they felt they were coming to govern just the capital city, as apparent in their release that, they didn’t plan for what they have met.

What would a family relaying on civil servants do? How will they help their selves in times like this? When they have to get a month salary after working assiduously for months. A family like this also has other responsibilities to meet, like the paying of rents, electricity bills, children school fee among others. Now tell me, how do we expect them to thrive? I am forced to asking myself if this was the way it started, but the book of history is clearing my doubt, by making me understand it was never like this, even if it wasn’t too good then, at least, people were living. Is Nigeria tired of her citizens?

The rate at which our countries currency is plundering into the sea is another thing that puts the heart of an average Nigeria in his or her mouth. Our currency is fast losing value just like the rapid diffusion of a gluttons fart. How do we help this? Nigerians who by things online to sell are now jobless or on forceful leave, you can’t even predict the price of what you want to buy in the market, if you do, you will just help yourself waste your time and money to the market. If not for the federal government’s intervention, many would have performed their pilgrimage in their very own room. It’s that bad.

In spite all that we have at hand now, security is still a problem. Firms have fled out of our country to neighbouring countries, some of which we still supply electricity. Sometimes I am forced to agree our own countries brain relies on other countries own to work, even with the hemispheres of theirs not complete. We are the backbone of other countries development and sustenance, yet we are begging to breathe. How irrational this is!

As hard as this time is, it even hasn’t got to the pick. There are speculations that if things continue this way, we would run into recession. It surprises me, Nigeria, recession, how come? Many things are really wrong and not something any more. When we then get to that stage, an average Nigeria would then resolve to what? Feeding on grass or something? Because it won’t be easy at all, even the sound of the word “recession” frightens.

A nation with enough human and natural resources, hoping and praying not to go into recession; height of impunity. If the government of today gives room for corruption at this present time, I tell you, people will still steal. Sometimes one just think the solution to Nigeria’s problem is that it has no solution. But then, as long as optimism still remains in the dictionary, we would continue to believe things will get better.

TIJANI, Sheriffdeen writes… ( [email protected] , 07033254385)