NIGERIA IS OURS NOT THEIR'S.......If you re a well meaning Nigerian pls read this

  Hurray Nigeria is 53....and the most popular greeting for the day is "HAPPY INDEPENCE"

But what re we really happy about ? Are we really independent? 

 

  We live in a country where Aso Rock is voting N300,000,000 to buy dinning sets; over N1 billion for food; N375,000,000 for refreshments and N37, 277,825 for publicity and advertisement while according to world bodies majority of the masses live on below $1 per day

   

   We live in a country where the minister for heath travel out of the country regularly for medical checkups, and we have ministers of education who have their kids studying in private universities or abroad as well as ministers for transport who has probably never stepped foot in a public vehicle as norms 

   

  We live in a country where the political structure and component has not evolved since independence 53 years ago, a country where change which is the only constant in life has had no effect in the set of names and families that has graced the desks and doors of our country's highest political offices

  

  We live in a country where the higher education system has been shut down for 90days still with no solution in view and while the president in his recent media chat rather than to take necessary affirmative action to put an end to the continuing threats of the indefinite industrial strike action is appealing to the emotions of the striking lecturers 

We live in a country where when the president was asked about the incessant terror attacks in the nation and whether or not the most wanted man in Nigeria who has caused terror and hardship particularly to the northern part of the country is dead or alive he says "I don't know if shekau is alive or dead even sef you journalist know more than me"

  

  We live in a country where the saying that youths are the leaders of tomorrow is a popular one and yet the youngest democratically elected president we've ever had is 54 years old 

So blog visitors and Nigerian youths it begs the question 'when is the future'?, when is tomorrow ?

 

 And we are all asked to imbibe the spirit of celebration, I laugh in spanish as I ask what is really there to celebrate? 

I crave to celebrate for a country where leaders are being mandated to believe in the system they are appointed to administer  

 

A system where ministers of health are being mandated to have all their medical emergencies and checkups in Nigeria hence giving them reason to improve the medical sector 

  A system in which the Minister of education is educated in a nigerian university, federal or state owned so as to ensure that she/he understands the standard or level of education and knows where the problems are and what to do since he/she has gone through the system and who in turn should have their children schooled in Nigeria thereby allowing for transparency in the sector

    Or a system where the Minister of transport travels publicly in a public transportation system rather than with a convoy of exotic cars and helicopters while the masses are being asked to ride tricycles and endure the hardship of bad roads and the likes

How do we have a better tomorrow without young internally educated Nigerians who has passed through the system and understands it 

I have come to understand that nigeria does not need a perfect leader but rather a consistent set of leaders

But how do you manage to get a set of consistent leaders When young nigerians are not even entitled to free flowing quality education without consistent strike actions to disrupt the education process 

We might be too young to be politicians or not influential enough to lobby for political appointments but we have a voice and it must be heard as we are the future of this country  

And if continue to convince ourselves that we can't do anything and remain quiet, as silent leaders of tomorrow what would be left to lead when both foreign and domestic debts makes the country ungovernable in the future or when our sole dependence on oil has led to the dwindling diminishing of the natural resource 

 but when we believe in the power of togetherness, unity and youthful vigor and on this independence day rather than dance gallivant and jubilate we all unite and use the power of social media at our disposal to make a statement and let our voices echo through to the highest echelons of government. So rather than overlook this post and go about smiling in sorrow, rather than celebrating independence in penury. Let's speak out for ourselves by re-broadcasting this link on any and every social media at our disposal, let's stand up for what we believe in as 

 NIGERIA IS OURS NOT THEIR'S

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