Nigeria oh Nigeria, thou art not fair!
Not fair to the university graduate who goes out every day in the last one year, with his qualifications in a big brown envelope, hopefully, to get any type of official job.
Not fair to the young public secondary school student who has to hawk hot bean pudding and bread after school hours so his widowed mother can make a not-so-nutritious dinner for them both.
Not fair to the uneducated pregnant lady that always pray for very sunny days so she can take turns to hawk at least ten buckets of chilled soft drinks a day at a busy bus stop to save for her unborn child's well-being.
Not fair to the one handed newspaper seller who refuses to beg but will rather work for his daily bread.
Not fair to the Hausa cobbler always with a cap on his head to hide his wound, who also has to walk an unbelievable distance hitting his wooden box filled with his tools to advertise his trade, hoping someone will have a bad shoe to repair.
Not fair to the young and elderly widows who work at building sites carrying heavy materials which normally should not be carried by women, but who in order to feed their children defy every reasonable odds to engage in such strenuous jobs.
Not fair to the office worker who uses his brains basically nine to ten hours a day to think out a solution to another man's business problems to earn a living and as well save for his own dream.
Not fair to the factory worker who does the most dangerous job under harsh conditions and with minimal risk prevention but earn the least money.
Not fair to the Vulcaniser who has to sit close to the road, endangering his life, just to be seen by drivers who may have flat tires to inflate.
After being extremely tired from every day's hard work, sweat, frustration, determination, and hope, most Nigerians still come home to eat what they can afford and not what they truly desire, most Nigerians still come home to an unbearable heat, unhygienic neighbourhood, deafening noise from nearby generators and so on and so forth.
Why?
Because we live in a country where there is a constant power outage.
Because we live in a country where filling stations in the neighbourhood bribe NEPA officials to seize power at a particular time just to increase their sales.
Because we live in a country where every house must depend on borehole to get water into the house or you resort to the easily accessible well water which is mostly contaminated 90.9% of the time.
Because we live in a country with extremely selfish leaders who continue to amass wealth while the masses continue to suffer at the expense of their unquenchable greed.
Because we live in a country where our leaders steal from the country's revenue to save in their personal foreign accounts.
Because we live in a country where one person steals so much money that can feed each Nigerian good three square meal a day for a whole year.
Because we live in a country where stolen money are said to be recovered but vanish into thin air and are never to be heard of again.
Because we live in a country where our leaders could care less about the masses who under rain and sun queue to vote them into office.
Because we live in a country where our leaders neither talk, act or do in accordance to the word of GOD, because if they do, if they really do have the fear of GOD in them, there should be a "Nigerian dream". We live in a country were uncountable times, we are positively blinded by hope, to see the vicious lies our leaders continually feed us during their campaigns just to get our thumbprints beside their political party logo.
When Nigerians? When will we open our eyes to see, to know and to differentiate between a sheep and a lion in sheep's clothing? The lion will continually disguise and prey on the weak if we are not willing to go the extra mile for what we deserve and what ought to be.
In conclusion, Nigeria will be better only with GOD, the wisdom of the elders and the energy of the young. GOD help us all.
