MOTHER NIGERIA

If Nigeria were a person, she would be a 56 year old woman. A woman with numerous kids and husbands that come and go. She’s the woman she is today because her husbands keep taking and they never give, they take for their family, they take for their mistresses, they take for their kids with other women, they take her body, soul and essence, even when she’s down and broken, they still keep taking. Every husband leaves her a little broken (some more than others) but she has to keep believing that there’s still a chance she could find The one. She meets another man after a few years, he promises to take care of her and the children and make life better for them by improving their standard of living. She needs to believe so badly that she can one day find love, that the next man will be the right man and won’t take her for granted; so after much persuasion from different potential suitors, she settles on the one she believes in the most and sometimes, they end up treating her worst than the previous husband. As a child of Nigeria, what are my options? Can a child hate her mother? No matter how broken The Motherland may be, we love her anyway because out of her were we born. You can go far and wide, you can change your accent and your appearance but you can not scrub Nigerian out of your skin.
Together, we are unbreakable.
I believe that i can make a difference and i’m going to try with my sweat
I believe that my generation will create the change we so desire
I must believe that better days are ahead. We must believe.
Dear children of Nigeria, gone are the days when we hope that our prayers can change the state of the economy and make the currency stronger. It is your responsibility as a Nigerian to grow the country too in your own little way. When we combine all’ our little way' we make a very big way. Do your part, do not play the victim endlessly, you can be the hero that the country needs, look to the works of your hand and create.
 
King David

THE NIGERIA OF OUR DREAM

The Nigeria of our dream
 It's the Nigeria of our dream because, it's is an individual and collective contributions by Nigerians to get to our dream land. Obviously, we have not got to half our goals.
  Have you wondered why we have successful Nigerians but not a successful Nigeria? An irony right?....
   Yes we dream to have a Nigeria where there is constant power supply, good education, fair leadership & a share of humanity & many others. But, it's disheartening how the opposite we see & digest into our systems tagged "The normal way of the Nigerian life".
   We become successful in whatever we do because, we know and apply the principle of that target thereby getting a good result. For us to live successfully as Nigerians, we have to *apply the principles of National growth by the citizens*. I am not here to preach politics & bad leadership but, humanity! You know how you treat & relate to that human next to you. You know how you endeavour to keep your little environment clean. You alone know!
   The word Nigeria, was coined from *Niger area* not *Western area* and that is why we are *Nigerians not Westerians*. So unfortunate the dignity of the African Culture is dwindling. How most of us can not speak our mother tongues, can not dress in our traditional attire and prepare our local meals. Waxing cold!
  Nigeria is *one* nation containing several cultures. Not different Nigeria's! Right? So, why the *ethnicity & tribalism*?
   I can vividly recall how I recited the national anthem & pledge daily back then in high school. "I pledge to Nigeria my country to be faithful, loyal and honest... As a Nigerian am I truly being faithful, loyal and honest in my actions, self & inactions? Don't you think these little things matter? Rather than pointing fingers to some president guy. Let's think about this.
*we are proudly Nigerians*
*This is our nation, We can not run.*
*Together we can live in unity*.
*It's dependant on you & i*
 
Grace Daniel.