From a Saddened Heart: Where will I
call home?
It saddens my heart; when even the educated populace,
especially the youths of Nigerians allow our leaders to control their lives,
thinking, decisions and friendship of our dear country.
It saddens my heart; when 'we the youths' will see what is
wrong and condemn it in one form and appraise it in another form. Yet, we call
ourselves Nigerians.
It saddens my heart; when even in the 21st century we talk
of 'change' in power, infrastructure, economy and religion without solving the
most important ingredient of development - Unity.
It saddens my heart; when we talk and teach the problems of
nepotism, regionalism, and tribalism when we can't even sit down and ask
ourselves if we too are making it worst.
It saddens my heart; when someone helpless and peaceful will
make excusable mistakes and will be killed and a known looter and bad leader
will come out in the public and do wrong yet, some individual will see nothing
bad but rain praises and start comparing.
It saddens my heart; when our friends forget that they have
friends that are from other tribes, religions, languages, nations, cultures yet,
they say things that can divide a nation.
It saddens my heart; when I can't leave my place/city of
birth to live in any part of my country and call it home.
It saddens my heart; when I can travel to other parts of the
world and it seems that I have more rights to do, live, work and prosper, while
I can't boast of the same in my dear country.
Let us all learn to ‘think:
talk: and teach’. For our politics may last for a moment, but, the
universal friendship we all share is what has driven development in any part of
the world.
God Bless Nigeria.
Chijioke Akusoronwa is
a social blogger and writes from the United States.
N.B: After, reading the comments of some of my friends, from
an issue that could threaten the co-existence and unity of a nation like
Nigeria. I am beginning to think, if there is any leader of tomorrow in Nigeria
or whether our leaders are making us dead in our thinking.
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