I think a thought;
There are approx. 150 million people in Nigeria and the jubilee celebration of Nigeria's independence (one that isn't worth celebrating in the first place) is going to cost 16.4 BILLION Naira. What is the sense in that when the nation is still being said to live on less than a $ per day.
If we are going to ruin our economy further by outlandish spending we might as well share money on the streets to the poor who are the ones that actually face the harsh realities of Nigeria. what justification is 6.6 or 16.4 billion to the Nigerian who struggles day in day out for their three square meals!
If we consider for a moment what Nigeria has managed to achieve in 50 years, I cant necessarily point out any particular Africa wide initiative talk less of a global achievement that suggest that we can be happy that we have been independent for 5 decades
While I do not subscribe to the school of thought that independence in 1960 was not the best for Nigeria, I do believe that Nigeria celebrating in any shape or form of its independence is like a slave whose master set him free and every year he celebrates his freedom even though he is no better than he was while at his masters house, however what is even more absurd is that he loans money from his master to celebrate his freedom. What a fool he is!
They say a fool at 40 is a fool forever, if we say Nigeria is 50 should we then resign and say she shall remain unwise till the end of time. I see no reason to insult my fellow Nigerians and call them unwise because a nation does not make herself, for she is her people and as long as the unwise irresponsible crop of Nigerians continue to make her decision she shall remain so.
We need nation builders, intelligent, hardworking honest people. Decision makers, leaders not rulers. Patriots who hold the tenets of our motherland to heart and are ready to move her forward in this fast growing globalised world.
