Ravaged @ 60
I listened to the president's independence speech yesterday and I was further convinced that at sixty, Nigeria has no ambition for advancement. In a generation where civilization has become the ambition of every serious nation, Nigeria finds resting comfort in mediocrity and self-delusion. There is no serious move to make Nigeria rise above this abysmal level of fooling herself. I have always associated Nigerian governments with lies. Governance in Nigeria has always thrived on lies but the current government which came on board to change the shameful status quo took lying to a whole new level. If the president is grateful that Nigerians have entrusted their hopes and aspirations to him for a better and greater Nigeria, how has he actualised this in his more than five years at the helms of our affairs? Does he not know that Nigerians are groaning in increasing poverty, insecurity, failing economy, increasing corruption, barefaced nepotism, official robbery and many more? How have ...