READ WHAT AREA FATHER WROTE: Ignorance Is No Bliss by CharlyBoy

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Oh God! Why was I born in this neck of the woods? See how low my country has sank, demeaning our value as human beings, destroying our image as greed and corruption destroys everything we hold sacred. See how it drives the youths crazily into the uncertain life of crime, dispossessing the creative and talented youths of their dreams and discrediting their imagination. Haba, God, why? As Nigerians, what are we really good for? Were we born to be haunted and taunted?"

I don’t know what drives us but were we created to be a sub. Like you create two versions of something and see which one would thrive more

in the habitat it would be placed. It seems the Africans (Nigerians) are failing the test and soon would be wiped out from existence. Why

have we remained a consumer nation, can't even produce nothing, even the few who can are not encouraged.

We are so backward it troubles me. Even if the western world were to

wait for us for another hundred years, at this rate we will likely not

meet up. Because as a people and as a nation, we lack focus, we are so

consumed by greed that all we know how to do is compete among

ourselves in this endless corruption that we fail to see the bigger

picture.


We are obviously operating a failed political system, educational

system and whatever comes to mind. A country where literates are so

myopic and shallow minded. We are still living in the era of people

believing more in witches and wizard and do not believe in working

towards a bright future. A kill and go system that does not really

care for its people. From our so called riffraff in leadership, we are

told to be patient and always pray for good luck. Can our country

really be run by good luck?

We are so myopic that when we are confronted with one problem we talk

about it until another problem arises; we forget the old unsolved one

and begin to rant about the new problem. It was “bring back our

girls”, now is Ebola here Ebola there. Even people with PHD were

bathing with salt water, Maggi and pepper. Lol

What is so bad is that we claim to have produced both academic and

medical doctors and yet we can’t possibly find any solution to this

bloody virus. We are begging the United States for the unapproved

serum which will not be given until 2015. We have labs that can’t

carry out experiments because the labs don’t have the required to

function well. Are our doctors even capable? On the media you hear

different stories of what’s going on while we are shielded from the

truth.

We refuse to develop ourselves so we live at the mercy of others. We

claim we are the giant of Africa but there is little or nothing we can

do for other smaller African countries. How can we, when we have not

been able to do anything for ourselves.

We always think our ignorance is an excuse to the way we live and what

happens to us, is it actually ignorance or stupidity? Our ignorance

will not deliver us and it is no excuse to whatever happens to us.

Are we not supposed to be responsible for ourselves? Are we going to

keep depending on other nations for our security and safety?


Where is our pride as a people and as individuals? We get mouth but we

no get anything. People weh get mouth na people weh get evidence of

substance. Sometimes you don’t have to speak, what you have created

speaks for you.


Until we realize that our problems are beyond rants, curses and

prayers, then can we be a step towards finding a solution.


Except we want to be proved as a failed state/race would we remain in

this pathetic state of existence. I’m sure I’m not the only one who

knows that in Africa we are just existing and not living. The world

has since evolved. Abegi.

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