'What has happened to us as a people? Some of us talk as though we are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity' - Femi Adesina
I n a new article titled, "Wanted: A Restructuring of Minds", Special Adviser to President Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, wondered what has become of us as a people morally. Read the interesting article below Hearing some Nigerians speak (whether based at home or in the Diaspora) you discern that they are "in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity." They spew out things that give them away as "whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones." What happened to grace? Where did decency disappear to? Are words not to be seasoned with salt again? What has happened to us as a people? The more rotten, the better, it seems. The fouler and odoriferous the cesspit, the more attractive, followed by applause. That seems to be the philosophy of some people today, and it doesn't matter who they are. High or low. But we cannot continue that way, if we want to be acceptab...