Along the coast of the Niger, sits a Nation that hoists the Green White Green- a Nation that was dissipated by the lack of a defined ideology, an assembly of tribes without a common purpose. Leadership styles and models have experimented on her shores and the people have had to gain and lose confidence in the very idea of governance several times over. This Nation has had one civil war that produced little more than facts for the history books and a couple of violent out-breaks where people have fought and died as a result of a dearth of knowledge and the wickedness of the better informed.
Social structures have been put in place: schemes and innovations that should bring about positive development but they have suffered from the plague of ineffectiveness that stems from a bleak understanding of the purpose of these structures.
Until recently few could proudly say they are Nigerians, but the media among others started making Nigerians feel Nigeria in Nigeria. It started working – Nigerian movies, music, designers et al. Proudly Nigeria is a fact of many people’s lives today. A Nation that is now aware of the concept of Nationhood.
Blasting beyond our past riddled with ignorance and false information, our past would not hold us back because our future beckons with a louder voice. We may not have been given a purpose to justify our origination but each one of us has looked over our shoulders to see that our challenges are not unique to us: for instance, I need electricity in my house and so does my neighbour as well as his neighbour and on like that; as one person I may find a solution but together we can do it faster. So this has given us a common purpose. We have looked at our common needs to find the agenda we must now pursue as a unit.
Now many years later we are a Nation unified by the victory we all contributed greatly to and now share. The victory our children would thank us for and the World would respect us for. We have now a story and a rebirth – welcome to our world of new beginnings. Welcome to Nigeria: Good People, Great Nation.
Brian Oji,
A Nigerian.
Social structures have been put in place: schemes and innovations that should bring about positive development but they have suffered from the plague of ineffectiveness that stems from a bleak understanding of the purpose of these structures.
Until recently few could proudly say they are Nigerians, but the media among others started making Nigerians feel Nigeria in Nigeria. It started working – Nigerian movies, music, designers et al. Proudly Nigeria is a fact of many people’s lives today. A Nation that is now aware of the concept of Nationhood.
Blasting beyond our past riddled with ignorance and false information, our past would not hold us back because our future beckons with a louder voice. We may not have been given a purpose to justify our origination but each one of us has looked over our shoulders to see that our challenges are not unique to us: for instance, I need electricity in my house and so does my neighbour as well as his neighbour and on like that; as one person I may find a solution but together we can do it faster. So this has given us a common purpose. We have looked at our common needs to find the agenda we must now pursue as a unit.
Now many years later we are a Nation unified by the victory we all contributed greatly to and now share. The victory our children would thank us for and the World would respect us for. We have now a story and a rebirth – welcome to our world of new beginnings. Welcome to Nigeria: Good People, Great Nation.
Brian Oji,
A Nigerian.
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