Nigeria Of Today (Everyone is a local Government) - Kingsley Oligie

In Nigeria of today, everyone is his/her own Local Government Area. When I woke up today, the first topic that came to mind was this. I could still remember when I was like 5 years old, there used to be well treated government pipe borne water almost everywhere in the country including my village, stable electricity, good roads, good schools, good hospitals, etc. But today those mandatory social amenities are nowhere to be found.  Where did Nigerians get it wrong, I have been to some other countries of the World which are not so much endowed with God given natural resources like Nigeria but the development in those countries will get you Astonished. 

One day in Dubai I bumped into one Arabic man and he asked me where I come from, I told him Nigeria and he said to me there was a time his country came to Nigeria to solicit for Loan but Nigerian government refused them but today the story is a different case.   Everything there is working perfectly, they live a life of less worries because government is working. Their Major roads are usually constructed by government own companies, not one private company own by either minister, senator, rep member or Secretary General of the Federation as in the case of our dear country Nigeria. 

A country where youth unemployment rate is about 65%, why not channel these youths to the development of this nation by employing majority of them in Federal Emergency Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Majority of the Federal and states roads in this country are deteriorating  because they are not been maintained. Roads maintenance suppose to be everyday work as its being done in other parts of the World. But what do we see here, a government will develop a place, and when he finishes his tenure, the subsequent government that will come on board, will not continue from where the previous government stopped, rather try to tarnish the former image for political interest and start all over again from different direction, How does Nigeria Develop from the attitudes of this crop of politicians?

Today in Nigeria, everyone generates his electricity, constructs his roads, Provides security, provides water, Education and health care. A country where during election, a campaigner will promise heaven on earth and when he finally wins, denies his own manifesto at the public glare.

I will conclude by saying everyone is his/her own Local government in Nigeria today. Everyone should rise up and say enough is enough, the government belongs to all of us not the political elites alone. I  rest my case.

 Author: Kingsley Oligie

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