User:Francis Onabis

STATE OF THE NATION MY VIEW

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AS A NATION.

I HAD THOUGHT THE GOOD LORD JUST WANTED US THIS WAY OR WE ARE THE ONES WHO REFUSED TO CHANGE OUR WAY OF DOING THINGS.

I SOMETIME BLAME THE WHITE MAN FOR OUR WAY OF THINKING AND MODIFYING OUR BEHAVIOR,

I ALSO BLAME THEM FOR CAUSING WARS AND HUNGER IN OUR LAND BY SELLING THEIR DOCTRINES TO US.

I POINT FINGRERS TO OTHER PEOPLE, NOT REALISING THAT OUT OF THE FIVE FINGERS ON MY HAND, FOUR ARE POINTING TO ME RIGHT BACK AT ME.

IT IS UNEQIUVOCALLY CLEAR THAT I AM THE CAUSE OF MY PROBLEMS 99% OF THE TIME.

IT,S NOW ALSO CLEAR TO ME THAT NOBODY ELSE WILL SOLVE MY PROBLEMS BUT ME.

FOR THE BULK OF OUR PROBLEMS AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR NATION, THE SOLUTION IS IN OUR OWN HANDS.

I KNOW MOST PEOPLE ALSO BLAME OUR ELECTED LEADERS AS THE ROOT OF OUR PROBLEMS, BUT HAVE WE EVER SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT WHAT ROLES WE PLAYED IN ELECTING THESE LEADERS INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES?

WE SHOULD TAKE SOME MINUTES TO PONDER ON IT.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY WE DON’T HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THEM SO WE HAVE TO JUST FLOW WITH THE UNPLEASANT TIDE THAT COULD SWALLOW US UP AT ANY TIME. THAT NOTION IS NOT CORRECT! ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE SAID "GOD KNOWS THE ORDINAY PEOPLE HAVE MORE POWER, THAT’S WHY HE MADE THEM MORE".

WE HAVE THE POWER TO BEND THE ARC OF PROGRESS THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BE. WE MUST LEARN NOT TO UNDER RATE OURSELVES OR OUR CAPABILITIES BECAUSE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE UNIQUE IN OUR OWN WAY. I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY TO YOURSELF "NOBODY IS BETTER THAN ME. I AM UNIQUE. THERE IS ONLY ONE ME"

WE MUST BE PREPARED TO DIE FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN IF THAT IS WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO. YOU WANT A BETTER NIGERIA, THEN YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER NIGERIA. I AM NOT AGITATING FOR VIOLENCE HERE, BUT PEACEFUL DEMOSTRATION OF POWER. WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THINGS FROM THE WAY THEY HAVE TURNED TO THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE! WE CAN SEND A PRESIDENT TO ASO VILLA OR BRING HIM BACK HOME. POLITICIANS AND LEADERS ARE OUR SERVANTS NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND. THEY WORK FOR US AND WE PAY THEIR SALARIES. WE SHOULDN’T ALLOW THEM TO STEAL OUR COMMON WEALTH WITH COATED LIES AND JUST STAND BY AND WATCH IN THE HOPES THAT THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW WILL CATCH UP WITH THEM SOME DAY. I'M SURE WE HAVE SEEN PLETHORA OF CASES WHERE THE LAW HAS BECOME A RESPECTER OF SOME SELECTED FEW.

POWER MUST COME BACK TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. LET US BEGIN TO HOLD OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTS AND OMISSIONS. THE CONSTITUTION GAVE US THAT RIGHT WHEN IT HANDED US THE POWER TO DECIDE WHO GETS TO SIT ON THE SEAT OF AUTHORITY.

WE ARE TOO RICH TO BE A POOR NATION. WE HAVE MOST OF THE BEST BRAINS AROUND THE WORLD AND SO MANY RESOURCES, YET WE ALLOW OUR LEADERS TO PLAY WITH OUR INTELLIGENCE AND TWIRL US AROUND THEIR CROOKED FINGERS.

THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. WE SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE OUR STAND AND MAKE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OJR WATCHWORD. IF WE COULD PICK UP A GUN AND FIGHT ON BEHALF OF THESE SO CALLED LEADERS, THEN ITS TIME TO TURN AROUND (WITHOUT THE USE OF VIOLENCE OR GUNS)  AND DEMAND BETTER LIVING STANDARDS FOR OURSELVES AND FAMILIES. THIS IS A DUTY WE OWE OURSELVES AND OUR NEXT GENERATIONS BECAUSE IF WE FAIL TO MAKE THIMGS RIGHT TODAY, THEN THERE IS NO HOPE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.

WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH. EVEN IF SOME UNSCRUPULOUS LEADERS HAVE TURNED LIFE INTO A LIVING HELL, WE CAN STILL TURN THINGS AROUND FOR THE BETTER IF WE BEGIN TO STAND FOR THE HONEST TRUTH, AND BEGIN TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. LET US NOT GIVE UP ON OUR DEAR COUNTRY JUST YET, BECAUSE THERE IS A RAY OF SUNLIGHT ON THE HORIZON.

I STAND FOR PEACE, UNITY, PROGRESS AND EQUALITY FOR ALL!

THANK YOU ALL! WATCH OUT FOR ANOTHER EPISODE OF STATE OF THE NATION---MY VIEW