NIGERIA AT 57; AM I INSPIRED?

I feel privileged to be in a society where thought provoking write ups are made by my contemporaries. Early this morning, some top notch fellows of my noble department had Nigeria's current state as a matter of discuss. I agree to a number of the facts they asserted, but I feel disturbed on some others as I viewed them from an entirely different perspective.

Truly, we need to be appreciative for a rare opportunity as this to enjoy some privileges. Electricity from PHCN is way cheaper and even better than the strongest Mikano Generators as well as a number of other things the government provides. We cannot but agree that no one, in his own capacity, can proudly execute most of the functions of the current government in the country. Asides that, the country has been blessed with a number of physical, natural and even human resources.

See me not as a pessimist, but as an objective fellow, because I also share the notion of a better Nigeria at least for the sake of the future generations. The country is though worthy of being extolled, but on a second thought, the country is a mere disappointment to our noble fathers who fought whole heartedly for our freedom. The likes of Awolowo, Azikiwe, Balewa and a number of our freedom fighters will be sad at what we've made their sweats turn into.

Truly, a number of us have got admissions and scholarships on merit, but that doesn't still mean we should give commendations for these, because these are some of the many norms that we shouldn't beg for. Imagine we see electricity and so many other necessaries which are rights as privileges in this country. Does that sound like what we should be thankful for after a Jubilee celebration?

Permit me to say this, I refuse to accept mediocrity for no sort of justification. Virtually all the sectors in the country has failed right from the most important even to the most insignificant. How can we be proud of a system that encourages failure or why will the Educational legislators permit a cut off mark of 25% (100/400) to enter an already deplored institution of learning.

Our educational systems are not even currently fit to compete in the 21st century with the current level of learning what then would will expect of it in the next decade? Imagine, the very best of our institutions struggling to be among top 20 in the black continent not to talk of the whole world whom we are all competing with. How then will our economy fare if education, the most important supply side factor is at a deplorable state? Are we going to ever experience development in the future years at all?

Our infrastructure in this country has also been experiencing a rather snail-like development for many years now. Imagine, a country with enviable resources still having issues with mere transportation and communication having been rich for most part of her years of Independence. Imagine the annual degradation of the country's economy despite being the population hub of the black continent.

I could continue to highlight disappointing issues about my dear country, but it will only make me sad the more as little or no efforts are being put in place to set things on track. Frankly, the government cannot do all to make the country better because the efforts of the citizenry is integral to achieve a significant change in the country. We're all guilty of the bad situations in the country, and if we don't turn a new leaf we might end up not enjoying what God has ordained for us by being Nigerians.

However, despite the woes in the country, I'm still proud to be a Nigerian as I am not only a rare specie of the human race but also a wonderful one at that.

I hope for a better Nigeria

© DOKUNMU Oluwatosin

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My Little Experience Blogging

I started blogging sometime ago and found out that it was fun. My blogging was inspired mainly by a co-blogger +Prince Akinyemi Mujeeb who is a very close friend of mine and other people. At my early stages in blogging then, all I wanted was to make money and was therefore advised to come and try making my money online cause ''it is the easiest and most convenient way of making money in this jet age'' they said. I then decided to start my blogging on a fateful day after a lot of procrastination.

My first experience on blogging was kind of awkward cause everything on the blogger looked so strange and weird that it got to an extent when I almost lost interest and was about leaving but my sub-conscious mind drew me back and my coming back to blogging was based soley because of the news I heard about people that are okay financially all in the name of blogging. After a while, I realised that this world is not always about making money and money alone although making money too is important.

I then started finding blogging kind of easy cause it was fun to me and was even forgetting my money making motive I had from the onset. It was later on that I realised that you can be making money while making fun which was told to me by my advisers and which was true. The first problem I had was mainly setting up my blog it was kinda rigorous cause I found so difficult in setting it up. After a while I got it right thereafter my blogging started.

Choosing a niche then started giving me problem cause I had a lot of things in my head that I wanted to share with the world like business ideas, sport, football to be specific, motivational, great and inspiring quotes and so many other things but I was told that blogging would require the blogger choosing a specific niche to venture in. I finally took the bull by the horn and then chose the sport niche with the belief and mind set that I had a lot on my head to post about it compared to other niche.

Here am I today doing fine on the blogging world. I therefore urge everyone who has either just been introduced or just discovered blogging to keep up with it cause has as time goes on you would really enjoy it.

Cheers,
Oluwatosin

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