Nigeria: What Change Really Looks Like

Hello People, It has been a while but thanks for sticking with me, Everyone is rounding out for the year so the work has not been easy but we are grateful to God because it has not been easy but it has been fabulous. I was going to write an ode to MEN. Yes you read it right An Ode to Men, Saying all the wonderful reasons why we should still celebrate them. Patriarchy had a bad year though! LOL.

In this post i am going to teach you how to be a Nigerian. You think you are a Nigerian but you have no idea.  I will be exploring 5 basic features every Nigerian should Posses based on the examples we have been given.

1. Never take responsibility for your actions: you may be someone who is quick to stand up and take the blame, but you are doing it all wrong.  A true Nigerian never takes responsibility. Don't you read the news, or Linda Ikeji like every normal Nigerian person, don't you read how the current ruling class keeps blaming the past administration for everything? So what are you still doing jumping up with your fingers up shouting "Aunty Me" every time someone asks who is responsible. You better do like Cain and blame Abel Jare. Don't be a learner.  
2. Never Explain yourself: Because what is the point? If people do not see your intentions from the things you do then what is the point of explaining yourself to all these slow people.  A true Nigerian that cares about this nation does not waste time trying to take others along. A true Nigerian just moves forward ignoring the simple questions of other people. So never explain. don't you see how our wonderful leader doesn't even bother to take the time. I remember when GEJ was in power, he was always busy condemning the actions of so and so, it got old, yes and we still finished him on social media and regular media with statements like 'stop telling us sorry do something' well, now we have got ourselves the exact opposite of that. So never explain your motives and intentions to mere mortals who can never follow.
3. Do as I say not as I do. This should be your mantra as a Nigerian to everyone who is under you or looks up to you. Let them listen to you but never emulate you. It's hard enough being you now you want people walking around doing what you do? Never. Take our senators and legislators for example. They still have those funny allowances but we can't talk about it and we can't earn that much because we have to keep the palms of our leaders well lubricated so that all the remaining funds in the reserve don't stick to their hands. What about the police? You see the way the police cars drive around like they are mad. They never stop at traffic lights even when they carry an empty van and are not chasing anybody, but you cannot drive like that because it's the same police that will stop you. So this is a lesson to be learned. Only follow what you hear but never what you see. :)
4. Disconnect yourself from reality: Under no circumstance can you as a Nigerian be aware of what is the reality outside your front door. Create a universe in your head in which you live and when you are making decisions please endeavour to make it based on the flies flying around in your brain. If you are vigilant Nigerian you will remember some individuals proposed to ban those small generators in Nigeria. Seeing as electricity in Nigeria is now 24/7/365. They have forgotten that petty businesses operate on these generators and that's the reality of many Nigerians.  The banks have stopped the use of our Naira cards outside Nigeria and the CBN is backing them. It is the belief of the CBN governor that the more stringent and impossible it is to live in the country the more difficult you make it for Nigerian to spend their money the more money we will have?  to use for what?
5. Lie: Never under any circumstance tell the truth about anything. It is not your responsibility to waste your valuable time telling anybody the truth about anything.  So in simple terms lie. Don't you see the way all your politicians lie. They claim they can't afford to spend money on workers' salaries but have stupid allowances and give out stupid contracts and not necessary positions in their cabinets to people who won't be affecting public good. 

I don't understand how we keep falling into the same mistakes. Maybe the presence of the media has made its that we cannot ignore the mistakes of our government, but I don't think that our awareness is a bad thing. It is good that Nigerians now have strong opinions and we are getting our voices heard with no apologies. So we cannot be sorry that we are constantly talking about the blunders in the administration, it's our right to do so. As a Nigerian it is our responsibility to care about what happens, this is the only country that some of us have. We have nowhere else to run to it has no choice but to work. I believe in giving the government time but it's like they are not even grounded in reality and nobody is taking the time to take us along, so we are busy here sitting on our computers drawing our own conclusions.

So have a beautiful long Weekend. Merry Christmas I hope you have gone to the bank. :)