Dear Nigerians

Dear Nigerians and my faithful readers,

Where do I start today’s rant from? Really, where do I begin?
There is a lot to say, but I have not forgotten my manners so, good day. How are you doing? How was your night, did you sleep well? Hope your day is going well and oga at the top is not stressing you too much. Hope say last month salary don show – you know we have to ball tonight 😉. Ehhn, before I go too far, happy new month dears.

So, have you ever heard the saying, “what is worth doing is worth doing well”? I can assure you that I have heard this line for the most part of my life. I highly doubt there was a week I didn’t hear my principal or teachers, or house mistresses say this when I was in secondary school. It has been soooo ingrained in me that I find myself chanting it when I am tempted to stop halfway or hurriedly finish a task. And this brings me to exactly what I want to talk about today, why can’t many Nigerians finish what they have started??? Especially those politicians and their cohorts when it comes to the welfare of the people. Why, just why? I’m honestly really curious to know this and if you can tell me in the comments, I don’t mind. All I need, is to know why. Have we been cursed? Did the generations before us offend a babalawo and he cursed Nigeria? O ti fe ma su mi (I am getting tired).

I noticed about a couple of week ago that some roads in Lagos were undergoing fixing and boy was I not glad when I realized it was reaching my area! Like finally! Because anybody that’s familiar with Ogudu road can testify to the wells/potholes we once had on that road. Honestly I can say that this road revamp that’s been ongoing has really helped to improve the traffic in Lagos. And as much as we/I really want to commend their efforts, I also need to bring to fore the shortcomings. It is just as simple as this: FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED. Start the task and finish it well because, what is worth doing is worth doing well.

Take my Ogudu road for instance, they started fixing the road, they were doing a great job and just suddenly, they stopped. They had gone 80% into getting everything completed, and like play, like film, they disappeared. That is to say, job done for them. Which is not supposed to be because in the long run, the abandoned small “insignificant” potholes and rough patches on the road will wear and tear and become demonic traffic-causing wells.

All I can say at this point is, “o ti su mi (I am tired).” I can only hope that the Oshodi road I see them working on gets 100% completed, and that we also learn that glossing over a problem doesn’t get it fixef. Instead, it brews into bigger problems. On the other hand, addressing the root cause of a problem and going forward from there will get the problem out of the way and also eradicate the likelihood of that problem resurfacing.

Anyway, that is all for today. Thank you very much guys for hanging around and reading my posts, sharing them, commenting and even liking it. It means a lot to me and I really appreciate it. Thank you very much!

P.S: Thanks again and happy new month. If you haven’t read Is there really hope for Nigeria and Crossroads, there’s no better time than now to do so.

Love you all ❤❤❤.

10 thoughts on “Dear Nigerians

  1. Bami Ogunleye's avatar
    Bami Ogunleye says:

    That’s how it has always been in this country and it is really sad. One governor comes in, starts a project and if he doesn’t complete it before leaving office, it gets abandoned. Sheer waste of resources and precious money.

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    1. Christiana Oladele's avatar
      Christiana Oladele says:

      Hmm another angle. God safe us. And tbh, I think you’re right. I’ve come across a lot of Nigerians that would say, “just do the work and if you chop our money we no go too complain because we see that you’re working.” I used to be like that till I realized its part of what’s killing us.

      They give us bread crumbs and take the whole bread while we’re there, stupidly rejoicing over crumbs and they are popping champagne and laughing at our gullible selves.

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