OPEN LETTER TO ALL NIGERIANS: BETTER DEY COME
I’m a
passionate lover of our country Nigeria for many reasons. Not many countries in
the world are as blessed as this country. We have abundance of natural and
human resources, we are blessed with rich land and hardly have any records of
natural disasters. No matter how blessed you are however, if you manage your
affairs poorly you’re not likely to succeed. This I believe has been the case
of Nigeria.
In business
they say; you don’t change a working structure. But then again, when your
structure isn’t working, you continue to change till you get the right formula.
We have
voted for change, but with that also come the responsibility of bearing the
hardships of the teething period till the change matures.
When a small
boat is being steered, it changes direction immediately, but when a large ship
is being steered, it takes tens or hundreds of spins before the movement is
noticeable. Our country is a large one, with more than 300 tribes and a
population of more than a hundred and sixty million people as at last count
(census 2006), we have a complex government system and the largest economy on
the continent, therefore it will naturally take time to set things right.
In order
words, accepting change isn’t enough if we don’t have the patience to allow it
time to deliver. Nothing good comes easy, and as they say; it’s darkest just
before morning.
I am not
partisan, therefore penning this isn’t in particular support of anyone, but a
heartfelt message to the next man as one who holds this country dear, that in wishing
failure on our government just because we don’t like a person, is wishing our
country fails and having our people suffer.
We cannot be
stronger than our differences allow, so how about we place our collective
interest, in the strength of our dear country Nigeria, ahead of religion,
tribe, political party and all the many other lines that divide us. So that you
and I can have the country that we dream of in our lifetime.
I believe.
BETTER DEY COME.
Yours
faithfully,
Shina
Abiola-Peller
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