To
be candid, I think we have suffered in the hands of oppressors and those who marginalizes
for near quarter of a century and what the future holds for an average Nigerian
looks oblique. The possibilities seem maligned and the hope of libration seems
not to be in sight. I am becoming tired of our representatives sitting in their
elected positions only to loot and enrich themselves at the expense of those
who stood firm under the sun and in the rain to elect them into these
positions. How long shall we continue like this? Are we not tired of this
movement in cycles and circles? What does the future hold for the young boy or
girl: the generations yet unborn? How long must we continue to toil in ruins,
apply for jobs in vain (because you don't have a godfather), required to pay
bribes or worse still, commit sexual immorality just to advance a course? How
long must we continue to be fooled into compromise and oblivion?
We
are gradually overcoming the pandemic (COVID-19) that wrecked lives and it’s
still causing havoc in the lives of many Nigerians and the world at large. Many
people sacrificed their lives to save others (some doctors, some nurses, and some
caregivers), some died of hunger and starvation, some died and are still dying
as a result of carelessness and the blatant flaunting of the rules and
regulations put in place by the government agencies (NCDC, the COVID-19
Presidential Committee etc.) vested with the powers to give guidelines for a
smooth seal. Some also died because the government failed to fulfill their vows
and pledges as nobody saw the palliatives or the relief materials promised them
by the government. The environment was very hostile to the citizens of this
great country held under the clutches of selfish politicians. Can you imagine
that the relief materials released for the well-being of the teaming population
were hijacked by the so-called people given the responsibility to do so? Daily,
we hear of tons of relief materials sent to the less privileged in the society
which didn’t reach them. In the place where I live, they were moving around and
sharing packaged candy which got exhausted halfway into the sharing process and
we never saw anything else. I mean, bags of rice, garri, etc., were released by
the government but only packaged candy could reach the people. How can a person
act like that and allow people to die of hunger and in the end, hope that God
would overlook their dastardly act? How will the heavens see such injustice and
allow you to go unscathed? Oh! That God will help us as a nation.
Leaving
the government and its officials and focusing on market sellers and food
vendors; what did we see? We saw nothing but the unusual hike in prices of
commodities even to the very least as garri. It was and it’s still shocking to notice
that a rubber of garri went for N1500
to N2000. Now, I begin to wonder
because, in a time when people ought to show love and understanding; they
thought it a time to make overnight gain. How wicked is humanity? Why is man
very unreasonable and unfair to his follow man? When will this injustice and
overly consciousness of self (selfishness) stop? Must we continue like this? How
long must we continue suffering and smiling? We sometimes fail to realize that
it is not only the government that enforces suffering on others as we can see this
vivified by what the market sellers and food vendors did. Oh! That God will
help our country and restore its dignity and pride so that the labours of our
heroes past will not be in vain.
People
continue to amass wealth (money) that their entire generation would utilize and
will suffice but would never stop looting. They sometimes prefer that money rot
in their mansions than get to people who need it. People fail to realize that
money cannot save anyone when the Almighty God, the creator of the universe
beckons on their soul to go to the great beyond. This incidence of COVID-19 has
humbled the world powers; the G8, the billionaires etc.; money couldn’t save
anyone. Look at the case of late Abba Kyari (the Former Chief of Staff to the
President of Nigeria) who was killed by this beast of reckless wickedness
called COVID-19, if only money could answer all things but we have just noticed
that it can only answer many things. It is this pandemic that revealed the
level of our wisdom as a country: a country where people go to other countries
to invest in their economy at the total and complete neglect of their country.
They enjoyed this type of life because; nobody was restricted from moving
around the world. Little did they know that a time will come when they would be
forced to stay in their country. It was at this that they suddenly discovered
that their hospitals were grossly under equipped and hence, the management of
the virus (COVID-19) became a challenge thus, resulting to the death of many. A
food for thought is that, if countries like the United States of America could
be badly hit by this particular virus; with all the sophistication and
experience, I think we should be grateful to God that he shielded our country
from the plague else, we would have known what it means to be negligent of your
country’s infrastructure. I pray we learn from this experience and begin on a
new page even as we pray that our government would begin to strategize on
modalities to improve the infrastructures on ground so that the labours of our
heroes past should never be in vain in Jesus Name.
My
final advice is that we all must start looking for ways to help ourselves
rather than depending on our government, you can bear me witness that in a time
of lack and die need, the relief materials or palliatives given for the masses
cannot reach them thus, I don't think it will reach you when the economy
reopens either. In fact, you will not hear of such palliatives when they are
released, let alone receiving them. We are dealing with principalities and
powers that have taken abode in the lives of some of these people and has
seared their hearts with a hot iron and there is nothing like conscience or
sympathy in the hearts of these ones. We better start looking up to God to help
us discover His purpose for our lives and start living it to the full. We also pray for grace not to compromise in
places where we are supposed to shine as light because, brute beast has entered
fully into this world and seeks to exterminate the truth in its entirety. May
God give us grace never to fail our generation in Jesus Name. Shalom and God
bless our country Nigeria.
Please,
I would love to see your comments as regards your experience during the
COVID-19 lockdown. Also, like and share the article if you found it
interesting. Thank you
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