Why Does Hardship Never End?
I am not exaggerating when I say that Nigeria is one of the worst places in the world to live. I understand that places like Israel, Iran, and Iraq are experiencing political unrest, but Nigeria is failing in every sector, including health, technology, development, and many others.
I am also aware that some Latin American countries are extremely corrupt, but Nigeria is far worse.
You do not get your typical gunfight, but people are mostly annihilated by one or more dictators who can easily write or pass legislation, damning the lives of unborn children. It is so cyclical that corrupt people collaborate with other corrupt people; it is like reporting a cop to another cop without realizing it is a ring of mayhem; the chain is so deep that it is difficult to see someone who is not corrupt.
The system is designed in such a way that leaders can be easily replaced, and people believe they live in a democratic state.
The irony is that Nigerians are among the most educated people in the world; many are pursuing master's degrees in UK universities, paying thousands of dollars, and yet some of these people return to the state to elect those who do not even have high school diplomas, due to tribalism or religious beliefs.
Many people are actually highly educated, but it appears that they become uneducated when it comes to taking actions that benefit the political sector.
I understand that the grass is not always greener, but it gets to the point where people choose the comfort of uncertainty over the system. It is like deciding to stowaway on a ship bound for the United States, enduring the risk and uncertainty of the journey ahead in exchange for the promise of a better life in the future.
For example, many people are unconcerned about being racially abused in other countries or being treated as second-class citizens and treated as immigrants as long as they can find a job that pays better in a functioning system. They say that a person who is down fears no fall, so many people put up with a lot of discomfort, even if it means risking their lives, in exchange for the promise of a better tomorrow.
Most people no longer have an ego because of the hardships they have endured. Do not underestimate hardship or the need for survival. Many people come from broken homes with no financial support, and in their desperation to survive, they become the things they despise most.
Nigeria's problems are caused by its leaders. For example, Nigeria has the wealth and potential to match the economies of the United Kingdom and even the United States; the natural resources and wealth are there; however, people steal government funds capable of feeding their fourth and fifth generations, and they do not even need to work for the rest of their lives.
Surprisingly, people are always willing to accept peanuts from stolen funds in order to re-elect these urchins to power.
It is a difficult cycle to break.
People want freedom, but they love their oppressors because they are from their geopolitical zones, worship in the same mosques, and speak the same languages. This illusion of sameness is frequently capitalized union, and these individuals go on to betray the people who placed them there.
It dates back to the days when the average African would sell his brother to a foreigner in exchange for a bottle of schnapps in order to experience exoticism and satisfaction at the expense of another. People repeat this behavior without regard for the consequences. There is no sense in retribution.
For example, people who are struggling to make ends meet are no longer taken into account when it comes to housing and living expenses. Products and services tend to cater to the upper class. Real estate developers are now building houses to accommodate fraudsters; they want responsible people with deep pockets to sell their products to, while relegating the average earner to obscurity.
The need to survive has driven many people to pursue other interests; the things that ordinary people do to survive are disheartening.
People do not care about the people they call friends; they see you as a tool for moving up the social ladder, which they justify with hardship and pain.
At the end of the day, the rot in Nigerian society is cyclical.
Almost everyone is guilty, and the bigger issue is that no one wants to admit that they are wrong; instead, they wave the survival wand and use it to justify themselves. Unfortunately, I do not believe it will change anytime soon. People's lack of remorse means that there will never be salvation.
People abandon their unflushed toilets in favor of others' clean toilets, despite the fact that they could easily wash their own toilets and make them suitable for use.
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The fact that the cycle seems unending despite being a country where her citizens are educated is annoying. Things that aren't meant to be issues in selecting the obvious person to govern are issues.
People are brainwashed, and they love that but still murmur when the pain comes. You'd think they'll learn, but they never learn. Hypocrites!
That's it, oo. People do shady things and say it is because of the situation of the country, and the annoying part is that the people you can make legal reports to are corrupt and that can end one's life.
We never learn and that's why the pain of Nigerians never end, we go back to our oppressors after they've ruined us and still come back to ask us to vote them. Look at countries like the US and UK, let me not even go far, look at South Africa, and how developed it currently is and how it has left Nigeria behind, it's a pity that with all the wealth and natural resources, the money is still being controlled by a few politicians.
This is evident in the way people hype the price of goods and services in the market just because some of them want to triple their profits
Until the cycle of corruption is broken Nigeria will never be free. And it is the masses that can do things that can change the country they shouldn't wait on any miracle leader because almost all of them are corrupt. I believe Nigeria has the resources both natural and human to be one of the best nations in the world. God help us.
We have it all, we just probably just lack the capacity and discipline to select the right people, it's why some people will still vote for people like Tinubu and still run to the UK where the government is good.
It's a tough system and when the corruption has happened for too long, I think it's hard to get any change at all. It sounds like a nightmare and it's why I never really liked politicians. They make promises and just give you scraps.
The politicians here are something else and it looks like they give people peanuts to continue supporting them despite all the hardship they cause everywhere.
That is just heart breaking to read and to know that there isn't much that can realistically be done about it. It's a shame some of of the educated don't step in and try to fix things. I know that's easier said than done and in doing so they might be killed in the attempt to improve things.
I do hope that the cycle can be broken, Nigerian people deserve much better than what they have now!
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Some of the educated elites prefer to choose people who speak the same dialect as them or share their religion, there's absolutely no consideration as to whether these people will do well in governance. It's probably why we're still in the stone age.
That's too bad that people don't try to pick someone who can actually lead rather than religion or dialects. Then again here in the US many people blindly vote for a political party for no other reason than they always have and don't even understand what the party's underlying agenda is. I wish we had some stronger third parties here...
Nigeria’s problem is too much and it is not only caused by the leaders but the citizens too
It’s funny how some people will fall down ooh and say it’s Tinubu
Nah Tinubu make you fall??😅😅
That's why I say it's a cyclical thing and I also mentioned the way it transcends to people as well.
This is unfortunate man. The challenges in Nigeria reflect deeper systemic issues. True change may need a shift in both leadership and mindset as well. Stay strong Nigeria 🇳🇬
It's unfortunate Indeed
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