Nigerian model, actor and TV
personality Uti Nwachukwu has written
a new piece.
In this new piece he talks about politics
in Nigeria and the 3 issues of Nigeria that
its leaders should address.
Read
I don come again o!!! Yes
I know that’s what some
will be saying! Well get
used to it cos Baba Jesus
won’t let me disappear
anytime soon ()
So I’m not one to delve
into political matters but
at 32, i think it would be
cowardly not to share my
thoughts and speak up for
my generation and MY
KIND!
Now it’s a bit worrisome
when people come to me
to ask me what’s the
state of Naija now!? Is it
time to relocate? Wetin I
fit do if I come back?
Yes I’m going to say it
here. I’m one of those
that say Abeg if you have
a well-paying job.. stay
back now. Unless you are
coming back to be
employed as an
expatriate, work in an oil
company or *clears
throat * go into politics.
Because if you do not
own a business empire or
if you’re not the leading
choice in your field (like
say entertainment,
import/export,
Agriculture..etc) THEN
DONT BOTHER FOR NOW
O…cos you cannot cope!
About 6 or 7 of my
friends have actually
come to see for
themselves and they ran
back with their shoes on
their heads saying : men
Una de try o! How do you
cope?!!! I was like
ohoooo oooo! No oooo
Lol.
Don’t get me wrong o…
home is home and
there’s nothing better
than that. But if you have
spent a long Time outside
the country, you will
literally run mad trying to
settle back here.
Now what were their
issues…
No 1 .. POWER!!!!!
It’s absurd!!! LUDICROUS
(my favorite word Hehe),
UNTHINKABLE!
INSULTING!! That at this
stage we still suffer loss
of electricity?!!! How can
little businesses survive?!
There are young people
trying to start out
businesses but they
collapse because over
70% of their capital and
or profit is spent on
running their generators!!
Even the big ones charge
you an arm and a leg to
patronize their services
just because they run
their generators almost
24 hours a day! A
generator in every home
has now been accepted
as a norm! Smh smh
smh!!! I know how much
I have paid just to enjoy
interrupted 24hours
electricity supply!!! It’s
ridiculous!!! My friend
Cheri once said it’s all
about division of gain…
REALLY??? At the expense
of the common man?!!!!
It’s so so bad that
sometimes you hear
people saying ..’ahh this
one that there has been
‘Light’ since
morning ..now it’s
afternoon and them
never take am. We go
hear am for the next few
days o!’ Or you
hear..”them don really
try today OOO!!!” Wait
try for what ?? For
executing what we are
paying for?!!!
Gattttssssbyyyyy!!!! Have
we really been pushed to
accept this level of
mediocrity??! Na wah o!!!
You know WE ARE NOT
ASKING MUCH FROM
OUR LEADERS..we know
Rome wasn’t built in a
day! But habah!!!
POWER!! Power!!
Power!!! Give us power
Na???abeeeg!
You see once we have
steady power supply. A
LOT OF THINGS WILL
CHANGE FOR THE
BETTER!!! THIS IS THE
TRANSFORMATION WE
ARE ASKING FOR… let’s
start from power at
least!!! 24hours supply
every day!!! We can do
it!!!! And watch as our
youth thrive!!
No 2 SECURITY
SMH. Don’t even get me
started here. We are not
even talking about the
apparent national security
issues. We are talking
about day to day security!
Going out and coming in!
Response to threat!
Execution of Justice!
Protecting the life of the
everyday man. Let me
put it this way. I think we
would all feel safer if we
all had our own
entourage of security
(pun intended)… OUR
LEADERS NEED TO BEEF
UP SECURITY IN EVERY
LGA! I rest my case.
No 3 HEALTHCARE
My goodness! Shoutout
to the Nigerian doctors
that work hard every day
to use their limited
resources to save lives.
But meeeen! Even the so
called good hospitals a
times are unbelievably
unprofessional. Kai
kaikai!!! Where do I start
here? Is it the case of my
relative that had kidney
stones and it took 3days
to detect after how many
scans (we literally had to
have agreement prayer
and the next day it was
detected…smh) I won’t
even tell you what they
were suggesting at first!
Or a friend who had a
condition that required a
simple fluid extraction
but our dear naija were
suggesting amputation?!
Or is it the cases where
malignant (cancerous)
tumors were removed
like they were benign
(non-cancerous??) which
led to a more aggressive
spread of the disease
months later?!! Is it the
maternal deaths? Is it the
state of the average
hospitals?? WHERE
SHOULD I START….do
you know how many
people have to fly out of
the country to get proper
diagnosis and effective
long term treatment?
Even simple checkup
routines sef o!!
COME ON DEAR
LEADERS!! Instead of
joining the others to fly
out to receive great
healthcare, why not
rectify and develop our
hospitals to international
state of the art standards
so we can all enjoy the
benefits!!
There are other issues
from JOBS to Education to
transportation to Injustice
but if I touch on it. Una
go say e too long. Lol.
But REALLY THO! We
need LEADERS that can at
least start with these 3
simultaneously! Is it
really too much to ask??
WE CAN AFFORD IT! Our
international reputation is
dwindling day by day! The
young people are
earnestly searching for
ways to travel out or
hustle here in Nigeria via
any MEANS POSSIBLE to
survive. Countries are
beginning to treat our
citizens like they are
doing us a favour by
accommodating them.
Smh
Change and transform
this country and watch it
blossom and become one
of the most sort after!
I don’t know it all. And
I’m not perfect. I’m
simply a man that relates
with the everyday man
and now it’s time to let
people out there know
exactly what we want. I
know and believe Nigeria
is a great and wonderful
country! Our potentials
are endless and
possibilities limitless!
With God on our side WE
WILL SUCCEED!! It’s not
about promises. It’s
about execution
It starts……….NOW
And remember,
IT ALWAYS BEGINS WITH
A CHOICE…….
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