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Good morning steemians. How is the day going?

# Lemme quickly do this.

I have been receiving tons of messages from friends wishing me happy independence. Reading the messages i dont know if i should be glad that my country is celebrating its 57th birthday today. That means is it now exactly 57 years Nigerian gained independence. It should be a joyful things but at the same time i was not happy, reason is the situation of the country is nothing to write home about. Every time i wake up and i realize i am still a Nigerian, i always feel some forms of sadness within me. 

I will relate Nigeria to a 57 year old man that was given a seed to plant and yet still after 56 years, he has not harvested anything. We have a lot of resources at our disposal : tin, iron ore, cocoa, oil, and many others that i am ashamed of mentioning. Imagine a country blessed with all these mineral resources and cannot still cater for its citizens, cannot protect its citizens.   I dont know if i am wrong for thinking i deserve something from the country. 

Huge amount of money my parents spent to make sure i acquire education. The dream is now fulfilled  but the question is for what? What are now the advantages that i went to school? What are the advantages of my parents stepping out from their comfort zone to send me to school? How now do i repay them because i see what did as an investment.  They are now in their old age and it is my turn to take care of them but how can i take care of them when my so called beloved country is not performing her duties. My country where leaders fill their pockets till it starts pouring on the floor.

I feel pain deep inside me. I feel i have wasted my time going to school. thinking of it again, even if i did not go to school it would still be the same situation. It will even be worse. They told us when we were young that we are the leaders of tomorrow. I wonder the tomorrow they were referring to because it is the same set of people that told us that we are the leaders of tomorrow that are still the leaders even at 74 years of age. What plan can a grandfather ever have for a country. Why cant he step down for someone younger? Why would he step down when there is still much to steal. 

We are called the giant of Africa, at first i used to think we were called that because of our ability but now i know that it is because of our size. 

# At 57

* Corruption 

* Terrorism

* Insecurity 

* Unemployment 

* Lack of Infrastructures 

* Inequalities 

* Insecurities 

* High Crime Rate

* Poor Educational System

* Tribalism

This is an endless list that always bring me to tears. 




There is nothing to happy about today for me. I will just go to church and come back home to steemit. At least steemit has become more than a helper than my country Nigeria. 

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