THE 'P'roblem WITH NIGERIA

I know that so many of you might be wondering how it came to be that I now talk about politics. I have a few reasons for doing that though. One of the major reasons I now became interested in politics is because of the nature of the job I do (comedy) and the course I read (science and tech). Another reason I am so interested in political happenings around me is that 2015 is an election year, a year were politics became so competitive that parties began planning for it 3 years ago. Another reason I became so interested in politics is that I wanted to understand the reason why people had to go through the stress of violence, assassination, kidnapping, killings just to hold offices as presidents, governor’s E.T.C I have come to understand that the problems in Nigeria all begin with the first letter of the word in problem which is ‘P’. These problems are POWER, POVERTY, PIRACY, PETROLEUM, POLITICS, PEACE AND PATIENCE (sorry just kidding)…I meant being PATIENT (like having the ability to wait). If we had no PETROLEUM in the country, I guess all our energy would have been channeled to the farm lands and there would have been no one working in shell and being paid millions of naira just for supervision of oil wells (tell me, what are you supervising?) POLITICS and democracy didn’t and wouldn’t move along in Nigeria to be sincere, the price tag attached to these offices all in the name of giving power to the people and providing change has caused us more harm than good. If the president was being paid a 100,000 naira as basic salary like a level 14 school teacher, who would kill just to get to that position. The money is quite enticing I guess. PEACE has left us a long time ago I guess, and sorry to say it would be very difficult for it to return to us. Let us just pray that the outcome of this year’s election would provide that for a while. PATIENCE is what we lack as citizens in Nigeria, the lack of being able to wait has open doors for bribery and corruption and anyone who promises to end corruption is telling a lie(though normally he might not be a liar). Corruption won’t end , you can only reduce it drastically Same as in PIRACY, another major problem eating up funds that would have generated revenues from one of the biggest sectors in Nigeria-the entertainment sector. POWER is something we all need to develop and we lacking it. We need that desperately. POVERTY is a curse, there is a way you would be this poor-poverty herself would send you a text message and it would be like “Nna eh guy how far you?” We need food in this country, and note that a hungry man is an angry man and an angry man can do things he would regret on the long run. The problems are endless and all I solicit for is let us support the new government, be it those giving power to the people or those providing us change. God bless Nigeria, God bless Africa, God bless the universe. Written By @MC_CHIMEFRANCIS