The Reality of our nation presently: We hope for better - By Nifemi Orimabuyaku

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Regardless of the bloodshed on the 20th of October 2020 and the massive input of Nigerian youths during the EndSARS protest, no distinct change has been recorded in the affairs of the nation

“Nigeria has even failed the unborn”, says Seun Kuti, late Fela Anikulapo Kuti's son, a famous Nigerian musician and political activist, who confronted the major social and political issue with his music and he is  still regarded as a powerful revolutionary action. Seun Kuti, his son who took the baton after him, continuing in his legacy, made this profound statement.

Recently in the nation, a lot of heart melting comment and thought provoking words have been said by men of timbre and Calibre in the nation, reputable political icons, both those in the nation and those in diaspora. Warnings are been given, protest are been held, cries and groanings of the citizen keeps increasing daily but it looks like regardless, the change we seek isn't anywhere around the corner, rather it's getting farther and farther everyday.

The security sector that are meant to protect it's citizen, those that are meant to be our friends, keepers, families are now the enemy of the people and just recently after the EndSARS protest, we still have reports of police men caught red handed in activities they were just condemned of. Misusing power, ammunitions, positions and their uniforms

Complications in the area of security, dwindling value of naira, ruckus in the academic setting, loss of lives daily to incidents that could be avoided, mediocre issues that we might not take note of, but is dragging the name of the nation gradually into mud, and many more are the issues the nation is battling with.

To a lay man, it looks like there's nothing worth fighting for any longer, incessant lies are been told daily by our leaders to cover up the Lekki massacre. 

As a nation, Nigeria has refused to take the bull by horn, our leaders are lost in their own pursuit and it looks like we're going no where.

This isn't the Nigeria we seek, it's more than a month now since the reknowned protest, where both Christians and Muslims came together, regardless of their belief, regardless of their intellectual prowess, regardless of their backgrounds just to plead one cause. And we still can't point out to any notable change, not in the sector we fought against, not in the bad governance we rejected, not in the lives of the citizens we cried out for.

...Regardless, we can do better.

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