LIFE OF AN ABUJA GIRL.

  FROM A GIRL'S POINT OF VIEW

Arise o compatriot, Nigeria call obey. To serve our father land, with love and strength and faith..As a little girl, I used to recite the National anthem with so much enthusiasm. I remember how me and tens of thousands of  Nigerian kids, stand at the assembly ground and recite the national anthem with unbridled zeal,hope and believe, unknown to us that our futures have been mortgaged by the very leaders meant to protect and nurture it.

Ohhh, how I used to have so much faith in this country. How I used to snare in the faces of my Togolese neighbors because I was too proud to be a citizen of Nigeria. The countless times I almost got punched in the face by my non Nigerian neighbors because I was unapologetically Nigerian. How I used to come to the defense of my great country should anyone of them as much as casts any aspersion on 'my' Nigeria..I look back at those times and I look forward to where we are headed as a nation and I get frightened to the root of my soul.

Growing up in Nigeria,I really did believe my country would offer me the best there was to offer. I didn't think I would grow into a country where corruption would eat so deep into d fabric of the system,it would become a way of life. Where indiscipline,theft,disregard for law,lack of empathy,mismanagement of public fund,unaccountability will become a norm. If only I knew..but then again,I was just a child,what did I know.

To say I am completely and utterly amazed at the shadow my Nigeria has become would b like scratching the bottom. I am beyond disillusioned, disenchanted, and  disappointed at the state of affair and management of my giant of Africa. I'm in fright of the speed with which the country is heading towards ruins. Ohhh, how quickly our nation has hit rock bottom, how rapidly we have spiraled  to the lowest of the low. And unless and until there is a direct miracle from Jesus christ himself, we will continue to sink into the darkness we have been plunged into by the irresponsible government that swore to protect us.

If any one had told me that my country would go bowl in hand begging for amnesty and aid from developed countries and the world bank,I wouldn't hesitate to put the person's sanity in question. But that is what my Nigeria has been reduced into. The Nigeria I envisioned is a Nigeria bursting with opportunities. A Nigeria overflowing with potentials. A Nation steeped in good fortune and devoid of corruption. A nation that lives up to it's full potential as the giant of Africa..Not this..Not this ruins that stares me in the face each time I come out the door. Definitely not this destruction,this lost hope,this interrupted dream and broken promise.

Though my country has been stripped of all hope and made a caricature of. Though it has been Crippled and restrained and beaten to a point of coma,it is going to rise again. My nation is too much of a giant to be held down, has too much life to be killed.

My Nigeria is going to be strong again. I have too much faith in my country to give up on it. I'm not going to pack up and run away to another country like a puppy with its tail in between its legs. I'm going to stand firm for my nation and watch how it will defy all odds and take its position in the hall of fame. I have too much belief to write it off. I can feel the pulse of my country. I can feel its struggle to get back on its feet. It might be slowly,but it is definitely surely. Then I will stand and say to my nation..I pledge to Nigeria my country,to be faithful loyal and honest and to serve Nigeria with all my strength. Yes Tega said so..and so shall it be..*winks*
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