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FEATURE ARTICLE
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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[email protected] Arizona, USA ![]() |
Meanwhile, the future of the advanced world is partially or substantially in the hands of all of us, the Homeland and diaspora Nigerians and our children's generation. Unfortunately, some pessimistic Nigerians search for everything from needless things whereas we have everything within every available resource in Nigeria.
With our mindfulness, we can explore a state of tranquility for our collective benefit. With seriousness and amicable reasoning, we can set aside, for a moment, our political, ethnic, and religious sentiments and differences. Let’s, in an instant, throw overboard jealousy, hate, status, 'ote,' 'tembelekun,' and other negative nuances, and let’s pause for a moment and reason together for our collective progress.
Nigeria is a bank and reservoir of knowledge. Unfortunately, this raw knowledge and these resources are being exported to foreign lands unimpeded. Nigeria only imports the worst (examples include BBN-Big Brother Nigeria, Takasufe, and the nudity of women with empty brains) from the consumers of her knowledge and resources abroad. Isn’t that sad and concerning?
It is always great to be a proud Nigerian at moments like those at every graduation ceremony in the USA. We proudly and joyfully celebrate our collective bank of knowledge, which abounds everywhere in the global community. Patriotically, we must begin to love our country and wish her well.
In recent decades, Professor Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he was the first African to win the prestigious prize over 38 years ago. Also, the manuscript of “Things Fall Apart” was initially and repeatedly rejected by the Heinemann publishing house in London in the 50s. But the forward-looking late Professor Chinua Achebe saw the future and remained undaunted in his beliefs. It is heartwarming to note that Professor Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” has been translated into over 50 world languages and sold over 50 million copies as of 2010. These quintessential professors, among others, conveniently placed Nigeria on the world map. Have you heard of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie? An essayist with incredible composure and gait. She has been a quintessential Nigerian ambassador in literature.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is highly sought after for commencement addresses at some prestigious universities across the United States of America and beyond. Adichie represents humility and is one of the humbled Diasporan Nigerians whose humility epitomizes other humble Nigerians. We must begin to appreciate what we have in our country. The forty-something young Kemi Badenoch is the first Black Conservative Leader of the UK major (Tory) party. She is poised to be the first Black UK Prime Minister if providence endorses her. And the outgoing US Assistant Treasury Secretary, Wale Adeyemo. These quintessential Nigerian-born talents are making us proud of their root in Nigeria.
Recently, in the United Kingdom, black soccer players were subjected to racial slurs by White fans on the field, and the match had to be quickly interrupted by FIFA management. Nigerians canonize foreign things while they denigrate their own cultural values and heritage. Back home, our citizens are diehard fans of Manchester United, Liverpool, etc. Sadly, Enyimba of Aba, Nwayanwu, and Abiola Babes are all dead due to poor management. Our penchant for demand and proclivity for foreign clubs is our collective shame. We are endowed with sportsmen and women who rule the world of sports.
The world is dotted with talented Nigerian men and women who have distinguished themselves among their contemporaries in sports and academics. The good news is that hope is not lost. Nigeria is now a work in progress and is strategically placed to rule the world. We are making a painful change now for a painless and beautiful tomorrow. Change is the most challenging thing any human being can overly accept.
The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may not be perfect, but Nigeria is internally making a quantum leap to get out of her ugly yesterday under his leadership. Through mindfulness, we must look inward: use what we have to get what we want. We have everything in Nigeria. We must stop looking for everything from outside Nigeria. Instead, we should begin to look for everything from within to create something from all that providence has endowed us within Nigeria.
Proudly Nigerian!
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