State of the mind

It is 0135hrs GMT and normal people, this part of the world, are sleeping; some are so far gone and playing the natural musical instruments via their mouths – snoring. Not me! I am trying to catch up on happenings in and around Nigeria. I have just moved from editing a script to newspaper reading.

The more I read, the more horribly annoying the entire concept named ‘NIGERIA’ seem to become. It was such a nuisance that we really should have it going for us yet we don't.

I had earlier tweeted to ask if there was anyone one who had knowledge of how the economy worked and what their thoughts were. Well the only person that said anything only wanted to ask what business it was that I was thinking of.
Well not that I was really surprised, since people that understand the economy are busy trying to make more money and not sit or lie down some where trying to get some sort of social life. But then again shouldn't we be at the least a little bit interested in the commonwealth of us all?

The problems that confront us seem to me to be ever mounting up. From the issues of the flooding of Lagos State, the nations economic and financial hub, which played itself out and made an absolute nonsense of the tag 'centre of excellence', to the issue of Jamb examinations and the educational system where only less than 40% of those who write the exam will ever gain admission into tertiary education, to the sixty-four thousand dollar question of who constitutes the supposed cabal hindering progress on the rehabilitation of the number one major highway in Nigeria, to the health system that seems to be functioning but truly not.

Then there is the governor insisting that land lords and land developers would pay severely for collapsed building, which should have been approved by the government itself or not if things are being properly done, the hullabaloo of the interest free banking better known as Islamic banking; still wondering why any sane minded person would want to oppose this. Is it because there really is a cause to it or just plain beef at the thought that some person may now begin to make a living without their help?

Gosh... Dry! Dry!!Dry!!!

I am not going to touch any of them because I have a feeling that trying to this night would simply keep me awake all through the night. However I will, so help me God, put to paper my thoughts on some or all of the points stressed above.

On a more heart warming note, here’s a big, no, HUGE welcome home hug to 'you know yourself’. It has been a long wait for me, no point being coy about it. It is nice to have you home.

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