Introducing...

Quite surprisingly, a lot of Americans do not know that Nigeria is not a continent, most of them also think that all black with my kind of accent are from Nigeria. In other words, Nigeria is more popular than Africa here. This ignorance would have escaped the headlines if they have not added the word ‘'recession’ to the growing popular vocabulary at home. Now, Americans think Trump is synonymous with change and that Buhari is just a change agent. Can you imagine.

Anyway, as a way of introduction,Nigeria is located in western part of Africa and at 173 million,  we are about half of American population. We have below our 923,678sq km geographical land area enough mineral resources to fend for the entire earth leaving India and China out! Before the Northern and Southern protectorates were merged preparatory to independence,coal was discovered and mining started in earnest.  After independence, crude oil was discovered in commercial quantity and we did not fritter these resources away as neo-colonialism would want us to believe.

We resuscitated Julius Berger in Germany without them begging for it, brought them home and build few bridges here and there at an un-related costs . We equipped and trained our military for coup when there are no wars to fight. In order for the riches to go round, we adopted bi-camera expensive and expansive system of governance. We legislated free education by quota system, won a Nobel laureate and politicized the most critical sector of nation building.

Even though we are about the same size as Texas, we are made up of thirty something states that would have been viable if the western world have paid reparations for our labour lost in their homeland during slavery. Arguably, our greatest asset is still our incredible manpower- our leaders, in terms of their skills set in “everything” and our people in terms of docility. And of course, we liberalize downstream religion and instantly became the closest to God in terms of need and not deeds.

I suspect you, readers, are no longer following me. Just like my American colleagues at work, that I have been trying to lecture on our situation are beginning to look at me in consternation and total disbelief. I don't get.