Its time we woke up to reality and call the proverbial tool by it's name...a spade!
It's time we addressed politics and political uncertainty with new ways to fight and take a stand!
Because the old way isn't working
It never did
If you do it the western way.
You will be arrested and tortured
Worse, you will be shot and killed
Your family will go hungry
Your parents will cry and mourn
No one will save you
After a while, no one will remember you
The world will forget about you
Hell..if you are not Hausa or a girl child, the world will probably not even hear about you.
This is the global reality
Our optimism is over reaching
The world would rather sympathize with the flood in France
Or the war in Palestine
Than the father who was shot in a peaceful political rally
The Christian girl child, kidnapped by Boko Haram and still remains in the hands of her captives, whereas her Muslim classmates have all been released.
The woman, beaten and killed by SARS operatives on their usual police brutality, a norm now
The fear of the men in black is even worse than armed robbers!!!
Gone were the days you see a police van or uniform and felt safe
Now the sight of the Nigerian Police force inspires fear and sick hate, even for the innocent.
More for the innocent even.
The innocent now has evey reason to fear.
Our police force and military don't value human lives
They will waste you and be posted to the North to fight book Haram, and be killed.
The government won't even mourn you.
The world doesn't care about Nigeria or Nigerians
Except it's for bad news
And you know what they say...bad news is good news
Now the only good thing we are known for is bad news
Nigeria is a rotten carcass
The stench is being smelt in other countries
Go to Ghana, Nigerians are busy kidnapping and robbing.
Go to Dubai, Nigerians are robbing and pushing drugs.
Go to Malaysia, the story is the same.
India, South Africa, US....Every fucking where.
Causing trouble every where they go...like the MTN slogan.
Optimism is an idea...a bad illusion
We are all afraid of reality
Cos the truth is bitter
It's hard to swallow
It's hard to take in
The country is now in a state of hopelessness
It thrust you forcefully and painfully, over and over again till you are bruised and you bleed.
Where a man rapes a "TWO DAYS" old baby
And another man beheads four children for money
Another butchers his own son for rituals
Yet another kills a girl for pepper soup
The list is endless.
At the end, greed for the good life is at the center
The irony is, life is never good!
Let's go back to the beginning
Men!
We raise men to be champions when they didn't ask for it
We raise men to be Hercules, when they didn't ask for it
Expectations are so high, they have to climb the devil's back to meet societal demands.
It's time to raise men differently.
It's time the boy child be given the attention he so craves.
The attention that has been denied the boy child has to be returned.
This time around, a new narrative must be set.
Responsibility must be shared equally.
Favoritism must end
#End_gender_favoritism!
It's okay to cry and be weak sometimes
You aren't man of steel
You are just a boy with a beautiful heart
Either we return humanity back to the boy child.
Or tomorrow, we have a man explaining how Gorilla swallowed millions under his watch.
Expecting us to believe it...why?
Because we believed he was Man of steel when he was only just a boy.
Kingdavid Chinaeke Ofunne
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"Optimism is a bad illusion"
ReplyDeleteEspecially when Nigeria is the focus of the optimism. Anytime you think you wouldn't be surprised by the system that is so oppressive, it shocks you right back in the face.
It's the sad reality that a person has the misfortune of experiencing in this country
Sad but true.
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