Someone Heard Shhhhhh

So someone actually read and heard me, I would love to think. Thirty minutes of light is  a good start I think. But we have got to do better.

I embrace positivity not negativity
I embrace enthusiasm not ill sarcasm
I embrace optimism not pessimism
I embrace love not hate

Same goes for all that's happening in the world, Nigeria and beyond,  let's choose to do good in our own ways. Notice, I did not say " do good in our own little ways"  because there is nothing little about the every single good thing we do. 

Music Icon, Lionel Richie, once said, "Talent is a God given gift not a colour". The same applies. Your skin color is no better than the other person. Evey life is invaluable.

Saving a persons life is a great deed, so also giving a small parcel of your equally small food" to someone else. I am begging, let us stop killing.

I love Nigeria
I love Africa and
I love Gods earth.

Things should change

Its highly unfair that in a Country like this, the only reason when we see light for about six hours in a day is because there is a political aspirant around, How is a society expected to make progress when simple light to charge our phones, we don't have!

Now I  haven't been able to use my system for close to two weeks. Don't shake your head and say "you never see" because indeed light is our right and there should be a message to the people when there's a need for power to go out! A day is too much but here its like, "whenever, you see light, thank your stars and quickly plug your devices ki ina to lo"

All of these are very frustrating, I can't remember the last time I did GMAT tests with my system, I decided to make hard copies and the shop I got to uses generator CONSTANTLY. They told me to pay #30 for a page. That was absolutely unacceptable, I was going to pay her above #5000 if I printed all that I put on my flash drive.

What is it sef with this country, can someone tell me why I can't even have constant light, a truly working system( not overly expensive), a printer and a photocopier in my room?!

Why do I have to power water from a well every blessed time I need water in my house? It is strenuous and SO NOT a woman's job! What happened with the government water projects. What exactly do the youths have to look forward to in this country after striking endlessly, taking years off their lives. Why can't some schools release results of graduated students during their pass out? Must it be five years later?

I must also mention. Have you seen queues people form to collect their money at bank ATMS? People get angry that they have to queue for so long and begin to raise their voices at each other almost causing a riot. Mark my words, it is absolutely wrong for Nigerians to wait more than 30MINUTES to collect money that is surely theirs. If you wonder where I am talking from, Its Obudu, Cross River. Don't dare say its a small town and start comparing it to Calabar because when bad things happen? They start with the small cities!

Change must really come. I am bitter about all these but I hold onto hope ... If you think I have said something wrong or you want to hear more of the Nigerian child's conditions from my point of view, send  a mail to iretiyanu@gmail.com

I AM NIGERIAN AND CHANGE MUST OCCUR IN ALL SECTORS