Thanks to all that posted responses to the questions on my mind. I asked for some reasons. Someone visited his son in the US. His son asked why he’d been only sighing for 3 days as they drove him around. He said, “People are suffering at home but don’t know they’re suffering.”
A former governor told me that he heard people on his cabinet were complaining that he was always talking about vision. They asked if it was vision they were going to eat. How can you win elections describing your vision for development when can’t conceptualize development?
My first few trips to the UAE, Europe and the US were paradigm shifting for me. It was a more powerful experience than watching movies or reading magazines. Normal was redefined. Some things I considered luxury became basic items. My environment and the way I do things changed.
For example, my normal for an airport and public restrooms changed. Arriving at an airport, renting a car and driving on roads without potholes, where people obeyed traffic rules produced some emotions in me. Also, sighting a police patrol car in Dubai, Mercedes Benz E Class.
What hope do we have that the political class will provide good roads, electricity, etc., which they have not done in almost 60 years? Citizens of France sacked the elite class; England curtailed the power; the US rejected the monarchy. They experienced the industrial revolution.
How do we get Nigerians to that place where their expectations are not for roads that will be washed away in one year, or substandard schools and hospitals, or banks that won’t give them credit. A place where they compel government to create the environment for them to prosper?
How do we get Nigerians to that place where they effect deep changes in themselves and in the political and economic structures? Sorry I’m asking more questions. (End of thread).
