FACTS OF THE MOMENT

As the race for the presidential seat continues among the major contestants and the date of the 2023 general election in Nigeria draws near, I put it on myself to volunteer my thoughts as a victim of bad governance of many years.  Since I was born over forty years ago, I never had a taste of good part of Nigeria although it was still relatively better in the early 80's. I only heard a feel of its radiance history through oral traditions of my parents, some late professors in my University and other old Nigerians on national television.  Each time the pages of the glories of the ‘old Nigeria’ are flipped unto my face in the news or flashed through my mind in reminiscence, I practically sob. It happened again most recently when I watched one Prof. Tomori, a cotton-wool headed patriotic elder statesman broke down in tears on channels Television while delivering an emotional speech in December 2021 on covic-19 sanctions imposed on Nigerians by Canada and UK. The video is till online fo