In-arguably, the struggles of our heroes past to liberate our fatherland from the chains of slavery in the Queen's empire, should never be forgotten but celebrated, even amidst our storms and tides. No doubt, we are indebted to our forefathers who fought tooth and nail and at the detriment of their individual lives, to rescue our 'Israelites from the captivity of King Pharaoh in Egypt'.
At the dusk of our transition from the colonial Era to the dawn of Independence celebration, our first democratic election was in sight. Nigeria was positioned for greatness and had the potential to record a remarkable growth in years to come. But, unfortunately, our democracy was truncated at birth, the election of Nigeria's first Prime Minister, Nnamdi Azikiwe and others were massively rigged by our Colonial masters constituted electoral body. That singular deformation to our 'baby' democracy at birth brought so much disdain and rivalry between the North and other regions in the country.
Hence, the dissatisfaction born from the self serving amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorate in the year 1914, by our Colonial maters headed for the ceiling, ushered in the 1966 Pogrom and still haunts us till today. Today, Nigeria is more divided than we have ever being in the past. Sad, the only thing that seem to unite us is the 'Crude Oil' from the SS-SE regions of the country... Well, the rest is story.
Nigerians are celebrating 56 years of democracy, even amidst a deepening monumental financial crises, economic recession, Job-cut, faded terrorism, robust militancy and utter FEAR OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR OUR DEAR COUNTRY. So, let me also drop a congratulatory message, at least, as a sign of patriotism to my fatherland and pray that our fatherland get it right someday.
There is a very thin line between Freedom from the shackles of slavery, oppression and dictatorship from the West, and Independence. Find out, if you disagree.
Our problem is poor leadership and very corrupt politicians, from Independence till today's sunrise.
If Nigeria is likened to a Marathon race, our Colonial Masters baton of leadership was handed over to our forefathers and has been passed from generation to generation. No doubt, this style of leadership might not make us better, except we are prepared to start all-over. This is not democracy, our leaders are too powerful.
Happy Independence Celebration, Nigeria.
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