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| Source: Tiwa Savag'es Instragram Account. |
These are ironic times in the history of Nigeria. Aside from the incredible threat to our unity, the security situation is at its worst: Boko Haram is fighting and killing innocent people, kidnappings are everywhere.
Behind the scenes, sort of,
we are witnessing unmatched prosperity in the areas of music, the movie, education
overseas and entrepreneurship at home and in diaspora. Nigeria music is now
everywhere on the planet. People can only pretend not to know, but it is there.
The Nigerian movie industry, be it Nollywood
or Kannywood, is in the notice of
many nations. According to www.ozy.com , “61
per cent of Nigerian-Americans over the age of 25 hold a graduate degree,
compared to 32 per cent for the U.S.-born population.”
Many, especially the
ignorant, are unaware of this prosperity. But, why are the politicians not
talking about it; I have never heard any politician talking about it. Is it because
the prosperity is not spearheaded by them or is it because their idea of
prosperity is all about the rehabilitation of infrastructures? It seems that if we
don’t prosper at home, it is because people who are supposed to spearhead the
efforts to progress are so ignorant, they fail to notice progress when there is
one.
The ills in Nigeria have
become the veil concealing the good that is taking place. We pray it ends on a
joyous note.
