ME, YOU, WE.

I was just thinking about this lines in the national anthem and pledge "To serve our fatherland with love and strength and faith...To be faithful, loyal and honest...and uphold her honor and glory, so help me God."

Our dear beautiful country Nigeria belongs to none other than us, be it that you have dual citizenship or not, Nigeria is ours and ours alone.

I watch when people talk less of our leaders, talk less of the nation, etc, they forget that as they do that, they talk less of themselves indirectly. 

We always say children are the future of tomorrow but we feed this so-called children with information that will make them be less than the future. 

We talk about corruption like we are perfect. I always ask people that have a lot to say about governance "if you were the one what would you have done differently?"

The answers are almost always the same, the same things we were told during campaigns. 

What makes you feel you will do better and not less? Like they always say you wouldn't know where it hurts till you wear the shoes (we can visibly see that now). I am not a political person neither am I talking politics, am talking governance. 

I think governance is not just handled by our leaders, we are part of it in every sphere we find ourselves in. Have you taken bribe or paid bribe? Have you short changed your client? Have you lied about a situation to save your corporate image? Have you written the wrong time you came to work on that register? Have you tried to take advantage of someone you are superior to? If your answers are YES, you need to work on answering NO to all this questions at all times your asked it. 

You're not even governing right in the small capacity you have been fixed in and you sit from morning till night complaining. 

Serve your country by being a good example to the younger generation. 

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The only thing we can do to change the corrupt system is not by complaining but by being the agents of change ourselves in our families, churches, schools, offices, etc.

If you say wrong of your country, people from other countries will call our country fantastically corrupt but if you're positive about your country, they will respect your country. 

Don't think other countries are void of corruption, it's everywhere, we just portray ours in the open and get what we deserve for not respecting the "labors of our heroes past". 

Enough has been said. 

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My point is that we should not complain, we should be the agents of positive change in Nigeria. Be positive about Nigeria, pray for Nigeria. 

God bless Nigeria. 

I rest my case.

My Thoughts

Ala O. Wilcox

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