The POLITICIAN 1000

Arguments have been posed to the effect that these
foreign partners were brought in because of their superior
competence and expertise in business and even
though there is some element of truth in that, there
is also another reason why some Nigerians prefer to
partner with foreign entities and that reason is simply
because they don’t want any other Nigerian to know
what they know, do what they do, and have what they
have.
This attitude however must be flushed out of the
Nigerian psyche’ if our nation is to achieve its target
of being amongst the 20 most developed nations in
the world by the year 2020. We have less than 10 years
to achieve this great vision that was set out by President
Olusegun Obasanjo, late President Umaru Musa
Yar’Adua and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and
we can only achieve this when we realize that the
task of nation building is “ours” and not “theirs”.
So when I titled this article with a question “who is
Nigeria”? The answer is simple, we are Nigeria. You, me
and every single person of Nigerian ancestry has been
mandated to be a problem solver in our great land. My
question to you therefore is this; will you roll up your
sleeves and begin the work nation building or will you
join the other faceless and nameless critics that have
absolutely nothing to offer the nation apart from cheap
rhetoric and accusations? The choice is yours but as for
me, I have decided to be on the right side of history. I
have decided to stand up and be counted, to play my
part in the realization of the 2020 vision laid out by our
illustrious leaders.
I believe in Nigeria because I believe in myself, what
about you?
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