We Can Be Better...Build Better

Hello People

How are you doing?

How is your week going?

Hope everything is going well.

My week has been going really good.

Much better than some of the weeks before it.

Before we start, thank you for reading previous posts and for commenting. I have also received personal messages of love and encouragement. I am always very grateful. 

Just last week, it occurred to me that I started writing on this blog 10 years ago. Reading some posts have made me smile at the journey but the periods of silence have also made me feel unworthy to celebrate. All the same, I specially appreciate everyone who has been with me on this journey even when I was silent. God bless you immensely.

I just feel a need to tell someone that your life experiences are valid. The joys you feel on good days, the hurt you feel when you get disappointed. The pains you feel when you hurt, the dance you do as you sing. They all get to say a beautiful line "You, my dear friend are living" so enjoy it!

The past week has been filled protests on issues around police brutality and extra judicial killings. #EndSARS, #EndPoliceBrutality and other hashtags have been trending on social media. While these issues are gaining centre stage, we know that the real reason for these agitations is the failure of the Nigerian political class in fulfilling their electoral promises. 

Please just pause to say a prayer for the Nigerian nation. 

As it is clearer now, no one is immune to the issues plaguing the Nigerian society.

We have listened to stories of citizens that have been heart breaking. Families that lost dear ones to bullets, victimisations and killings, youths that now live with disabilities, unnecessary debits alerts and cash extortions from regular people, creeping fears as people approach check points and others. On the other side of the table, it was also disheartening to see the salaries of police officers, discouraging to hear they have no access to health insurance, disgraceful to find out they buy their own police uniforms, cannot afford to pay their rents or send their children to decent schools. These police men and women are just as frustrated as the average Nigerian.

How can we begin to change the narrative of Nigeria?

How can we hold our leaders accountable to their electoral promises?

Can we elect credible men and women into electoral offices and boot them right out when they fail?

Can we stop selling our votes for ankaras, recharge cards, loaves of bread, jobs/appointments, Naira and Dollars?

Can we stop celebrating mediocrity and instant successes?

Can we be respectful to everyone including the person at the supermarket till, the security personnel at the gate, the teachers and the person just sitting or standing next to you?

Can we genuinely care for the indigent? Lend a hand to make life better for anyone, sponsor a "random" child's education, give a child or even an adult a meal, give out your neatly used books, shoes and cloths. There are quite a number of charities that you can find for this. 

Can we volunteer to teach and/or mentor the "younger" youth?

We can spin the wheel of love one cycle at at time.

For companies that provide Advisory services, the government needs those services now. Ministries, agencies and parastatals' procedures and policies need to be reviewed. Their staff need to be retained and reoriented too. Can you work with them? Not every time government contract!

Can companies make recruiting, selection and career development opportunities fairer so that the son or daughter of the police/solider has great potential outside the barracks. There should sincerely be equal opportunities for everyone.

Can political office holders be educated on the needs of the people?

Can they have an executable plan? Not nursery rhymes every 4 years.

Can they always feel the pulse of the people and not the praise of their sycophants?

Can this generation build a much better Nigeria?

Can our appointed time as Nigerians be better?

"From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands."

Acts 17: 26 (New International Version)

Have a wonderful rest of the week.

Thinking and working on how to build a better Nigeria 

Loads of love, hugs and kisses.

Miss Onakz...