A nation's burden for the future
A nation’s burden for the future Nigeria our beloved country will be celebrating her centenary. She has come of age as a collection of nations amalgamated to become one. A nation of about 170 million citizens comprising over 300 ethnic sub-nationalities. A country whose national and intellectual capabilities have not been harnessed one bit. A country of great possibilities projected as an emerging world economy and a potential world power. The birth of independence I understood brought a great sense of pride, hope and belief of great things to come. A country that will be self sufficient in all spheres, but this was short lived as tribalism, nepotism and corruption derailed the young republic into civil war, coup and counter coups which robed us of the opportunity to lay a solid foundation for the future and left us in this present quagmire that we find ourselves in today. As our history is checkered with ups and downs, so also has our economy been. Our fathers reminisce o