Nigeria is not developed yet because of some unreasonable
fears. Because some people benefit from our undeveloped state. They fear that
our development will either put them at a disadvantage or completely out of
business.
Road transporters are afraid that working railways will
reduce their passengers and therefore their revenue. They prefer moribund
railways.
Lagos suffers unreasonable traffic jams because greater
chunck of cargoes land in Lagos. Seapot is very busy, airport is very busy.
Some people fear that getting standard seaports and airports elsewhere will
reduce the revenue and other advantages accrued to Lagos. Yet they complain of
the population in Lagos.
We don't have stable electricity partly because those that
are deep in generator importation and trading are afraid that steady
electricity will put them out of business or drastically reduce their revenue.
Some states that need both local and international airports
are not enthusiastic about them simply because some big guns are deep into road
transport business and will do everything possible to frustrate triving airports.
So many companies that would have reduced the unemployment
rate in the country are either moribund or still on the drawing board long
after they were supposed to have taken off simply because some people still
want to enjoy some kind of monopoly and some government agencies are aiding and
abetting them their greed.
Our public education keeps going down because of some
delibrate actions and inactions of some private school owners and their
collaborators in government.
I was told that in some places, some road hawkers
delibrately damage some portions of the road to slow down moving vehicles so
that they can sell their wares. In some other instance, some security forces
create roadblocks which cause unnecessary traffic jam so that their road-side
collaborating traders can sell.
Truth is, we all want a developed Nigeria but non wants to
lose the advantage he currently enjoys for some irrational and unfounded fears.
Until we are ready to sacrifice our current individual advantages for a future
collective advantage, we all will continue to enjoy the fruit of wickedness by
ourselves.
Some children of government officials and some big shorts in
Nigeria who lived all their beautiful lives outside the shores of this country
have died carelessly on our roads courtesy of avoidable accidents due to bad
roads etc.
Our wrong or selfish decisions today can affect some
unintended people tomorrow. Be wise. Be aware.
Ekwenugo Stephen
Lagos.
1st May, 2019.
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