Only God knows what i would
give to get everything working for me freely, yes freely, free shelter, free
power, free transportation and other good things of life for free. The
problem is that even the act of mentioning the word free is not even free.
Freedom is loved and
cherished by all, it is suppose to be man's priceless gift given to us by God,
but somehow, something is always holding it somewhere away from us, thereby
making us pay a price whether big or small for everything that goes on in our
lives.
There is a popular saying
that 'nothing is free, even in Freetown', but why is that so? when freedom is
something we all crave for in life, we fight with all our might to have that
word engraved somehow somewhere so everyone can associate us with it often,
resulting to words like a free Nation, free Nigeria in our case.... But i think
we prefer the word independence because it comes with more authority and i
sometimes feel that the word was actually made for Nigeria, because of our
emphatic celebration of the word and not the meaning especially on October 1st, every year, when we roll out our drums, start up jingles on our media outlets
with the word 'Independence day' on everybody's lips.
'Independence day', are
we suppose to be independent for just one day out of the many days of the year
every year? Do we experience
independence even for just that single day?
Nigerians are we Independent? That is what we should ask ourselves as we
tell each other happy 53 years of Independence on October 1st this year.
Why do i feel like i should
not be a part of this celebration, why do i feel that something is missing, no,
i think it is everything, everything is missing because nothing is in place
after 53 years of what we call independence, so i said to my self, i don't want
to do this, i don't want this independence or freedom if u chose to call it
that, i don't want it if the system of this country is what it brings.
I want a good home where i
can lay my head, nobody said constant power supply is suppose to be for only
the rich, i want good roads and other ways of transportation, i want good and
well equipped hospitals and schools, I want more than independence day.
Imagine the joy and trust gained if I
successfully sue the government or a big personality for trampling on my right,
I want speedy and fair justice not the 'justice' gotten before sitting, I want
to aid our security outfits without having my head axed. I want more than
Independence day.
How about seeing our leaders
and smiling at them because we actually voted for them and they are performing. Can I ever call the senator from my constituency to suggest laws that should be
in place and hear my voice on the floor of the national assembly through
him? I want to discuss with our leaders
in power and see my suggestion brought to light. I want more than Independence
day.
The constitution says we are
free to live where ever we choose, but our society tells us a different thing,
I want to go about my normal duties lawfully without my ethnicity causing a
barrier, I want to speak all Nigerian languages so i can relate with my country
men happily. I want more than Independence day.
So can we have a rethink even
in the spirit of the celebration on how to gets things in place, because these
and more are the things that would give backing to the claim that we are
INDEPENDENT.
Written by Erobot
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