Welcome to door post of the Nigerian National Renaissance. Renaissance means rebirth. Nigeria has so decayed that there is only one choice left for its continued survival. That is the hard choice of rebirth. This blog is created to kick-start a state of consciousness that would bring about the rebirth.
This blog would not be confrontational with government in power. We would be more interested in helping Nigerians start their day with a new mindset. So government and its security agencies are implored to read with kin interest the posts and comments on this blog and resist the urge to kill it with arrests and closures but instead get involved in having their own mindsets changed for the good of all.
We are all aware of the obvious government failure in all facets of our national life. This is not to be blamed on the people in government only. The blame of where we are so far is the result of our thoughts, words and actions in the years since independence. We have viewed our corporate existence with skewed up, warped and beclouded mind. Our hearts have not invested a dime in the Nigerian nation. Those of us who have opportunity to lay hands on the reins of power have only scavenged and milked her dry. Those of us who have not got our hands to power have only hawked around for "our chance" to do the same.
Our common refrain has been that the country is not doing this or that for us. This is in spite of the fact that the great American President John F. Kennedy had warned his people long ago to our hearing, to 'ask not what your country would do for you, but ask what you would do for your country'. The genius of President Kennedy's philosophy is in the fact that we gain more in every sense when we invest than when we consume. Think about it.
The overall target of this blog is to re-educate us, Nigerians and our friends, to change our psyche, to redirect our efforts, to find the problems of this country in our individual attitudes, approaches and activities; and to find the solutions in our individual attitudes, approaches and activities.
We invite you to talk back to us as you read our blog entries. It is a Nigerian parliament of not only ideas but proposals and actions by all for the survival of our fatherland.
I have tried to wish away Nigeria and it seems indelible now. Our choices are limited - Sink or Swim. It is preferable we swim.
Francis
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