I have been confronted many times over the years to abandon my hope for the anticipated greatness of our nation, Nigeria. Unfortunately, many of the cynical cynics are a mix of those who are dejected at the rungs of the ladder and those who are benefiting bigly from the system. They insist that our hope for a greater Nigeria is a pipedream, a false reality, a mirage, and a ticking time bomb waiting to detonate. Many of them also say to us that our nation is a zoological kingdom; its inhabiting subjects and their many reigning kings are animals in human skins.
I know I’m not in a shuttle between naivety and foolishness. I know my hopes aren’t driven high because I have never held a political position or benefitted a dime from Nigerian politicians and politics. I know it is true that today Nigeria is an island of wealth surrounded by seas of poverty. I know the country may seem to be morphing into an ocean of failure and disappointment because of incorporated ignorance and incompetence in government. But Nigeria will be great. Nigeria will be a success. Nigeria will become the cynosure for the world and the omphalos of all-round good news. I believe this. And it will not be because one man or woman is president; it will be because God of heaven has signed it, and the Host of heaven has sealed it. So shall it be. Selah.
