Musings: Nigeria is in Your House

Economy may be sluggish

And the youth violently idle

The forecasts may seem bleak

But you made it so

School teachers may be overworked

And the pupils bullied to submission

The social learning may be adverse

But you made it so

Farm goods may be wasting away

And processing plants underpowered

The nourishment may be toxic

But you made it so

Moral values may be waning

And healthy culture stale

The streets may be dangerous

But you made it so

Inflation may be unbearable

And prices never free

The cost of living may be rising

But you made it so

Foreign debt may be increasing

And misappropriation very likely

The interest rates may be high

But you made it so

Corruption may be second nature

And manipulation the stock-in-trade

The rule of law may hold no water

But you made it so

Government may be irresponsible

And the leaders insensitive

The followers may be wandering

But you made it so

Firms may be brutally competitive

And the people policies gruesome

The legislations may be perverse

But you made it so

Little ones may be hyper active

And the attention span below poverty line

The parents may be absent minded

But you made it so

Darkness may be the new normal

And the light too dim to glow

The pathways may be desert

But you made it so

The problems may seem crippling

And the grants from abroad meagre

The solutions may be impractical

But you made it so

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