Today I've received countless broadcast frm well meaning Nigerians and updates dat Nigeria at 52 is a failure! Ma take on dis issue as an optimist is dat if any1 sees his or her country as a failure dat persn has also failed, cos u can't b part of a system dats failing n ure different. Eva wonder y an average American wud say God bles America? Is it dat dre re no terrorist in America? Or dre re no kidnapping? Every persn, nation has its woes, 4dis country it might b dat we ve hoodlums, kidnappers, poor economy etc, bt I bliv its an essential tool 4growth. So instead of pointing out wre Nigeria has failed, let's all contribute in building a worthy Nigeria cos d issue we re facing 2day in Nigeria started in our respective homes. We re Nigerians, either at home in Naija or in d diaspora, we re not failures! God bless Nigeria, God bles GEJ.

Your optimism has leprosy.