I got this from a friend on facebook yesterday and I have
never stopped thinking about it. Can this Nigeria ever be?
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Before going to bed, I had to eat something. I opened the fridge
and yes, all the things in my fridge had turned to block; the light
had been on for 8 years without going off. I finished eating and
went to bed. Oh I have to reduce the speed of this fan, the
voltage is so high. I woke up very early in the morning to the
sound O̶̲̥̅̊f̶̲̥̅̊ classical music.
I casually strolled into the bathroom. Oh! the cold is too much this
morning, I turned on The hot-water tap. While toweling myself
dry, I turned on the radio and heard the presenter speaking
about Nigeria, how she is now one of the most developed
countries in the world and how the Nigerian president
yesterday declared his asset and all he had to boast of was
N20 million naira and a duplex in his village. I finished dressing
up and took my time to eat. I had no reason to rush, after-all the
roads are always free and there are no potholes. On the way, I
saw a few policemen patrolling, and I greeted them. I stopped to
chat with them for a few minutes after which I drove off
laughing.
At my workplace, I saw some people loitering in the waiting
room and discovered they were here to be interviewed. I saw the
son of the permanent secretary. I also saw a young man with
tattered shoes and patched-up trouser; he graduated recently
from one of the government universities, but everyone could
testify to the fact that he's brilliant. While going home that day, I
saw the man with the tattered shoes again, he was smiling and I
asked him why. "Sir, I've been given the job." he said, "What!
What of the Permanent secretary's son, didn't his father call
beforehand?" "No" the man said, "He didn't"
That evening, I went out to play in the neighborhood, I saw
Adamu and Obinna discussing the recent trend in the country, of
how Mallam Danjuma is now the governor of Rivers state, Senator
Abifarin Oluwafemi is now the governor in Borno state, Mr
Chijioke Godffrey is now the governor of Oyo state. I decided that
since I had a lot of time on my hands, I should make a quick stop
in the hospital to make a few checkups. I went to the Cancer
treatment Hospital, after making sure I was cancer-free, i visited
the HIV/AIDS Checkup Centre and I was well attended to; with
world-class equipments. I even saw the mother of the vice-
president there. From there, I saw Hope of Salvation Church and
Egbe Alasalatu Islamic house holding a joint prayer for
continuous peace in the community. I saw the pastor and Imam
consulting on the prayer points. I stayed for a few minutes before
leaving
The next morning, I tried to make some calls, but I couldn't find
my phone. I took my wife's phone and saw tons of messages sent
from my phone asking me to call back, that my phone was found
on the road. I hurriedly called my phone back and got a man on
the line. He told me he had been calling my wife's number since
yesterday night but that she wasn't picking her calls. I apologized
and told him that she put her phone in silent to avoid
disturbances while sleeping. I went to reclaim my phone, I
thanked the man and offered him a few naira, but he rejected it
saying, I shouldn't worry.
Since it was election time, I went to the polling booth nearest to
me to carry out my constitutional duties. I saw only people of
voting age there, everywhere was peaceful and the security
agents there were merely putting up appearances as they were
just chatting with the voters. I voted for the candidate of my
choice and left. The next morning, I heard that the election results
were out and that the runners-up and winner were having lunch
together. I turned on my T.V set and saw for myself, in fact, they
weren't just eating, a healthy conversation was going on. The
winner of the presidential election asked the runners-up to advice
him as to how to effectively run the country and they all sat
together to discuss on how to sustain the massive success the
country has been witnessing.
The next day, the foreign media said that the American president
has laid some rules down for Nigeria to follow, failure to do that
will amount to severing of diplomatic ties. The Nigerian president
replied 30 minutes after, he told the American president to go to
hell and that he won't allow his country to be ruled by foreign
and anti-masses policies. I remembered that I hadn't completed
my weekly hours of work mandatory for all Nigerians, I got there
and saw the president dusting his trouser, he had just finished
cutting the grass where he was assigned to work. I greeted him
and he told me that he's expecting month end, that his monthly
allowance had nearly finished, since he was also collecting the
minimum wage being paid to the workers.
"Hum..." I woke up with a jolt slapping my ears, these mosquitoes
again. So I have been dreaming. I was sweating profusely, there's
no light. I stood up to take my bath, no water. I turned on my
transistor radio, I heard them saying Boko haram has started
again, and that robbers have killed 13 people. Oh God!
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WHAT DO YOU THINK FRIENDS, WILL WE EVER GET THERE?