XENOPHOBIC MOVEMENT YES! XENOPHOBIC ATTACK NO! by LIVING LEGEND
It is a great prayer when a man is being told that he will bring forth the good of a foreign land home, but the greatest question has been where is a foreign land, and why do we have to go to a foreign land?
In the past, foreign land is seen as going to the more developed and advanced areas of one’s country to work and returning back to the rural area to bring back the achievements you have got to develop the villages, no wonder we still have this orientation in Africa of always going back to our various villages at least to erect an enterprise or build a house their either for one’s benefit or the benefit of the entire society. That was what our father’s call in Yoruba o ko ere oko dele but today there has been a miss conception of this concept of foreign land.
In present day Nigeria society, it has become a daily prayer and an act of good will from God to leave the shore’s of one’s father’s land to another land, all in the name of searching for greener pasture, in fact it is not a prayer that is been taken with levity in religious houses today, but one simple question I have been asking from people is, can someone in USA, Canada, London among other top advanced countries in the world pray to relocate to Nigeria? I guess the answer is audible, so it necessarily means that such prayer’s will be a curse in such countries of the world, as prayer’s of going to Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan will be a curse for a Nigerian. Traveling outside the country has never been a problem but the development of the country we are jettison has been my concern.
It never met me in shock when I had about the xenophobic attack in south Africa, most especially the attack on my fellow Nigerians. I wonder why should millions of immigrants be in another man’s land all in the name of searching for greener pasture, sincerely that is too much, I am not condemning travelling to other countries but am condemning the population of my fellow Nigerian’s in another man’s land, why should we have such number, is Nigeria as bad as that?, why not bring your business inside the country and develop the country than going outside to develop another man’s land.
Yes, I quit agree with you that the situation in the country is not all that favourable, but never the less, why must it be Nigeria’s in most cases that will be having the largest number of immigrants in most countries of the world. A brother of mine once said “I should name that country in the world that you won’t find a Nigeria, that means such country does not exist”, why should this be so? I know you would want to say let the government of Nigeria do what is right, but have you forgotten that we all are the government of the land, and I ask you today, is this nation the worst in terms of economic development in the world?
Of a truth, we really would want to dispute the allegation laid on us by the south African’s that we are the one’s perpetrating evil in their country, but the fact is that if we drag the issue from today till forever, we will still have no justification, because the end result will still be “is South Africa our land”.
It is much said that we have some notable South Africa business organization in Nigeria, like MTN, Shoprite, etc, which we clamor to send packing, but critically speaking, how many of Nigeria’s organization is really up to the standard of the South Africa organization in their own different category, I guess the answer is obvious, then how many standard companies and organizations of Nigeria are highly rated in other countries, come on! my fellow nation men and women, it’s not a case of fighting, but a situation of thinking and establishing companies, industries, organizations that can be within the range of the world standard both within and outside the nation and not boasting of our small and middle scale business which we have within and outside the country.
It is audible to the deaf that a lot of nation supported South Africa during the apartheid period, including Nigeria, but that does not mean because we have helped them, we most also go against their wishes, making them see us as lords will be another level of enslavement which we will be putting the people we helped unconsciously.
Nevertheless, I implore the South African’s to as well employ rationality in their actions, they should not be killing and destroying the properties of their fellow African brother’s and sister’s such issue can be resolved via dialogue and diplomacy.
Moreover, I want to point the South African’s attention to the fact that the African’s are not the only immigrant in their country, why are they not also attacking the whites, it then portray a bad mentality and poor orientation held by the South African’s.
I will like to retreat that am not against sending immigrants back to their land if they are too much in another man’s land or if the economic resources of host community can no longer accommodate them, but am against killing and destroying of property to achieve such aim.
I submit by saying countries can engage in xenophobic movement but not xenophobic attack. I remain the pen that always cries the voice of the voiceless without bias. A social critique with integrity.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
GOD BLESS SOUTH AFRICA
GOD BLESS AFRICA
VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
LIVING LEGEND

Cnt really pinpoint d essence of this thread, long epistles wit no bearing. Silly title to cap off the op stup1dity

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