This topical question at first sight appears redundant. But commercialization of almost anything in Nigeria imbues it with relevance. Our nation's retrogression is triggered by a widespread cliché everybody and everything has a monetary price. I beg to differ, arguing this devalues our humanity and Nigeria as a market society conserves her challenges.

It ought to bother us no aspect of our society today is untouched by this market syndrome. We are surrounded with price tags on prayers/miracles, grades, promotions, employments, elections, romantic/family love, courtesy, admissions, due processes, friendships, awards, court judgments, law enforcements, etcetera. Hence, many Nigerians are fleeing abroad from Nigeria. Denying these questions your comfort with truth. I share author Michael Sandel's view money's idolization and human values monetization tears a society apart.

Indeed, humanity in Nigeria is crashing. This confronts both rich and poor, educated and uneducated, theist and atheist, male and female, young and old. Commercializing all your actions or sacrificing doing right for monetary rewards decays our society. Nationwide hardship presently should remind us our unqualified and underperforming leaders didn't emerge unassisted. A Nigerian somewhere compromised. Most societal evils, too numerous to mention, we condemn are traceable to exchanging human values for money; treating ourselves or others as commodities. Time for us to address this hypocrisy is overdue.

Also, a market society waters Nigeria's social, economic, and political problems. This is why I insist prayers alone are insufficient so consistently. Actions resisting tendencies within and offers without to sell human values of empathy, excellence, meritocracy, dignity, justice, integrity, fairness, patriotism are crucial. Be exemplary where you are. Otherwise would continue stretching our endurance until we either change or die complaining. I hope you prefer change.

©Kelechi O. Naze (KON)

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Front page material. The above post draws attention to how Nigerian followers and leaders ensure stagnation of our nation through unending trading of humanity for money. It exposes hypocrisy beneath bad governance complaints and clamours for a truly human, not market, society.

Kindly forward to front page to enlighten other Nigerians about their responsibility in midwifing a desired better society. Thank you.

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