CHANGE
It is no longer a gain saying
that Change happens to be the only Constant thing in life, Hence, The word
change has become a daily song in the mouth of all and sundry most especially
when things are not going as planned.
The word “Change” is seen as a
driven force in human existence, most especially if you want to attain
greatness in life. The word Change cut across every sector of human existence,
hence the history of man cannot be complete without the use of this word. No
wonder, the Ancient Greek Philosopher, Heraclitus, said “Change is the only
Permanent thing that exist”
Needless to say that this work
aims at looking at Nigeria contemporary society and the need for individual
change which will serve as a springboard to what we desire in the nation. Many a
times, the problem of this country has been attributed to poor leadership,
which has serve as the engineer to our present day predicament, just as Achebe
of Blessed Memory Championed.
Nevertheless, i am not disputing
this particular opinion but however, i will be discussing the topic from what i
perceive to be the root cause of this predicament. When a building rest on a shabby
and watery foundation, they that live in it must live in fear. if we claim a
miraculous change by our leaders will birth us a nation we desire, then we are
wrong on the basis of some critical question which will be raises below.
First, are our leaders in various
homes, where couples turn the house to a boxing ring in front of their
children, thereby feeding their minds with hostility and hatred from childhood
instead of love? what about parents who do not give attention to train up their
kids and imbibe them with right moral values, what becomes a child who was
starved of moral training when he was young when he eventually get to the
corridor of power?
What becomes of Nigerian students,
who have been a victim of teachers or lecturers victimization, or was a product
of school that lecturers do not come to class always, some collect bribe to
sort result and most ridiculously uses outdated notes of their old school days
to teach in a constantly changing society? Permit me to say that if Nigeria
Graduates are Half Baked, then the arrows should be directed to the bakers
We cannot shy away from medical practitioners who take
instrument and drugs from their health care centers and hospital for personal
use or to sell in their private establishments, not neglecting religious
leaders who have because of stipend jettisoned and thrown away their so called
faith and believe.
Suffices to say that almost all
sector of the society needs change, but if change do not start from individual,
it will be meaningless even if the leaders change.
The questions to be asked is
that, the leaders we cry and complain about, are they from the sky or alien from
another planet? They are nothing but the product of the society, they are
product of individual failed system, so we should never expect magic. i cannot
feed a child with spoilt milk and expect the child to be healthy.
Of a truth, it is believed that the
youths are leaders of tomorrow, but i get scared every day because most youths
in Nigeria today would not perform differently if they are given the chance
because they have been fed from the decayed food in the society, which makes
the Adults get scared of given the youth a chance. Their steps are speaking of
worst than can be envisioned already.
I would love to draw the cotton
close with this short story “A certain man was walking along the street one day
and he saw an inscription on a billboard of a restaurant that says eat as much
as you can, your children will pay for it, he went in happy, ate so much than
he should since he is not going to foot the bills, but as he was about leaving,
he got a hug bill, which he must pay, and he said, i should not pay but my
children, then he was told that was the bill of his father"
I however conclude by saying until we have change
individually and act everyday with the consciousness that we do not want to
leave dept for our children, our children will pay for the damage we are
causing now, just as we are paying for that of our fathers.
Let us live the change we want individually.
ESAN OLUWATOBI DAVID
LIVING LEGEND
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