Listen to the wind bearing the silent cry of the citizen. The celebration of our independent year in, year out for the past 63 from stranger dance always on October 1st. They celebrate being free to bear and reflect our true identity.
Our identity has become a night mere. Our celebration has not brought relief to the citizens. We smile as a means to survive the pain. We laugh as a means to show courage over our struggles.
Fathers are making society faint and some are dead in the process. We celebrate this day of how we became free from strangers; are we free from our own family and leaders?
We are in a way slaves to leaders with a salve mentality; alive to wealth but no legacy is built. Dignity and integrity are curses and corruption is courage.
A good name is better than silver and gold is no longer heard on the lips of the leaders or some citizens. But there is hope in our pain. You and I are the hope of this nation; Nigeria. Will you just stand and become a spectator or you will participate in building this country? Will you repeat the mistakes of the past or you will become a new breed of Nigeria that generations after us will model?
Nigeria is not the land you see or the building but Nigeria is in our hearts. We are Nigeria and the creation of our future and child's future has just begun.
Drop the guns, bombs, and swords...your dreams are the real weapon. Fight till your seem makes this country a better place for our unborn children and the generation after them.
Happy Independence Nigeria.
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