Nigeria at 53

I choose this occasion of Nigeria's 53rd independence anniversary to break my 27-month blog silence. Some of my friends "accuse" me of being an idealist, and my only defense is that ideas build nations, and the "working" Nigeria of our dreams is an ideal. This does not mean "unachievable". It only means "yet unachieved". I am however thrown aback every time I am surrounded by my fellow country-men. All agree that we live in less-than-desirable conditions, but everyone has at least 2 "solutions" that differ from everyone Else's! It does not matter that you interview 10 Nigerians or 10,000 of them. You are bound to have "solutions" at least twice the number of respondents! This is a result of years of myopic symptom-treating mentality. We only see perspectives from our view, without taking in a wider view of the bigger picture.