IF I WERE INVISIBLE FOR 24 HOURS

If I were invisible for 24 hours, do you know where I would be?

I will not go to a bank.
I will not go to a hotel.
I will not go and scare my enemies.
I will not even think about myself alone.

I will go straight to the HEAD of our African leaders.
As an African.
As a Nigerian.

Not one leader.
I mean ALL of them.
Starting from Aso Rock to State House, and from parliament to senate chambers.

Why their heads?

This is because Africa's problem is not lack of money.
Africa's problem is not lack of resources. Africa's problem is not that God did not bless us.

Our problem is the decisions taken inside those heads. I mean the heads of our leaders.

For 24 hours as an invisible man, I will sit inside their minds and whisper to them whenever they want to sign that contract that will favour only their family, I will whisper, Oga think of the masses.

When they want to divert money meant for schools, hospitals, and farms, I will whisper, Oga what about the child whose mother cannot afford drugs?

Whenever they want to take a loan that our children yet unborn will pay, I will whisper, Oga, is this necessary?

WHAT I WILL MAKE THEM DO IN MY 24 HOURS.

1. I will make them fix education.
   No leader's child will school abroad while our schools are falling. If I am in their head, I will make them feel the pain of the student learning under a mango tree.

2. I will make them fix agriculture.
   We have fertile land.
   We have hardworking youths.
   But we import everything we eat.
   I will guide them to invest in farmers like me, not just in big conferences.

3. I will make them remember they were once poor.
   Most of our leaders came from humble homes but power made them forget.
   And as an invisible man in their head, I will remind them of that mud house they grew up in.

Some people would use invisibility to steal or to revenge. Me, I will use it to heal Africa, mostly Nigeria.

Because if African leaders take just one right decision today that favours the masses, it can change 10 million lives tomorrow.

I know that 24 hours is too small, yes but one right decision is enough to start a revolution.