Greetings Everyone.
Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the hive learners' featured post. I am a Nigerian, and my country is situated on the West Coast of Africa. It is no news about the recent happenings in the country. Our leaders are just self-centered and don't care about the masses.
From the past, we always had hope that things were going to change for the better. We had this hope because a presidential candidate promised us change. From the look of things today, things only got worse. The price of goods and services inflated. Our currency exchange became very poor. I never imagined changing a dollar for 700 naira, but it got to the point where 1 dollar equals 700 naira.
How bad could it be ? The crime rate is on the increase and no one is talking about it; the killings, the kidnappings, the fraud, mention them. It is still shocking how a prison break took place in the country's Federal Capital Territory. No security agent could be seen anywhere near the scene until the whole prison break was over. Things are falling apart. It is disheartening and the worst thing that can happen to any country.
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Looking at the educational system of the country, you realize there's no hope for the country at all unless God shows mercy. A country that does not value education is messed up already. University students have been at home for over six months because of the ASUU strike. Six months you could have used to round up two semesters, graduate, and do something better with your life just went down the drain. To date, every meeting has ended in a stalemate.
We once had hope that things were going to get better. We are still wondering how we got here. Many, including me, have already lost faith in the country. The masses suffer while those in power take all. They take the wealth of the nation and keep it for their children's children, while there are others out there who need all the help they can get.
As for me, with the way things are going right now, I don't see things getting any better. Things can only get worse as the price of goods only inflates and never deflates. In this country, once the price of a commodity increases, it keeps going higher and higher, so I wonder how things are ever going to get better.