I Am Hungry, Please Re-Brand Me

I am Nigeria. I have millions of acres of arable land and billions of cubic litres of water, but I cannot feed myself. So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion to import milk. I produce rice, but don’t eat it. I have 60 million cattle but no milk. I am hungry, please re-brand me.

I drive the latest cars in the world but have no roads. I lose family and friends everyday on roads for which funds have been looted. I lose my young, my old, and my most brainy and productive people to the potholes, craters and crevasses they travel on everyday. I am in permanent mourning, please re-brand me.

My school has no teacher and my classroom has no roof. I take lecture notes through the window and live with 15 others in a single room. All my professors have gone abroad, and the rest are awaiting visas. I am a university graduate, but I am illiterate. I want a future, please re-brand me.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index.php/content/view/12577/55

Written by Salisu Suleiman
Saturday, 20 June 2009

I read Salisu Suleiman's article on the back cover of the Saturday Punch of June 27, 2009, and I recommend it to every literate person.

You have to read the complete article to grasp the thrust of this masterpiece of political analysis of the Nigerian crisis.

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