Then, I was not born but history has it that by the time of Nigeria’s independence, the colonial masters had high expectations from the country they were leaving. It was predicted that we would become one of the leading economies in a few years and a force to reckon with in Africa after independence.
Perhaps, revelling in its potential to be a great nation, Nigeria prides itself the “Giant of Africa”. I am not a believer in forecasting, but I know most forecasts are as a result of extensive research and analysis. Nevertheless, I would not have expected anything less than fact from scientific forecast.
With such an overwhelming population, Nigeria is blessed with human resource. Then talk about the black gold – petroleum – one of the world’s most widely-used and expensive resources, was found in addition to favourable weather and welcoming temperature; we could not have wished for more blessing from God; we are blessed.
With the reality of today, Nigeria seems to have moved many centuries in backward direction. The promising statistics of the late 50’s and 60’s have all become a myth. But where did we get it all wrong?
In essence, there are so many aspects of our stagnant development in which we have terribly failed. I have chosen to dwell on the problem of electricity ravaging the nation. Since my childhood days, Nigerians have not enjoyed uninterrupted power supply; instead of improving and provide more turbine to generate more megawatts of electricity, the fact is that the nation’s total power output has gone worse. As a student, I am schooling in one of the hottest parts of the country and as a result, I’m not finding it easy to cope with heat. Michael Faraday would be laughing at us, for if the scientist were to be a Nigerian, we would not have built on this excellent invention.
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