When the Eagle cannot reach the Stars
29 March 2022 By Abiodun Giwa
The Eagles and the Stars
The Nigerian Green Eagles could not reach the sky to conquer the Ghana Black Stars in the second round of the world cup qualifying match played in Abuja on Monday. A young woman told her father during a car ride from the Oranges to Montclair on his way to drop her off at school. The father hardly believed his daughter's report.
"The two teams played goalless at their first encounter in Ghana and played 1-1 in Abuja," she said. And that the Nigerian team lost von goal aggregate in favor of Ghana. She earlier talked about a rail accident in Kaduna, which claimed more than 900 lives. The wreckage still has lives trapped in it. She wants to describe the fate that has befallen her country, but she does not know how to put it more than using the Eagle's loss and the rail accident.
Many people worldwide know Nigeria and Nigerians. They know Nigerians as hard-working and education-loving. But they wonder how Nigeria has lost out and remain backward in the race for social and economic development. Nigerians describe the country as the giant of Africa in terms of population and size. But not for the economic sense of belonging. The country's inflation is currently around 15 percent.
How can one who believes he knows Nigeria and Nigerians describe the country and the people? Nigeria is an excellent country in size and population. Nigerians love their countries, but not their leaders, who they believe are responsible for their country's woes. The government began on a good note in 1960 with independence from Great Britain. But unfortunately, the transition went into disarray less than six years into the future.
The military accused politicians of unmitigated corruption and took over power after killing the two leaders in the North, one in the Mid-West, and one in the West. The country fought a three-year civil war to keep it one when the Eastern part decided to secede over an issue that began concerning the safety of Easterners in the North. However, the real crux that took the country to the cleaners happened in 1999 when the military chose their successor as Alhaji Shehu Shagari, in transferring power back to the civilians to the detriment of Nigeria's well-being. Although, Shagari failed in his first term as a president, but defeated a tested and trusted leader in Obafemi Awolowo for a second term!
It is challenging to understand how Shagari and his criminally wealthy supporters pulled their heist against Nigeria and Nigerians. Nigerians suddenly woke up to the reality of economic stagnation, religious killings, and kidnappings. There are four Nigerians who can help explain how Nigeria began her journey downhill. General Yakubu Gowon, General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Babangida, and General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Few people know where Gowon lives. But all Nigerians know that Obasanjo and Babangida live on a hill mansion, respectively, in Abeokuta and Minna, while Abubakar lives in a hill mansion somewhere in Adamawa. So the question on the lips of most Nigerians is whether the country can ever recover from the slope these Generals have placed Nigeria and fly again to conquer the stars.
"The two teams played goalless at their first encounter in Ghana and played 1-1 in Abuja," she said. And that the Nigerian team lost von goal aggregate in favor of Ghana. She earlier talked about a rail accident in Kaduna, which claimed more than 900 lives. The wreckage still has lives trapped in it. She wants to describe the fate that has befallen her country, but she does not know how to put it more than using the Eagle's loss and the rail accident.
Many people worldwide know Nigeria and Nigerians. They know Nigerians as hard-working and education-loving. But they wonder how Nigeria has lost out and remain backward in the race for social and economic development. Nigerians describe the country as the giant of Africa in terms of population and size. But not for the economic sense of belonging. The country's inflation is currently around 15 percent.
How can one who believes he knows Nigeria and Nigerians describe the country and the people? Nigeria is an excellent country in size and population. Nigerians love their countries, but not their leaders, who they believe are responsible for their country's woes. The government began on a good note in 1960 with independence from Great Britain. But unfortunately, the transition went into disarray less than six years into the future.
The military accused politicians of unmitigated corruption and took over power after killing the two leaders in the North, one in the Mid-West, and one in the West. The country fought a three-year civil war to keep it one when the Eastern part decided to secede over an issue that began concerning the safety of Easterners in the North. However, the real crux that took the country to the cleaners happened in 1999 when the military chose their successor as Alhaji Shehu Shagari, in transferring power back to the civilians to the detriment of Nigeria's well-being. Although, Shagari failed in his first term as a president, but defeated a tested and trusted leader in Obafemi Awolowo for a second term!
It is challenging to understand how Shagari and his criminally wealthy supporters pulled their heist against Nigeria and Nigerians. Nigerians suddenly woke up to the reality of economic stagnation, religious killings, and kidnappings. There are four Nigerians who can help explain how Nigeria began her journey downhill. General Yakubu Gowon, General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Babangida, and General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Few people know where Gowon lives. But all Nigerians know that Obasanjo and Babangida live on a hill mansion, respectively, in Abeokuta and Minna, while Abubakar lives in a hill mansion somewhere in Adamawa. So the question on the lips of most Nigerians is whether the country can ever recover from the slope these Generals have placed Nigeria and fly again to conquer the stars.
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