Italian-Nigerian singer and songwriter, Charles Onyekachi Onyeabor, has shared a sobering reflection on the state of Nigeria following the current accident involving world-renowned boxer Anthony Joshua.
DAILY POST recollects that Joshua was concerned in a deadly street accident alongside the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which claimed the lives of two of his pals. The boxer, nevertheless, escaped demise by a whisker.
Reacting to the incident, Onyeabor, on his Instagram web page, wrote: “This Anthony Joshua state of affairs obtained me pondering out loud as soon as once more. Thank God he’s alive, and honest condolences to the households of those that misplaced their lives.”
He went on to replicate on Nigeria’s persistent challenges, saying: “Every time I say that Nigeria could by no means get higher, individuals assume I’m attempting to downgrade the nation or discuss it down. However this isn’t about hate — it’s about actuality. I’ve lived outdoors Nigeria for over 20 years. Throughout that point, as a substitute of issues enhancing again dwelling, the state of affairs has truly gotten worse. So when somebody confidently tells me, ‘Nigeria will get higher,’ I actually ask myself — primarily based on what proof?”
Onyekachi lamented the nation’s incapability to replicate on its issues: “Probably the most painful half is that this: anytime you attempt to state the plain about Nigeria’s issues, or when a foreigner speaks the reality concerning the state of affairs within the nation, Nigerians don’t replicate, they assault, insult, and troll the individual. We’re superb at evaluating ourselves towards one another, however very dangerous at evaluating our nation with different international locations.”
He criticized Nigerians for specializing in particular person successes whereas ignoring systemic failures:
“We examine Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid day-after-day, forgetting that every one three are wealthy, profitable, distinctive Nigerian artists who’ve already gained. We examine Obi Cubana and Jowizaza. We argue about who has a Grammy and who doesn’t. However we refuse to examine Nigeria itself with different nations.”
Onyekachi highlighted the nation’s infrastructural deficits:
“Why don’t we examine a rustic with no fixed electrical energy, poor street networks, dangerous hospitals and emergency providers, lack of fresh water and fundamental facilities, with international locations the place this stuff are regular, not luxurious?”
He additionally criticized the nation’s give attention to tribalism, spiritual division, on-line insults, and inside combating slightly than demanding higher programs.
“Till we study to settle for fact, cease being defensive, and begin holding programs accountable as a substitute of worshipping people, nothing will change,” he wrote.
Onyekachi concluded: “This isn’t hate. This isn’t bitterness. That is an statement. As issues stand at the moment, it’s hard to see Nigeria actually getting higher once more.”
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