I swear the world is spinning so much quicker now that I'm getting older!
It seems like only a few weeks ago that there was so much noise about Naija being 50...but in reality that was a whole 12 months ago!!
I'm sure everyone has an elderly relative, who doesn't give 2 hoots about what anybody else thinks and is will to say whatever they feel without any applied tact, right? Well maybe na old age o, but I'm really starting to feel that way, and I'm not even THAT old!
As many of you know, I share my birthday with Nigeria, 1st october is my birthday.
I remember last year how enthusiastic I was about the us as a nation turning 50.
I shouted in the faces of all those who said that we had nothing to be proud of as a nation:
"Lets not be so negative, lets see what WE as a people can do to change the state of Nigeria" "Nigeria is not a president, neither is it a governmnet, Nigeria is about the people"!!
Do you remember that?
Well I did believe it at the time.....but boy!, what a difference a year can make.
So now, we have a new government but the same ol' problems, things aren't moving in the right direction. Or so it seems.
On Thinking Aloud with Ayo this week, l'm looking back at the Naija at 50 show and I'm trying to figure out why I'm not as optimistic about the possibility of change within our nation.
Abi na just old age dey do me?!
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