One thing to celebrate about Nigeria at 62!

In the midst of the Japa trend and hate on Nigeria as a nation, I’ll like to remind, for those who knew but has forgotten and tell afresh to those who don’t at all that this nation, Nigeria is blessed.

Nigeria will turn 62 in one month time and we all will be up and about the independence day celebration, which will interestingly be buried two days after due to the choking nature of the atmosphere for majority.

This article is to prepare your mind on what to genuinely celebrate, what to be thankful for in the midst of it all.

Since our independence in 1960, it is crystal clear that a number of external factors plainly humans have tried their possible best to keep Nigeria, a sovereign state in continuous segregation, shambles and internal crisis so they can keep profiting from her mercilessly. Like I would say, When a nation is at peace, every detail is noticed.

With great minds from all the tribes involved, The Igbos, Hausas, Tivs, Jukuns, Itsekiris, Fulanis & Yorùbás etc. With every tribe having its own peculiarity and grace to give, and no tribe and region being greater or lesser than the other, even though some people may want you to believe otherwise, I can boldly say our diversity as a nation is a blessing and not a weapon of war if honoured as I think God intends.

In light of the above, in the forthcoming independence day celebration and beyond, I want you all reading this to celebrate our diversity as a nation, instead of confessing what’s not working. There shouldn’t be anything as Igbo-Nigerian, there shouldn’t be ideas around Hausa-Nigerian, Tiv-Nigerian, Itsekiri-Nigerian, Yorùbá-Nigerian etc, a Nigerian should be a Nigerian, and that we must teach our children born and unborn.

If you have friends from other tribes like I do, and you despise them or see them as second class citizen from you because of their tongue, culture and ethnicity, then you are part of the problem Nigeria is trying to solve.

Nigeria is a blessed nation. She has produced some of the best minds around the world in major fields of relevance both home and abroad. The best you can do is keep hope alive that things will be better not turn yourself against your fellow Brother or Sister due to some concocted lies passed down to you from your tribal ancestors.

With all sense of Honour, I believe history meant no harm to us, but I now we know better, so let’s act better.

God bless Nigeria! 🇳🇬
Happy Independence Day in advance!

Pic Credit: Tobi Amusan, World Champion, 100M Hurdles

Paul Òyéwùsì
Founder, POMA™
I help people achieve Mind and Behavioural shift towards the BECOMING of their highest selves!