In times like this...
The storm howled... floodwaters took over what thousands called home, Katrina leave sorrow and anarchy in her wake… (Dear Lord, may your peace be with all people on the face of the earth. Amen).
And here in Nigeria life goes on (their problem is not our proble, abi?), we kept arguing why Obasanjo increased petrol pump price (forgeting that what happened thousands of miles away determine the price we pay for that fuel in our vehicles and generators). Too bad, and am part of the ungrateful privileged , ever eager to bewail why we were born in this part of the world…, quick to point to America where everything work like a charm, never minding the price(s) they and their forebears have paid.
But wait, Katrina was Mother Nature’s handiwork, but here manmade catastrophes like corruption, torture, bribery, non-payment of salary and pension, unstable/unavailable power supply, hunger, assassination, extra judicial killings and other countless avertable calamities are giving us hell on earth.
When will we sail/swim from these self-inflicted Katarina? When will we say the Storm is Over? (Perhaps when all these corrupt leaders are nomore, how long do we have to wait? Only God knows.)
Dear Lord, see to the supplications of all refuges, (from Sudan to Sierra-Leone, from Liberia to Bosnia, from Israel to USA.) Let the earth rejoice in your glory.
And bring to shame the enemies of this nation (Nigeria) into shame and disrepute. Amen.
posted by jof_views @ 11:44 PM
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5 Comments:
Yeah Nigeria has her issues, but this is a time to forget our own problems for a while, and extend some love to those in dire need of assistance. Nigeria/Nigerians should step up and help; nothing is too little in times like this.
@imnakoya, thanks for your comment. I thank God that we don't experience these disasters here. It would have been worst when you consider our leaders insensitivity, what happened in Niger is a classical example.
Disasters of this nature better happen over there(america and the rest of the developed nations) than here.
The government of those nations will be there for the victims. The families of the victims of september got huge pay for relief while those of Ikeja Bomb got eternally displaced..
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Government of poorer nations can't coup with such disasters and are later in dept to sponsors. which sounds totally immoral. It's good Nigeria is not victim to such natural disasters, the only problem are the people.Thanks for the post.
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