Darkness,
Inflation,
Bigotry,
Nepotism;
Unemployment,
Terrorism,
Kidnapping,
Medical tourism;
Miseducation,
Ethnic cleansing,
Mediocrity,
Tribalism;
Unease of doing business,
Multiple taxation,
Weak currency,
Egotism;
The shamelessness in high places,
The sycophancy along those corridors of power,
The visible aloofness to pressing needs among the masses,
The sheer policy of deliberate regional disempowerment;
Everything points to worse times,
Only the dead need not worry,
For the living, deafening chimes,
A worrying state of statelessness.
Apr 17, 2021
Apr 17, 2021 at 6:09 AM UTC
Darkness,
Inflation,
Bigotry,
Nepotism;
Unemployment,
Terrorism,
Kidnapping,
Medical tourism;
Miseducation,
Ethnic cleansing,
Mediocrity,
Tribalism;
Unease of doing business,
Multiple taxation,
Weak currency,
Egotism;
The shamelessness in high places,
The sycophancy along those corridors of power,
The visible aloofness to pressing needs among the masses,
The sheer policy of deliberate regional disempowerment;
Everything points to worse times,
Only the dead need not worry,
For the living, deafening chimes,
A worrying state of statelessness.
The man returns to the troubles he left behind - did he think that they would have miraculously disappeared?
Nigerians chase their president back from 'deserved rest' in the United Kingdom.
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