In 2009, several online groups especially on facebook carried hope of a new Nigeria. The young and old, regardless of religious alienations and cultural diversity discussed the way forward for Nigeria. Some groups made their presence known by cleaning the streets, organizing lectures and seminars.
2010 will be a great year if we keep this momentum. Keeping this momentum doesn’t mean just continuing the wonderful articles and discussions online. It means extending our intelligence and creativity from online discussions to real practical work in our community.
Keeping this momentum will require small groups to come together to handle more intensive community development projects. It will require high-level cooperation amongst the middle-class.
Keeping this momentum will require much more sacrifice from every Nigerian. It may mean contributing a part of our income to send some less-privileged kid to school in order to avoid increase in number of future political thugs. It may mean becoming entrepreneurial not for the selfish purpose of enriching oneself but to create jobs for an increasing number of jobless Nigerians.
It will mean less investment in present-day pleasure and more investment in the future of our dear country. It will mean more of developmental projects by corporate bodies such as the Zain African Challenge and less of Mega Jamz.
In 2010, we can make a strong statement for change if we choose to. If we engage the power of a collective vision, we can do unbelievable things. Extra-ordinary things happen when ordinary people unite with to reach a goal.
In 2010, let’s make a statement with less talk and more action. Our future is in our hands, the earlier we realize this, the better.
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