THE NIGERIAN DREAM II
When you have a vision, it becomes the basis for your decisions. When you have decided where to go, you do not have problems when you come to a road junction. But for the person who has no vision, any road is the way. As soon as we decide on the Nigerian vision, it would determine our policy decisions. If you do not have a vision of your own,
you will live helping others to fulfill theirs. Vision determines direction.

When you are going on the wrong road, how far you are going does not matter. In this wise, the faster you go, the bigger your error. Before we go further, we need to ask what the Nigerian vision is. It is because we have not defined our vision, that others are selling their own to us.

The average reason why the average Nigerian youth wants to travel abroad is because we have bought the visions of other countries, and they are deliberate in what they allow us to see – fantasies via video, music, magazines, etc – are successfully selling us those visions. Vision affects action and behavior. When a dream takes shape in your heart, you begin to behave in such a way to make it a reality.

The day the vision becomes clear in Nigeria, we will see our people’s behavior begin to change. That is why we practiced the queuing culture because of “WAI” (war against indiscipline) eighteen years ago. The Israelites of old when they were in slavery in Egypt, they confessed that they were strangers in the land because “the beautiful future” had become such a strong reality to them, they emphasized they were in a temporary state.

Once the vision becomes clear, the action becomes inevitable and that leads to the pressing question in Nigeria, “Who will bell the cat?” For so long, the only thing that Nigerians have done about Nigeria is to fast and pray. Well, that is the starting point; we should put faith in our prayer and not dump everything on God and expect Him to do everything. There ought to be a balance between the responsibilities of divinity and humanity.

God said, “I seek a man after my heart.” God needs men to carry out His assignment here on earth. There is nowhere change that has occurred in the world without some people standing up to initiate the change even though it usually involves sacrifice or a struggle. God designed the world for progress, not for stagnation and some of us have to be willing to champion it. Some people have benefited immensely from the disorder in our society, but henceforth, anybody who cannot live in an organized society must leave this country.

By destiny, this is one of the greatest countries on earth. America cannot develop Nigeria for us, because Nigerians did not develop America; Americans developed America. So Nigerians must develop Nigeria. When Moses wanted to take Israel out of Egypt, Pharaoh would not allow it easily because the economy of Egypt had thrived on the misfortune of Israel, so do not think some people will just sit down and watch us liberate ourselves. Persistently, we must confront ‘Pharaoh’ – not people or countries, but the spirit – and set ourselves free.

Until we are economically free, we are still enslaved. So from now, we should serve a quit notice on that Prince of the devil over this nation. Physical violence cannot solve the problem. The only thing that worked for Israel was the covenant that they had with God, which gave them the divine intervention that terminated oppression, dependency, and ignorance. I believe the same thing will happen in Nigeria and Africa in general, when we get a God-given dream for our nation and our continent.

I am proud to be a Nigerian!