Ajoke Erogbogbo Gbeleyi, the Founder Focused Girls Moral Regeneration Support Initiative has made a clarion call to Nigerian elites across the country to save the country from collapse.
Her words: ” The Soul of our beloved and well endowed Nation is in the interest of our younger ones”.
She added: “How can a country with majority of the people believing and worshipping God (through Christianity, Islam or traditional religions) be enmeshed in socio-economic malady without redemption? ”
Gbeleyi also wondered how can that country — with two hundred and fifty dynamic ethnic groups and everything needed to succeed — be classified as the poorest nation in the world?
“A country with a large territory, different climatic conditions and vegetations , easily mobilsed population and trained manpower, abundant oil resources and easy access to technology”.
Still pondering on the current challenges, Gbeleyi queried why some few elites live like kings with their families and friends and prevent millions of citizens from living well — due to unnecessary bottlenecks , inadequacies in infrastructural development ,stringent policies and unimplemented plans”.
Puzzled with the numerous challenges that citizens are faced with, she asked more questions. “How can we keep quiet while corruption is becoming institutionalised despite the fight against it? How can we allow this hydra-headed monster to continue to ravage the social strata of our nation thereby putting peace loving Nigerians in jeopardy”.
She then opined that: ” One can almost conclude that the maladies and inability to get things right in most sectors of the economy stem from our collective unrighteousness as a nation. Most of us pay allegiance to God’s enemies – the love of money (the root of all evil) and love of the flesh (inimical to our progress).We neglect the consequences of these evils. Who is now suffering the repercussion most? The younger generation!”
Many evil happenings, Gbeleyi continued have occured in our nation in recent times and yet our leaders seem unperturbed. Or how do you explain the ungodly quest for power, titles and personal wealth — at the expense of the people — in a country where leaders are supposed to come together to find lasting solutions to the myriad of man-made problems confronting it?”.
She goes on to talk about her most popular slogan about life since then ‘What is the big deal?’ ”
So many wonderful people including loved ones died during the last pandemic and yet it is still business as usual in Nigeria? Who are we? What is our pride? Many questions are begging for answers. Why are so many youths disillusioned taking to drugs , an act which before now was uncommon and limited to a few misfits in society”.
Our younger ones, the present and future generations , Gbeleyi stressed deserve better conditions of living. “Better still, they need direction on a path of rectitude and progress. We cannot afford to fail them nor fail ourselves and our heroes past”.
Nigeria, she strongly believes can still be salvaged through our collective power. “Let the present Nigerian leaders correct the anomalies once and for all. We can get committees of experienced technocrats to work with ministries, parastatals and society at large for the desired results”.
Nigeria, she concludes must arise and shine.” Let us save the soul of our beloved country in the interest of our young ones, who are brilliant, bold and ever willing to learn. They are strong enough to rebuild Nigeria, if they are well guided and supported. Let us correct the ills of our society through sanctions without sacred cows and learn to do things right at all times, starting from this pre-election year 2022. Enough of egoistic and selfish tendencies by our leaders, but let’s put humanity first. Let’s repent and be guided by this slogan, ‘Great Nation! Character is key!”.