Countermarch

The way forward is a backward trudge to the past. To catapult to the desired new Nigeria, we must return to the ‘old school’ values of years gone by—old-fashioned principles such as integrity, hard work, mutual respect, communal solidarity, and honour (Omolúàbí in Yoruba, Ezigbo afa in Igbo, or Mutunchi in Hausa).
 
Drifting
Our lives used to be value-driven until we broke loose like a ship that has disentangled from its anchor and is drifting aimlessly. As we drift, we fabricate reasons for our predicament even as we continue to monetise success to the extent of triggering economic desperation among the youths who now want to run before they can crawl in an atmosphere of unbridled ...