This nation is blessed with enough resources that it could do away with foreign aid and borrowing but the leadership is what it takes to fully maximize the potentials to do so. Unfortunately, our country is still where it is today and even worse than it was before. If our founding fathers could come back now to see the nation they once fought for, they would weep.
It's actually really disheartening to see the disconnect between the desire for change and the ability to implement it, especially when those in power prioritize their own interests over the well-being of the nation.
The culture of relying on foreign loans without a clear repayment strategy is a major concern, and it's bad that this pattern continues with each new government. Nigeria is rich in resources, but effective leadership is crucial to harnessing these resources for the nation's benefit. The fact that the country remains stagnant is a stark reminder of the need for visionary leadership.
The disconnect to me seems intentional from the hierarchy because it looks like a strategy by the powers that be to keep the average citizens below class to easily control and manipulate situations against themselves to remain in power. If not, how come they never thought of youth development programs, empowerment programs, grants, and schemes that could benefit the masses? And even if they do that, they mare the process giving it out to their lackeys and cronies.
I have been wondering that with the enormous rich resources we have as a nation, we still borrow, and the worst of it is that nations that do not have near any resources as we do are the ones giving us loans just because of mismanagement from our leaders that only thinks of themselves on how to acrue more wealth form themslevs as a result of greed and selfishness. It is currently playing today and we can all see it for ourselves what is happening in the country.