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| Hassan Kukah |
"When I look at our country, I feel a sense of both shame and pity not for myself but for our teeming millions who simply want to be left to do what ordinary human beings have come to take for granted elsewhere: get married, raise a family, live in peace and prepare the next generation. Is this too much the ordinary citizens of Nigeria to ask?...Those who brought education to us are in awe of our intellectual capacity and they hide their jealousy by accusing us of being loud and arrogant ...Today, we stand on the crossroads of shame and seeming despair. An energetic and brilliant generation of young Nigerians, roaring to take their place in the public stage are held back by a political class which prefers to feed its gargantuan appetite. Governance has become a massive fraud and a heinous crime scene. The easy question is to ask, how do we get out of this self-inflicted mess where we continue to feed our children yesterday’s barf?" - Speech delivered at the ordination of priests of the Catholic Church on 27th June 2017.
AND I AM LIKE: The paradox of the Nigerian situation can be mitigated if urgent steps are taken for the engagement of our young resourceful population to bring their talents and energy to galvanize critical sectors of the Nigerian Enterprise given their extraordinary feats in saner climes. They should not be allowed to wallow in the backwaters of our national life.
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