This message is specially dedicated to the estimated 800 million people worldwide who went to bed hungry last night. This figure includes an estimated 4 million kids in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. On a day like this what can you tell a toddler who goes to bed without food in his stomach in the midst of an apparent plenty! The matter is further complicated by the fact that these kids will never understand. How can a four-year old understand why there is no food in the house?
No kid in Nigeria deserves to be hungry. God so endowed this country that everything grows in abundance in Nigeria. Every inch of Nigerian soil is suitable for something from the wetlands of the Niger Delta to the plateau of the Middle Belt and everywhere in between. I can understand kids going to bed hungry in Ethiopia or Somalia. The only reason Nigerians are hungry is lack of political will and good governance.
So on this anniversary of the birth of our Lord and saviour, my message to Nigerian kids is very simple: nothing lasts forever – certainly not bad governance.
Tata, everybody
Napoleon
Friday, December 25, 2009
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