CORRECTING THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS OF ''NIGERIANESS''

Nigeria has become a name synonymous with almost everything that is bad or not working, like immigration fraudulence, internet scam, irresponsible and insensitive system of governance, wastefulness, institutional decay, systemic corruption and so many other unutterable anomalies.

There are certain defective components that have become part of us that we must begin to do away with:

UNINTELLIGENT AND KNOWLEDGELESS IMITATION: Nigerians are so carried away by the what without having to think about the why. At the time we started seeing American entertainers engage in ice bucket challenge, many of us also started doing it without recourse to it's relevance to our lives. Even though we do not have any background understanding of the American system of governance, we have adopted it without the understanding of the total essence of it. Our own is " as long as America is doing it, then it's good for us''

THE "TO HELL WITH NIGERIA'' SYNDROME: Because we hardly are generational in our thinking, that was why we could begin to share funds needed to equip our military for personal gains. We are not concerned if workers are not paid but as our vacation in Hawaii is not disturbed, we are okay. This is why a political office holder can go abroad on tax payers money to treat malaria, even though our health sector is dead.

POLITPRENEUR: We don't mind killing, maiming or doing anything devious, as long as we can get a political position, we are okay. In Nigeria today, politics is not service to the people but a huge business venture where the people are exploited for profit

THE CHARITY PROJECT CONSCIOUSNESS: Most Nigerians believe that we are the most disadvantaged on earth and therefore begging has become a norm. We go about even as a nation begging for arms all around the world even if we hardly give. So, most of the charity organisations in the world have all taken Nigeria for what it is, a huge charity project

WHATSOEVER IS NIGERIAN CAN ONLY BE BEST AT BEING A COUNTERFEIT: This is why we will do everything to get the services of a foreign coach, even if we have to use the money we don't have, while indigenous coaches can go to hell. Even though it's human waste, as long as it's from 'abroad', it's a huge asset.

These are some very destructive mind sets we must begin to correct. Nigeria will never be taken seriously by the world, until every Nigerian make rebranding Nigeria a major priority. Nigeria can become very great with you in it