Writings of Olabanji Joel

WHEN ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD AND BE LEADERS?- By Banji Joel. I was in the restroom today when the question above 👆 dropped on my mind, so it was inspired by a deep thought. Please read; It's an obvious thing that there is no retirement and no stepping down in the Politics of Nigeria even when the Rulers are not doing well in their line of duty. Even when the serving ruler finishes his tenure, he becomes a godfather not a mentor to anyone and another old ruler that might be older than the person who left takes over the position again and that's how it has been since independence. Note: In Nigeria there's no leader but ruler in the Government except just few ( 2 in 100). In civil service, once the head retires, the person who is a junior to the person takes over and that is how the junior ones gradually gets to the place of the head with new ideas, intitiatives and advanced prospect which then brings an advancement to the service. But in my c...

On_Independence_Celebration. Too busy to write on the independence we claim to be celebrating. It's so true that we are independent now but is it worth celebrating?? Independence that has caused disunity amongst us in the country. Independence that has increased greed, self centeredness selfishness, killings and sufferings in the country. We got independence from the so called oppressors, but are we sure we are actually free from the oppressors??? No!! I say No!! We are not because the oppression increased over time and the only thing that has changed about the oppressors is #skin #colour which has basically changed from "white to black". Even in those days, my Grandma told me one Naira was more than 1 pound but today one pound is about #430. When my Grandma was alive, I enjoyed the story of when Nigeria was a better country but the more "Civilization and advancement" the more the greediness, selfishness and covetousness we get. A random and regular youth...