Nigerians who did not celebrate Independence Day.

Hey Peeps. 


So on the 1st of October, Nigeria celebrated her 51st Independence day. 
Well, I didn't celebrate anything. I just constantly lazed around the house like a normal Saturday to me. I did not even know it was Independence day till 4pm that day. O_o 
Gone are the days where I used to sit down in front of the TV eagerly and watch the parades and wish I was one of the children there participating. *smh*


I don't mean to sound unpatriotic, but I do not think Nigerians have anything to celebrate. I even think that will be the last thing on the minds of some Nigerians. 
Who will celebrate when there is no water, electricity or even food? Please, tell me what they will celebrate with?
Who will celebrate when they are constantly in fear for their lives? This is not only the fear of Boko Haram in the North, it is also the fear of armed robbers in the rest of Nigeria and maybe we could add the police or VIO to the mix.
Where will some Nigerians celebrate when they do not have homes? The number of internally displaced people in Nigeria as of June 2011, according to the Nigerian Commissioner for Refugees, was 1.3 million people from just the post election violence in April. These numbers do not include persons displaced from the Jos riots; the floods in Ibadan and Lagos; or the Boko Haram crisis in Borno state. (Wow!)
These are questions any patriotic Nigerian will seek to solve at  any cost. So, my problem now is that are any of our so called leaders, or let me say politicians in office, patriotic enough to rule our country? Nothing seems to have been done to our situation especially since the advent of democracy in our country. *sigh*


There are some people who did not celebrate because of the hustle to make money. And those who were  too busy to care. 
Then there are people like me who forgot. Anyway, it was  not my fault because there was no national parade or something on TV for me to watch because it was not celebrated at the Eagle Square in Abuja (That is the hold Boko Haram and MEND have over Nigerians).


I saw this post on my Facebook page which proved that I was not the only person who did not take Independence day seriously too.

Anyway, life goes on as usual for most politicians in office and the rest of us (the masses). Hopefully, our 52nd  anniversary will be something to rejoice about for. But at the pace President Goodluck Jonathan (GEJ) is going, it might be just another day in the life of Nigerians.