23/09/2025
Sometimes I think we take too many things lightly in this country. Yesterday, I read a post by Cubana Chief Priest that shook me. He said he went to a hospital in Ikoyi, a hospital he’s been using for years,because he was sick. They abandoned him for hours. No doctor. He left and tried another hospital in Lekki. Same story, no doctor. Out of frustration, he ended up in pharmacies, just buying drugs for himself.
Now pause and think. If someone as famous and influential as Cubana Chief Priest can walk into a hospital and be ignored, what hope is there for ordinary Nigerians? For people like you and me, whose faces and names carry no weight? For people who don’t have millions to fly abroad for treatment?
This is not just a Nigerian problem,it’s a human problem. How can we live in a country where human life means nothing, but materialism means everything? How can doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, builders, and law enforcement officers abandon their responsibility and still expect the nation to work?
This is bigger than politics. It’s not just about the president or elected leaders. It’s about all of us. Every Nigerian is a leader in their own field. If you are a doctor, why are you not at your duty post? If you are a nurse, why do you abandon your patients? If you are a developer, why are you building houses in unsafe places? If you are a teacher, why are you failing your students? If you are a law enforcement officer, why are you not protecting the people?
We keep shouting “Nigeria has failed.” But the truth is this,Nigerians have failed Nigeria. We have failed ourselves. This country is dying, not only because of bad politicians, but because ordinary citizens refuse to take their duty seriously.
We must start calling things by their names. If a hospital fails, call it out. If a company cheats the people, call it out. If a professional fails in their duty, call them out. Stop dragging “Nigeria” and start dragging individuals. Only then can real change happen.
Because let’s be honest,if many of us were elected tomorrow, we’d do worse than the politicians we complain about. Until we fix our own integrity, our professions, our daily responsibilities, this country will remain broken.
Nigeria doesn’t just need better leaders,it needs better citizens.
Courtesy: Oge Nsimah
