Lagos — I am Hungry, Please Re-brand Me ( A Must Read For Every Nigerian) I am Nigeria . I have millions of acres of arable land and billions of cubic litres of water, but I cannot feed myself. So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion to import milk. I produce rice, but don't eat it. I have 60 million cattle but no milk. I am hungry, please re-brand me.
I drive the latest cars in the world but have no roads. I lose family and friends everyday on roads for which funds have been looted. I lose my young, my old, and my most brainy and productive people to the potholes, craters and crevasses they travel on everyday. I am in permanent mourning, please re-brand me.
I wanted change so I stood all day long to cast my vote. But even before I could vote, the results had been announced. When I dared to speak out, silence was enthroned by bullets. My rulers are my oppressors, and my policemen are my terrors. I am ruled by men in mufti, but I am not a democracy. I have no verve, no vote, no voice, please re-brand me.
I have 50 million youths with no jobs, no present and no future. So my sons in the North have become street urchins and his brothers in the South have become militants. My nephews die of thirst in the Sahara and his cousins drown in the waters of the Mediterranean . My daughters walk the streets of Lagos , Abuja and Port Harcourt , while her sisters parade the streets of Rome and Amsterdam . I am inconsolable, please re-brand me. .I can produce anything, but import everything. So my toothpick is made in China; my toothpaste is made in South Africa; my salt is made in Ghana; my butter is made in Ireland; my milk is made in Holland; my shoe is made in Italy; my vegetable oil is made in Malaysia; my biscuit is made in Indonesia; my chocolate is made in Turkey and my table water made in France. My taste is far-flung and foreign, please re-brand me.
But then, why can I not simply be me, without being re-branded? Or does my complexion cloud the color of my character? Does my location limit the lengths my liberty? Does the spirit of my conviction shackle my soul? Does my mien maim the mine of my mind? And is this life worth re-branding? I am not yet born, please re-brand me.
please do not distract and keep discussions along line of topic - make proper use of capit
Posted: at 9-07-2009 09:08 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Recoverd at 10-07-2009 12:50 AM (14 years ago) (f)
O NIGERIA!!!!!!!
Posted: at 10-07-2009 12:50 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
every one of is contributting to this idiotic behaviour because we can not proud of whom weare .and we always believe that foreign product are the ultimate and if we don't patronise our comodity how can we create job and enhance productivity in our industry .
Posted: at 13-07-2009 02:46 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
Dguy, i quite agree with you Nigeria does not need rebranding, but to use what we have and maintain them well and most importantly for our leaders to have values for lives.
Posted: at 13-07-2009 03:47 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
wen i say i no fit shouttttt i mean i no dey for wahala, rebranding , brandingre.dinbraring, all na for consumptiopn of our money. u wey get all those things carry them give people wey no getttttt by then we go fit start reg branding. but for now my brother nothing like nigeria rebranding but pocket and rebranding.
Posted: at 13-07-2009 09:41 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
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