Nigeria and Courses of Time, by Idegu Ojonugwa Shadrach

Time is the most precious thing in life as real identity, differences, relevance, wickedness and the host alike are deeply reviewed and regulated in the course of time observations. That is why, no one is intelligent and smart enough to erase dividends of time against daily engagements. When time hasn’t met it fate, someone may think time can be romanced. It is not. And, for understandable and wisdom filled individual, it is better to submit everything associated with concerns at a time extensive information is needed to work goodies. This saves a lot strengths and efforts to discharge primary functions of offices. A valuable individual honours working of time and it makes them channel activities base on command of time. However, understanding and wisdom would help shape time than intelligent and smartness. This is because, understanding and wisdom do render services that are majorly achieved by the society. Whereas, intelligent and smartness do basically credit personal achievements. Note; all work for growth and development of a society. But, when relating with time, we talk of things that society take first from dividends of time. Therefore, we must do everything good to avoid distractions that may come from courses of time.

Nigerians in general play with appropriations and workings of time. This has enabled depth of challenges emanating from use of time on national matters. Procrastination which is listed amount pillars of endless and brutal failures are experiences gotten in resultant to abuse of time. Nigerians are too easy to be deceived on time and even in a course of time. That’s why, the poor citizens continue to wait to see miracles from their uncaring politicians. Similarly, the politicians are waiting to see poor masses reacting before they begin doing the needful. The question is, who would rise with time to make this before the country is no more to be defended? Unfortunately, time has no mercy for anyone and anything. Ridiculously inclined, time even mercilessly dealt with its creator. I do mean, God can’t even take back time to edit the first universe, rather, He only destroyed and rebuilt the second universe which we are currently in. Going further, as He could erase the evils of humans because of time that wasn’t waiting for Him, what we see is, the world would continue to enjoy her evils day in and day out till the end of time. We can now see how things are irreversible due to courses of time. Nigerians are so much aware of this, but they refuse to wake up to do things on time.

It is in Nigeria we see women in their 30s still contemplating time to settle down because of how men are still trooping in for fun. Relatedly, our men at this stage are still contemplating of time to settle down because of how men at 40s are still busy looking for type of women to settle with. This is not limited to the marital lifestyle. Hence, it is accorded to every part of their lives. In all this, people are still playing with them and crediting things about them as they keep playing with courses of time. And, when time meet its fate in such people’s lives, time would equally draw them far from people crediting them so they can meet darkness. We all know of this. But, even at this, Nigerians hardly realized and learn. This is the most reason why, despite we have intelligent and smart Nigerians, we have most of them suffering as they have neglected understanding and wisdom that work well with courses of time. Sincerely, if Nigerians can’t work and rework on this on time, Nigeria would continue to see her worst from one government to another.

Nigerian politicians continue to abuse of power and time for the negligence of poor masses. Poor masses continue to suffer endlessly and heavily for negligence of rights. All these are achieved with time. But, you can’t meet dividends of these without honouring appropriations of time. Nothing works if time is not honoured. Time doesn’t wait for anyone to change. Rather, it keeps going and it gives power to you whenever you want to honour it. We must know that things are best done in certain times and conditions. If this is neglected, many of your achievements, mercies and blessings are buried in a course of time. How do you successfully tackle this? Just bring out your originality in everything. This would make people and time help you most.

Currently, we can see how pretence in lives of Nigerians have dragged us behind recognition. Some of our so-called politicians have pledged knowledge on tackling our challenges when elected. Some have been elected. They don’t know what to do. And, because of their pretence, they have refused to carry knowledgeable citizens along should in a case they outshine, and expose them. On the other hand, some of our citizens lack ideas to erect the challenges themselves. But, as they go nearer to the political leaders, they get engaged with whatever that have to favour them. We can now see how time has revealed their real identities. The same time has given us knowledge on differences, relevance and similarities of our outstanding citizens (political leaders, religious leaders, activists, intellectuals journalists and so on). It is not that they are not intelligent and smart to work expectedly or to make team work for this, but, they have refused to state real facts about them. It is only when you are true with people, you can meet your fate of successes and purposes. So, Nigerians, having traded away their real identities. That’s why Nigeria is not growing as we should expect from our pushes.

As Nigerians, the best we can do for one another and our country at large in this middle of international embarrassments is to remain truthful, coordinated, productive, collaborative and supportive on our national challenges. We have quite numbers of people with intelligent, smartness, understanding and wisdom as Nigerians – both home and abroad. It is time to remove ethnicities, religions, deprivations and hatred on our collective bargaining and agreement; and to embrace originality, truths and accountability to pursuit of our national interests so that we have desirable Nigeria. We should wake up once and for all. We should wait for anytime further. Time creates and destroys. We should create on time so we shouldn’t be destroyed in our ignorance. We have good knowledge, understanding, skills and wisdom to make our Nigeria as we like. Thankfully enough, we have all natural resources that could make us whatever good we desire. While not work now to honour courses of time so we have it in return from time itself? It is our duty to work for our successes and it is our universe birthright to enjoy life and it is of humanity we do these and enjoy them together. Then, let get started, fellow Nigerians.