A CALL FOR PATRIOTISM
Rome was not built in a day and the cleanliness of Mecca is the unwavering and unrelenting efforts of some people. For any nation to experience prosperity, citizens have a lot of sacrifices to make. I hear you saying how can we be patriotic when the mediocres in power are looting our common resources. Yet, two wrongs don’t make a right. Or can you stop weeding your farm because after few weeks of your effort, another set of weeds will raise their ugly heads? You cannot stop doing the right thing because a lot of people are doing wrongs. There can never be a genuine excuse for anyone who chose to forsake good deeds.
Many
countries are pursuing their own unique visions. Building their own hopeful
futures and chasing their own wonderful dreams of destiny, of legacy, and of a
home. Humanity is better because of this beautiful constellation of nations,
each very special, each very unique, and each shining brightly in its part of
the world. As Nigerians, we must dwell more on our strength than our weaknesses.
In each tribe, we see awesome promise of a
people bound together by a shared past and working toward a common future. As
for the advanced world, they know the kind of future they want for themselves
and the same they have struggled to build many years past. We know what kind of
a country Nigeria must always be; We hope to have a true self-government and
the rule of law, the culture that sustains unity, a culture built on strong
families, deep faith, and prosperity for all, where we can celebrate our
heroes, treasure our traditions, and above all, to love our country.
Inside everyone there is the heart of a patriot
that feels the same powerful love for our country Nigeria, the same intense
loyalty to our homeland. The passion that burns in the hearts of patriots and
the souls of nations has inspired reform and revolution, sacrifice and
selflessness, scientific breakthroughs and magnificent works of art.
Our task is not to erase the spirit of
patriotism, but to embrace it. To build with it, to draw on its ancient wisdom
and to find within it the will to make our nation greater, our regions safer,
and the world better. To unleash this incredible potential in our people, we
must defend the foundations that make it all possible. Sovereign and
independent nations are the only vehicle where freedom has ever survived,
democracy has ever endured, or peace has ever prospered. And so, we must
protect our sovereignty and our cherished independence above all.
When we do, we will find new avenues for
cooperation unfolding before us. We will find new passion for peacemaking
rising within us. We will find new purpose, new resolve, and new spirit
flourishing all around us. And making this a more beautiful world in which to
live. So together, let us choose a future of patriotism, prosperity, and pride.
Let us choose peace and freedom over domination of ethnicity, tribal loyalty
sentiment and corruption.
God bless Nigeria.
Written by Olusola Ojekunle
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