In Nigeria, financial blues dampen patriotism on Independence Day | Authorities

Adeyemi Adeyemi

World Courant

Lagos, Nigeria – For many years, Nigerians danced to loud music within the streets on October 1, proudly waving the nation’s flag to have a good time its independence from the UK. On the 63rd anniversary of that second, the nation’s streets are devoid of the same old festive environment.

Banquets and live shows typically happened in Abuja, the capital, generally with authorities help. However this time, as in years previous, the streets are quiet, save for the stream of site visitors as churchgoers throng on Sundays. Some clerics may be heard over the loudspeakers asking for divine intervention to avoid wasting Nigeria from the pit.

For Olive Chiemerie, a 23-year-old bookstore supervisor dwelling in Ikeja, Lagos, there isn’t any level in celebrating. She was born simply as Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999 and took half in commemorative actions at college, however has develop into disillusioned in maturity.

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Tinubu has scaled again some reforms however has nonetheless redoubled the necessity to implement painful reforms.

“Reforms could also be painful, however that’s what greatness and the long run require,” he mentioned in his Independence Day speech. “We now bear the price of attaining a future Nigeria the place the bounty and fruits of the nation are shared pretty amongst all, and never hoarded by a choose and grasping few.”

‘Transfer backwards’

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