Disclaimer: "You're an extremely beautiful girl with extremely ugly diagrams.
- my histology lecturer in 2010
I apologize in advance for the sweeping generalization(s) in this post.
"Let's have a staff meeting and discuss the things that must happen but never actually happen."
- as seen on Facebook.
Or like my colleagues at work will say; "too much activity, no productivity".
That's Nigeria for you
The average Nigerian is an intellectual. He has brilliant and lofty ideas on how to move the country foward and can even produce a lengthy Facebook post/rant to elucidate his well thought out opinions and possible resolutions to the country's problems. À la Facebook pundit.
The average Nigerian loves the sound of his own voice. Or in common parlance, he's a wailer a.k.a "I told you so". He loves to point out how corrupt the current government is yet he hasn't paid workers in his employ for months, evades paying taxes and still pays bribe to import frozen chicken.
The corruption of need versus the corruption of greed.
The average Nigerian is a dreamer.
He is a proponent of Change.
No, he doesn't own a voters card.
The average Nigerian is a comedian. His ability to turn practically anything into a running joke/meme is but one of his many survival mechanisms in a country that is determined to break his spirit.
The average Nigerian is very religious, low key tribalistic too. Yet the roads are littered with pockets of refuse, potholes, and officers of the law who have long lost touch with what it means to serve and protect.
To be honest I've forgotten where I was going with all of this...
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