“E GO BETTER”.......

Growing up in an average Nigerian home, in the metropolitan city of Lagos, I was in constant contact with people who found repose in the words “E GO BETTER”. When encountered with a problem, the average Nigerian solace lies in those words. But is it really getting better?

I don’t really understand the implication when papa said that the fuel price has risen and foodstuffs are more expensive, until jam disappeared from the table and was replaced by butter. Soon butter was a scarce commodity and bread was rationed. But Mama’s combat to this was “E GO BETTER”. But it never really got better. Actually, it got worse to the point that yam was even measured with a  ruler to economize it.

The average Nigerian would understand my story better because many of them faced similar situations in their respective homes. Did our words change it? No!!! Our today don’t need people who make noise about how bad and corrupt our leaders are. We don’t need people who want the best education for their children and still pay for special centers during examinations. We need people that will revolutionize Nigeria not by guns or swords but with books and patriotism.

Saying “E GO BETTER” does not change our reality, rather when I hear it nowadays, it sounds like acceptance of defeat. If every Nigerian could be effective in his or her place of duty, then why would the engine (Nigeria) slow down??? Wake up Nigerians, word without action is useless. Until we act, it might never be better.

But if we unite and work hard, irrespective of the corrupt government… “E GO BETTER”