My thoughts
Millions showed up for a test all over Nigeria to get treated like animals because the applicants decided to behave like un-intelligent beings, Tear gas had to be used to control them because they were much and the crowd was uncontrollable. Then the stampede at Abuja that resulted to loss of lives,This happened because the applicants were impatient. Read so much about the stampede and everyone blames the corrupt system and government. The applicants are to receive the blame too, the government wasn't at the stadium, the government didn't say "Please!!! youths, remain disorganised". Our youths need to be educated, education is not getting a certificate after a few years in the University, a lot of youths are not civil, I watched them on Channel news, some were pushing their fellow beings, just to get a seat, others will view this as "Survival of the fittest" but I see this kind of attitude everywhere, it's in the banking halls, during an election,on an ATM queue etc. I was at Lagos during the weekend and was surprised to see citizens queue up to enter a bus, if such citizens decided to rush and push,it's only logical that the weakest link or person in the queue will definitely sustain an injury or even be a victim of something far worse like death. If the applicants could not remain patient and enter the venue gradually, then such people will treat other humans wrong when given the job, After all, Immigration officers have power and abuse power also.
Yes!!! The crowd was like that because of the high unemployment rate and Yes!!! The government is to be blamed for not improving our social welfare over the past years but the lives lost could have been avoided, if the youths were organised.
I have heard people say a country like ours won't survive a natural disaster and I totally agree, what will happen after a disaster happens and relief items are being distributed? When I was in Univeristy, One of my lecturers during a lecture said "Most Nigerians behave like monkeys", when we asked him "How?" He said "You can walk into the boys hostel and see a perfect example, students use the toilet and would not flush, not because there is no water but because they don't just want to flush, when the building gets messy and starts smelling, they blame the school authority, Did the school authority use the toilets? It's the same with people polluting the environment, people throw their waste wherever without discipline or thinking about the consequences. I once saw an orange seller empty her waste in the gutter,I told her it was wrong, all she said was "Wetin concern you?". When heavy rain falls, it causes a semi flood in the city of Port Harcourt and all you hear is "Our government no dey try at all".
May God help us.
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