“Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate”…Anonymous.
Perhaps heartbreaking is the word best used to describe the aura that surrounds our old folks when they think loudly in reminiscence of the so called “good old days”. Back then they said there was less crime, there existed accountability, honesty, virtue, traditional hard work and very importantly respect.
People did not see a reason to be over-ambitious especially to great extents that it leads to the detriment of the less privileged, leaving them to your mercy, and yet you ignore. In recent decades, it seems as if a group of so called self exalting geniuses have finally figured out a short cut to success, with less discerning people forgetting the statutes passed down to us by our fathers, unfortunately the so called “short cut” makes the journey even longer and more infuriatingly frustrating.
Unfortunately though, with just a few decades later and you can easily link one hazard to a series of calculated events to make money especially in ways such that the populace is greatly exploited monetarily and physically, usually in terms of rights.
“For in much wisdom is much grief: And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow”…Ecc1:18
It is beyond a stereotype that the world was made and beautifully so by our Omni-Potent God, but the mysteries consistently before our lofty eyes dare us to believe it as less of a fact. In case you run out of crazy and innovative ideas, check out the diverse feature of the animals in the wild kingdom.
Apparently, company’s EPS (Earning Per Share) also known as bottom line which determines a company’s overall profit have come to stay, and inadvertently so are manmade disasters.
For instance, with the advent of industry, London’s population was accustomed to seeing foggy, pollution laden air. In 1952 however, this pollution took a tragic turn. This winter, the weather was cold and the residents burned more coal in their fireplaces to alleviate the chill. The smoke laced with sulfur dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides and soot, and left London encased in black cloud of near total darkness and killed over 12, 000 people.
Also on March 24, 1989, the American oil tanker Exxon Valdez collided with the Bligh reef. This created an oil spill with far reaching consequences in the Prince William sound in Alaska. Over 11 million gallons of oil spilled over nearly 500 miles polluting the coastline. Over a quarter million birds were killed and countless other wildlife. Over 11, 000 people aided in the clean up process.
In Nigeria, many foreign companies have continually infringed upon employee rights, from paying peanuts to inadequate HSE (Health, Safety & Environment), staff maltreatment and casualization of workers. Strangely, the government is not doing anything about it, perhaps due to the popular selfish rush for wealth and material at all cost regardless of its effect on the population, it’s all about their bottom line.
“All amassing of wealth or hoarding of wealth above and beyond one’s legitimate needs is theft. There would be no occasion for theft and no thieves if there was a wise regulation of wealth and social justice”…Mahatma Gandhi.
Juvenile crimes have increased exponentially in recent years; more ladies have taken up prostitution business, unemployment rate has shot up, education is nothing to talk about, there is avoidable environmental degradation and corruption is at its all time high.
This is not doom prophesy rather it is the reality that gazes at our very eyes, it becomes more obvious that the future is bleak for the next generation when the so acclaimed leaders of the present generation apparently bring their greed and ignorance to the fore, without a clue on how to make the world a better place, or maybe they are pessimists.
In developed countries, life trajectories are been designed not to force kids on a recommended path, but to help guide them and give them ideas on how to journey through life successfully, and possibly allow them have initiatives to blaze their own trails with high sense of belonging, hope and faith especially in the future, but Nigerian youths having been made aware of current happenings internationally.
They do not have a choice but to constantly criticize an unresponsive government, tasking them on the way forward to celebrate and enrich the remaining lives. As it obviously is, it is like the government is trading the lives of the citizenry for mere bottom line which will eventually be embezzled, and we have devised a constructive approach to deal with it.
Thank you.
Akin Abimbola. (akinzogee@gmail.com)
SOURCES: Google
Brainy Quotes
Disasterium
Investopedia
Huffington Post
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