Living in a failed state slowly desensitizes you to tragedy and the gravity of loss of life. Human beings with families, hopes, dreams, and fully formed personalities become mere numbers in daily death-toll headlines.
A simple recruitment exercise becomes another national tragedy in a year that has already seen way too many avoidable casualties.
But it’s not a big deal really, only 16 or so people died, a drop in the ocean compared to our total population of 160 million people, right?
Wrong. It is said that if you cannot help people, the least you can do is not harm them. Nigeria as a nation does nothing for its people; is it too much not to take deliberate steps to harm us?
In my opinion, cramping a stadium full of desperate unemployed people to carry out a bogus recruitment exam is taking calculated steps to harm them. The Inhumane and degrading treatment we receive as a nation from our leaders cannot help but leave me hopeless about the future of my country.
Bukola Bolarinwa,
Abuja
