NIGERIA: THE SLEEPING GIANT
Once upon a time a giant was formed, he was the very definition of the biblical Adam, one who was an adult but never went through the struggles of childhood. This infuriated the elders not that he was formed as an adult but as a giant, they thought to themselves “with little or no effort this chap could actually have a sit at the supreme council and possibly lead it a feat that took some of us a hundred years and two wars to accomplish” when the big fellow heard this silent murmurings and grumblings he was rather pleased and decided with a firm intent “I would lead the supreme council someday and help the small folks also have a voice in the council” but first “let me take a little nap” this he did for at least a hundred years.
Before now, nobody has ever slept that long so the others thought to themselves let him get to a hundred surely he would most probably die. But on the other hand as he slept he dreamt, and his dreams were things like I put a man on the moon and floated several man-made satellite to the surface, I reduced poverty in such a way that I borrowed others funds, I had so much electricity I shared a little to some of my neighbours, I had so much security people could actually walk, take a drive at any time of the day at any location, I was so good in sport people travelled to come see me compete, I was so educated in science and maths I proposed most of the modern theories that help develop most of the solutions that exist, my hospitals were one of the best in the world, sick folks came from all corners of the world, my engineers built globally and so he dreamt.
But one day through the firm bite of a mosquito he awoke. On a strange bed he found he laid, the specialist doctor came into the room to see what she could consider in her line of profession a Christmas miracle even though it was only June, so he asked her “where am I?” “very close to the morgue” she replied “I was in fact of the opinion that whomever gave me your case was trying so very hard for me to declare that I have at last lost a patient on my table” she paused as she looked over to him “now you are going to learn how to crawl and maybe one day walk, perhaps someday run and possibly one day fly”
If you need a further explanation to this story well, that’s not my fault. So we are somewhere around… maybe crawling or walking, but one things is certain this giant is no longer sleeping.
