Maybe the reason why the Nigeria Super Eagles lost to the black stars of Ghana in yesterday’s match is that the gods are angry with Nigeria as a nation and we are insensitive about it.
How can we still go along with the scheduled match when the nation is still mourning a terrorist attack or being politically correct (a bandit attack) from the previous day. Uncountable numbers of people were killed in that train attack, some were severely wounded and some were kidnapped and nothing is yet of them till now and less than 15 hours everyone trooped to the stadium, jubilating and pretending that the mood of the nation is not grief to watch the match.
A serious country that has the interest of the nation at heart and is quite sensitive to the mood of the nation would have rescheduled the match but no, the Nigerian government went ahead with the match and even passed a newsletter for civil servants to work a half-day on the matchday so they can close early and go down to the stadium.
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Not a minute of silence for those that lost their lives in the train attack the previous day, flags were not flown at half mast, the players didn’t put on a black armband as a sign, no respect for the dead, and everything went on as normal. Even when there was a security report flying around as an official rumor from the Department of State Security Service (DSS) that there is a security report that there is a planned terrorist attack at the stadium, the match still went on. The match was not rescheduled.
We are only living and surviving by the grace of God and Insha Allah in this country, sleep and wake up hoping you don’t lose your life the next day.
The country’s economy is in shambles, inflation going through the roof, the price of goods and services doubling on daily bases in the market, fuel scarcity still plaguing the Federal Capital Territory and other major cities in Nigeria since the beginning of this year.
No active steps have been taken to ameliorate any of these hardships and security threats. We can only hope and pray that Nigeria never experiences this kind of government ever again.
Maybe the gods are truly angry with Nigeria.