Ogun omode kii s'ere f'ogun odun (20 children cannot play together for 20 years - a Yoruba proverb)... I found out today that one of my friends (my closest friend in the church for years) from my time at my church in Nigeria has unfriended me on FB... I did not notice because we have not spoken in a long time due to fundamental differences...
Truth is that the one who will not leave you is you... Friends come, friends go... In my short life, I see how humans evolve and how our values unravel. You see people become something else when they attain a level of freedom, education, wealth, position, or popularity... their true character shows...
In friendship... when there is nothing else you have left in common, that friendship has lost meaning and becomes a drain... It is time and best to let go and move on...
I just came back from Nigeria . I traversed the length and breadth of the nation a bit in my three-week stay. Something is different about the country compared to when I visited last year.... The people are more desperate... Hunger has increased astronomically.... The gap between the haves and have-nots has further widened... You feel impunity in the air... You see police collecting bribes openly like we have not seen since the Shagari era in 1983... There are more law enforcement agents on the roads now, yet the crime rate has not abated... You see VIO , Road Safety, State Law enforcers, the Police, everywhere mounting illegal roadblocks... I heard things from those close to the seat of power about those who hold the reins of power, and I weep for Nigeria - it is beyond disheartening... Projects are being abandoned because a significant portion has been given as bribes to government officials like governors and ministers, including major monarchs - they all collect money for projects...
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