WE SHOULD SMILE IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY

Yes we should smile it's INDEPENDENCE DAY...despite the dwindling economy. ...the boko harm insurgence ...the political tussle and rifts ...the gradual fall of the oil sector ..... We should still smile ...I wouldnt have it any other way ....history is being re -written every 1st of October. ...from the 1950's to 1960...We are set free from the shackles of colonialism. ... So yes we might not be were we want to be as a country ...We might not have d best economy or the best leaders both past and present ... somehow we held it together as one people. ..One nation....it took America over hundred years to get to where they are ..how much more NIGERIA (THE GIANT OF AFRICA) Despite the war which took place in 1967 ...many thought our country would crumble ...the British looked at us from afar waiting like vultures to eat our carcass ... we survived and this nation is still whole...We are the world's 20th largest Economy ...We overtook South Africa to become Africa's fastest and largest growing ECONOMY ...and yes we are growing ..the pace might not be FAST or as as fast as we want it but we are growing ..cast your mind back to fifty something years ago and watch how this nation gradually gained it's footing ..from the military era to democracy ...The changes made if we open our minds to an unbiased observation might seem little ...even dissapointing. .as many will say What is there to celebrate ..? Today I celebrate this great nation ...I smile for I might not have seen d war or the independence in 1960..( thank God for documentation and preserved history ) but I am here to join in this great TALE. .to be part of a history ... yes NIGERIA'S independence is like the birth of a baby ..55 years in a country's life is insignificant. ...This baby still takes baby steps. ..makes mistakes ..stumbles ..get scraped but this BABY would grow ...into a CHILD then a responsible adult ...so yes We should SMILE for we all are partakers and parents to ensuring that the future of this child(NIGERIA) who is already growing to GREATNESS..HAPPY INDEPENDENCE ...