....I stood there lost in space in Shock that we have come to this ..in this 21st century.Children from the local villages around walked around with pants covered in mud looking like the ghost like characters in nollywood films and their parents looked half mad covered in splatters of mud from the environment ,I could not differentiate a mad person from a normal person.Local boys filled the area at once collecting money from the passengers that had to use some inside routes through there villages to cross some gulleys,half looked like thieves in my eyes ..as I clutched my bag in fear and made sure my phone was buried deep inside my bag .With shaky hands I removed my sandals and rolled up my jeans to the best of my ability ...in my mind I said to myself there was no way in hell I would cross this gulley ..but I saw myself walking towards this blessed river like John the Baptist about to be baptised by mud..the rest of the story I would leave to your imagination. ..I am sad ..I am weak..I am not even angry ..I am shocked ...that Govt officials ply this road everyday or are their eyes closed when there exotic cars and escorts ply this road? This is a major link road linking Port-harcourt and Owerri is left to dilapitate to this state and nobody has raised any alarm over this? Do we have leaders ? Is there a govt ? Are there people leading us or are they Ghosts..? We talk about celebrating independence. ..We talk about one person stealing billions...We talk about development ..We talk about change...A particular governor put up his achievements for his 100days in office ..and i ask myself which achievment ...charity begins at home ..Yes it's a federal road but where are the local govt chairmen and senators representing this constituency?. ..after all we have had governor's in the past who took to it upon themselves to repair federal roads ..so nobody is free of this blame ...for chrissake if you cannot lend your money or efforts to change this decadance, at least lend your VOICE ..just ur voice.What happened to the media and the papers who write headlines everyday concerning unrelative issues ? Has everyone suddenly gone blind?I myself can go to War for this road but I am only just a girl with a blog and a Facebook page with my quill in hand (this the much as I can do)...why have we come to accept abnormal things and behave normal accepting it as a NORM, it is dis - heartening i would stop here .God save us and save this country nigeria ...I feel as if I did not do justice to this piece ..cause words fail me ..but I hope at least I have passed on a silent strong message ..
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