SUMMARY STATE OF THE NATION.

I GET PERTURBED NOWADAYS SEEING THE INCREASING RATE OF SOCIAL AND MORAL DECADENCE WHICH HAS EATEN AND IS CURRENTLY AND CORROSIVELY ERODING THE AGE-LONG VALUES OF OUR ONCE ESTEEMED AND BLESSED SOCIETY.

EVERYDAY, WE HEAR ABOUT CULTISM ON OUR STREETS. HISTORICALLY, THIS VICE WAS COMMON TO OUR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING BUT THE VICE'S PENDULUM HAS EGREGIOUSLY SWUNG IT INTO OUR STREETS, THE INWARD PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY.

THE CASE OF RAPE HAS BEEN ON THE RISE. THE RISE IN THE WAVE OF THIS CRIME BOTHERS ME AND MAKES ME TO CRINGE AT THE SIGHT OF THE UGLY NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR DAILIES. WHAT ON EARTH ATTRACTS THESE EVIL-MINDED INDIVIDUALS TO THESE UNSUSPECTING AND ENDANGERED CHILDREN. WITH VICTIMS FALLING WITHIN THE AGES OF 2 - 15 YEARS OF AGE. I SAY THE DEVIL IS ON THE LOOSE MORE THAN BEFORE.

WE AS A NATION ARE CURRENTLY GRAPPLING WITH RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC CRISES. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY HAS FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF MILITANTS. THANKFULLY, THE MILITARY IS SAID TO BE MAKING GREAT AND NOTEWORTHY STRIDES IN ITS EFFORTS IN STAMPING THIS SECURITY MENACE
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THE CRUDE OIL PRICE HAS FALLEN AND IT IS ANTICIPATED TO FALL FURTHER. THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY WHICH HAS FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL BEEN ANCHORED ON THE SALE OF CRUDE OIL TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS IS ON ITS KNEELS BEGGING FOR HELP. THERE IS OIL GLUT AT THE MOMENT THANKS ON ONE HAND TO THE INTERESTING EMERGENCE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES TO SAVE OUR CLIMATE FROM FURTHER DESTRUCTION TO THE OZONE LAYERS AND ITS CONSTITUENT PARTS. THE FALL IN VALUE OF NAIRA RELATIVE TO OTHER FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND ITS ATTENDANT DWINDLING EFFECTS ON THE COUNTRY'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND FOREIGN RESERVES.

NIGERIA IS ON A DOWNWARD TREND AS MORAL STANDARDS ARE CONCERNED. EVERY EVIL SEEMS TO BE ALLOWED TO FLOURISH. THE FANGS OF CORRUPTIONS ARE STILL BEING FELT ON OUR SKINS SO TO SPEAK.

GOVERNMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD RISE TO THE OCCASION AND CHAMPION A COUNTRY-WIDE CRUSADE TO ARREST AND ADDRESS ALL THESES ANOMALIES. EVERY UNIT OF THE SOCIETY HAS ROLES TO PLAY IN REDISCOVERING NIGERIA AND IN RESHAPING THE VERY BASIC PARTS OF OUR MINDS SO US AS A NATION CAN BE GREAT AGAIN AND REGAIN OUR LOST GLORY. MAY GOD HELP US.