.we are all engineers

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

We sre all  engineers. we must  fix nigeria,we can fix nigeria.a new nigeria nigeria nigeria is doable.a working nigeria a clock  work nigeria is possible

Nigerians made 381.trillion naira worth of transactions in 2022 and Diaspora nigerians sent home 22  billion  dollars.

With these sums, putting collective interrst above indiviidual  ,  Niger can build  power stations, moðular refineries,water works factories,public toilets and public baths using the  nigerian exchange 

As the Engineers  would add anything that can be concieved Is doable .

But money is not the only currency.your time,talent,knowledge, contacts,network,skills,education reputation  and more  are all currencies.

I was raised  by an Engineer who spanked me because I was  not thinking  hard enough.

Life spanks us if we are not thnking hard enough. And maybe  we Japa!

Let us be like engineers.engieers are team players they  do not   operate in silos. They collaborate,they cooperate  and they go  into partnership. 

They also  play it safe.the first  thought  of an engineer is  safety.

Anything not invented by God was invented by Engineers.so said Prince Philip. In the age of snort  phones  we sre all engineers so affirmed Lord browne ex president of the Royal  college of  enginerring  UK.we sre all gods in the making. Because  we are alll engineers!

We can fix our country  by putting  collective  interest  above  indiviidual interest  in somethings 

For instance instead of high perimeter walls,barbed wires,burglar proof windows,armoured gates,ccctv cameras,patrol dogs and vigilante  for  private security we could as well make a donation  to the area  command of the nigerian police currently very very short of the 190,,000 police men needed in nigeria

We can fix education with funds spent ostentatiously on birthdays, burials and Bethrotal's and benzes,bugatti, bmŵs bejtkrys,banana island magnificent large mansions. We can donate for libraries,laboratories,workshops workstations and studios. Hospitals, maternity  centres,learned societies,Academies and cultural organisations instead of the present  squandermania.

We can fix our country.we can.

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