"....rather than watch the second half of Nigeria’s match against Cote d’Ivoire, I turned off the TV and picked up a book. I was desperate to stay alive".
So sensible of you to switch off the idiot box and find a book to read Prof. This is what separates you from 99.9% other Nigerians. They don't read.
Reading culture struggled to stay alive in the 90s, finally died in the early 2000s and is effectively buried today. Which is just how Nigeria's rulers want it.
Northern Nigeria is the way it is because of stark illiteracy. They only read the Koran if they read anything at all. Now the south, famously known for its writers, artists, scientists, who are making waves around the world, is now becoming a lot like the north: full of youths who can mouth off every line in the lyrics of musicians like Davido, Wizzkid, but when asked who Nigeria's first president is, they exhibit cluelessness. Same stupid youths who do not know Lagos used to be Nigeria's capital. Which is why snake oil salesmen like Tinubu can tell them that he built Lagos and their feeble mind would readily believe him.
"....rather than watch the second half of Nigeria’s match against Cote d’Ivoire, I turned off the TV and picked up a book. I was desperate to stay alive".
So sensible of you to switch off the idiot box and find a book to read Prof. This is what separates you from 99.9% other Nigerians. They don't read.
Reading culture struggled to stay alive in the 90s, finally died in the early 2000s and is effectively buried today. Which is just how Nigeria's rulers want it.
Northern Nigeria is the way it is because of stark illiteracy. They only read the Koran if they read anything at all. Now the south, famously known for its writers, artists, scientists, who are making waves around the world, is now becoming a lot like the north: full of youths who can mouth off every line in the lyrics of musicians like Davido, Wizzkid, but when asked who Nigeria's first president is, they exhibit cluelessness. Same stupid youths who do not know Lagos used to be Nigeria's capital. Which is why snake oil salesmen like Tinubu can tell them that he built Lagos and their feeble mind would readily believe him.