A Nation of Filth
A Nation of Filth Femi Abolade | July 24, 2017 Recent floodings in the Nation has revealed the dark side of our lifestyle. We are a Nation of filth and dirtiness, desecrating every available space, polluting every environmental media, without a sense of responsibility to the coming generation. Unsightly pictures of areas that were even thought of to be nice, sent vomit-inducing images to our brains, but I doubt if we have ever learnt our lessons. From Aba to Abuja, Ibadan to Jos, Sokoto to Mowe, looking through the window of your car, all you see is heaps and heaps of refuse littering the major roads in Nigeria. It gets worse as you leave the state capitals and head towards the hinterlands. We have become a people with no sense of shame, no iota of responsibility, and no respect for our immediate environment. In this part of the world, throwing thrash through the windows of our cars, or the public bus is no big deal. In fact, it is the norm. You see the so-called educated ...