Priscilla wore a white lace gown, red head tie and red shoes on her way to attend a dinner function. Her car broke down earlier during the day and had been sent for repairs so she opted to board an 'okada' from her residence to the express where she can board a taxi to the Le Meridien where the dinner was scheduled to take place.
En-route the expressway, a Golf 3 wagon travelling in her opposite direction sunk its front tyres in a pot hole which sent the accumulated murky waters flying two metres above ground level in every direction. Pricilla's immaculate gown caught some as did the okada man who now stopped and parked his bike.
Priscilla was justifiably enraged, her outfit which had cost her seventy-five minutes of preparation was in a mess and in her rage she took out her Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and smashed it on a nearby stone...
Stupid of her right? Yes indeed and that's exactly what some students of FUT Minna recently demonstrated during the recent crisis that occured at Bosso Campus of the Citadel of Learning when they set the institution's clinic ablaze.
According to stories, a student collapsed while playing football in the school's field and was rushed to the school's clinic and instead of the nurses there to respond proactively to the emergency situation, demanded that the clinic card of the collapsed student be presented before treatment commenced. This led to the death of the young man as his card wasn't made available on time.The justifiably enraged students went irate and started destroying some facilities including setting the clinic on fire.
My grievance with these students is simply the fact that they were unable to properly channel their grievance. The action of these students clearly show that some of us are yet to understand that government/public facilities belong to us. That school clinic that was burnt was their property to begin with. Setting fire to it is like setting fire to your own house!
But then, what better means would these bitter students have utilized in conveying their message? It's possible that if they had not done what they did, maybe we wouldn't have heard of this inhuman act perpetrated by those whose profession is ideally supposed to be the preservation of life - I don't even know how to describe the rationale of these people; paper over life! - As though if the guy were not a student he would have been left to die just like that.
Honestly speaking, the action of the nurses was barbaric, and the posthumous action of the students was out of place. FUT Minna students are brilliant, and i would have expected these students to have thought of a better way of 'making their statement', there's always a better way. I would strongly advice both parties to go back and evaluate their love for neighbour and country.
Both acts are but a fragment of what's actually damaging our country today. If we continue to nurse a non-patriotic attitude and lack love for one another, then every dream of a better future for our nation is but a fantasy.
God Bless Nigeria.
