you know,
very candidly,
this thing folks call vision is not a gift that everyone everywhere has.
it i.e vision
is also not a gift that every member of any given generation has
i.e
vision is not a gift that every member of every generation has.
and it does seem that
vision may in fact escape .. or elude .. certain generations.
by vision may elude / escape a generation i mean that
it is possible for a member of one generation to have a vision
and
for members of younger generations not to have that particular vision at all.
for example,
Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe,
Owelle of Onitsha, erst-while ceremonial? President of Nigeria
may have
a vision of Pan-African-ism
by which all Black Africa will essentially see themselves as the same peoples
and any Negro / Black person from anywhere in
Negro-land Africa / Negro Africa / Black Africa
can participate in opportunities available
in any part of
Negro-land Africa / Negro Africa / Black Africa
without fear of the folks native to there acting against him/her because he/she
hails/comes from a different tribe
and/or
hails from a different part of Black Africa.
? the Nigeria folks expulsion from Ghana in the 1960s
? the Ghana folks expulsion from Nigeria in 1980?
? the Hutu tribe versus Tutsi tribe killings in Rwanda
? the inter-tribal confrontations? that tend to frequently? throw up now and again in Nigeria
? the Negro on Negro i.e Black on Black Xenophobia Killings in the Republic of Southern Africa,
? etc, ? etc, ? etc
seem to sort of show classically that while
? Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
and some of his peers then e.g
? Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia
? Leopold Senghor of Senegal ( la Negritude philosophy )
? Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
? Julius Nyerere of Tanzania
? Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya
may have believed in
a compatriot-hood among all Negroes / Blacks in Africa
some ( many? ) members of
their own? generations?
and of
younger generations than their own
did not believe in such compatriot-hood
and
demonstrated this visibly in actions that spoke much louder than words.
in any case,
on the issue of vision,
one distinctly remembers the view of
some Engineers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation ( NRC )
who averred as far back in the day as
1976 .. 1977
i.e
( 2022 – 1976 ) = 46 years ago
and
( 2022 – 1977) = 45 years ago
that
long before that year 1976 ( or was it ? 1977 ? )
Nigeria should have built additional Rail Lines
upon the essential Railway Structure put in place
essentially by the British Colonial Administration of Nigeria
to the result that
✅ all capital cities of all the states of Nigeria are linked to the Railway Grid
✅ all major commercial cities in each state are linked to the Railway Grid in that state
one net benefit of this
in addition to
opening up / enhancing economic activities in each state
is that
it would reduce pressure
? on motor-way i.e road traffic
? on motor-way i.e road transportation
? within the states with active Rail Tracks
i.e
it would reduce the density and volume of
intra-state road traffic and intra-state road transportation
within the states with active Rail Tracks
and
? between the states with active Rail Tracks
i.e
it would reduce the density and volume of
inter-state road traffic and intra-state road transportation
between the states with active Rail Tracks.
there would also be the additional value-added benefit that,
for example,
it would be possible to commute
from
✅ any state capital in Nigeria
✅ any major commercial city in Nigeria
to
✅ any other state capital anywhere in Nigeria
✅ any other major commercial city anywhere in Nigeria
by Rail.
that was 45 years ago.
or
was it 46 years ago ?
so, tell me, today February 2022
i.e 45 years later / 46 years later
is it possible to travel by Rail
from Awka, capital of Anambra State
to say Owerri, capital of Imo State ?
is it possible to travel by Rail
from Awka, capital of Anambra State
to say Umuahia, capital of Abia State ?
so much for vision ………
so much for good vision for Nigeria ………
anyway,
the beauty of beautiful ladies tends to sort of always uplift the human soul.
so from soul-depressing? realities to more soul-uplifting issues.
for some reason,
ladies tend to look very beautiful on the Rail Tracks.
for some reason,
ladies tend to look very beautiful in the Railway(s) Environment.
so,
tell me,
? which babe slayed them most in/on the Rail Tracks ?
? which babe slayed them most in/on the Rail Lines ?
? which babe slayed them most in/on the Rail Environment ?
did ?Gigi Torres a.k.a Blah Gigi? slay them most ?
did ?Maria Gjieli? slay them most ?
