I CAME TO EUROPE AT THE AGE OF 19YEARS TO PLAY FOOTBALL, 12 DEC 1995 TO SPAIN.I WAS A YOUNG AFRICAN WITH TOO MUCH HOPE IN LIFE TO BECOME A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER,BACK IN AFRICA I PLAYED VERY WELL THOSE DAYS.WHEN I ARRIVED IN EUROPE I RIALISED THAT YOU NEED A RESIDENT PERMITE TO PLAY FOR ANY TEAM AND THAT THERE´S ALOT OF BUREAUCRACY, MY FAMILY NEEDED ME TO COME AND HELP THEM FROM ABSOLUTE POVERTY THAT THEY ARE LIVING, ESPACIALLY MY PARENTS.WHEN GROWING UP IN AFRICA I SAW MY MOTHER SUFFERED WHEN THEY WHERE BRINGING US UP WHEN EVER I INTROSPECT IT, I ALWAY SHARE TEARS. AS AND AFRICAN LIVING IN THAT SITUATION IS SOMETHING VERY NORMAL. BUT AFTER I4YEARS IN EUROPE AND HAVE TRAVEL ALL ROUND MORE THAN 25COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND AMERICA I CAME TO MY CONCLUSION THAT I MOST DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE SITUATION IN AFRICA.I STRONGLY BELIVE THAT THE STATUS QUO SET ON TO AFRICA BY OUR SLAVE MASTERS MOST COME TO AND END.I´M READY TO WORK VOLUNTEERLY WITH ANY PROGRESSIVE GROUP IN AFRICA ESPECIALLY IN NIGERIA TO HELP BRING CHANGE.
RECENTLY MY VISITE TO NIGERIA TO BE PRICISE ABUJA AND LAGOS WERE I SPEND ONE MOUNTH, I SAW MORE POVERTY THAN EVER. THINGS ARE GETTING WORST,TOO MANY OFFICIAL CARS POLITICIANS PARADING THEIR SELFS DOING NOTHING ,LIVE STANDARD IS VERY EXPENCIVE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASE IF THERE´S ANY MIDDLE CLASE .TO LIVE A DECENT LIFE IS MORE EXPENCIVE IN ABUJA AND LAGOS THAN MADRID WHY THE BASIC SALARIAS ARE NOT THESAME.POVERTY HAS EATEN DEEP DOWN IN TO OUR SOCIETY THAT MOST OF THE PARENTS JUST SEND THEIR KIDS TO THE STREETS FOR SURVIVAL.OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE PLAYING GROUNDS FOR CHILDREN, THE SALARIES OF OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT ENCOURAGING AND THE STANDARD OF OUR TEACHERS TOO NEEDS HELP.UNIVERSITIES ARE NOW TRAINING GROUNDS FOR COURT BOYS AND GIRLS WAITING FOR POLITICIANS TO COME AND BUY THEM GUNS TO FIGHT THEIR POLITICAL BATTLES AND GIVE THEM MONEY .THIS IS THE SITUATION WERE WE FIND OUR SELVES TODAY.SECURITY IN NIGERIA IS A SHAME.POLICE ARE STILL LIKE THE COLONIAL DAYS,HOW CAN WE INSPECT SOMEBODY TO PROTECT OUR LIVES AND PROPERTY WITH A SALARY OF
20,000NAIRA LESS THAN (150$) AND WITH EQUIPEMENTS OF THE 18CENTURY.JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS STATIC AND JUST FOR THE RICH POLITICIANS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES.HEALTH CARE OUR HOSPITALS ARE MORTUARIES ,OUR SO CALL "RULERS" GO TO EUROPE JUST TO TREAT HEADACHE.TOO MUCH GREED IN THE SOCIETY THAT THE PEOPLE CLINCH TO RELIGION TO BE CONTINUE.....................
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