Did the Teachers deceive us?

As far back as i can recall, going through school, taking different subjects that i would not want to start listing, when we were thought about settlements in geography and what makes urban settlement different is modernization.
Modernization in the sense of having social amenities, industries and all and later on we were told that for states like Kogi that has raw materials, they attract modernization but because all these were taught in theory, i believed, we wrote and passed through school.
But i met reality on my way to Kogi State last weekend. That was my first time and believe me i was shocked.
Shocked to see the so called largest cement factory in Africa, now i did not say that. Na so them talk am. Now i also saw how large Dangote and his lorries are in that state.
I had never seen many lorries at a time like i saw there but guess what? The road was a night mare.
It was the kind of road you say and make all the positive confessions you remember just so by the mercies of God, you pass through safely.
As if that was not enough, seeing block houses were as scarce as seeing gold on mere ground.
Yes i have seen mud houses in the north but common, they are solid and liveable.
There were no social amenities, no dispensary in sight in cases of emergencies, no light and that was the most painful part . You know how it is when you are scared of pressing your phone because no hope of charging it anywhere. Well it wont be fair if i refuse to mention what they have, they have plenty fresh air and also they had trust. People slept not jamming the doors like we do here.
Hmm! I was amazed at the grave silence that greeted the evening, not one person put on a generator except the house we were in and that was because they had plenty visitors...that's us now.
Then i wondered, what in God's name is the meaning of social responsibility? A community is rich in raw material but cant benefit something as useful as tarred road.
I am still wondering what the chairmen and those representing the constituency are doing with all the money.
Now i am not here to cast blames but i wish half of what we were taught in school were real, Nigeria would be better.
Imagine if a wealthy man after profit decides to give back to the society he is benefiting from?
Its no news that the government can't do it alone therefore, when you become big and a profit maker, Remember that the greatest investment you can make is in adding value to people's lives.
Our teachers followed oyinbo curriculum. A lot of things are true in advanced countries but they sound like prophecies in our nation. Therefore let's be the change and ensure we make life better for someone else starting from the person next to you.
Choose to cause a change now, the good you can't do today, what makes you think you can do better tomorrow?
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