Nigeria: Country of rich station of classes,
but poor nation of masses,
full of rich weeds,
but wretched honest breeds,
full of scaring bullets, and stolen ballot papers.

Nigeria: Country of lame roads,
full of plying fame toads,
country of blessed scorching sun,
but wasted in greed of dun,
country of abundant water,
where many are thirsty,
full of fertile soils,
forgotten in deed of oils.

Nigeria: Country of best brains,
but driven drains west,
Nigeria: Where, when and how,
do you grow from here?.

Ben Ezeohagwu won the Onigraffiks Prize for literature (2017).  He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin and can be reached at Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com, www.africanamericanuniversity.org, 08173175540.

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