Congratulations and happy birthday, Hilda Baci, by Francis Ewherido

“Jesus went connected to say, ’To what, then, tin I comparison the radical of this generation? …They are similar children sitting successful the marketplace and calling retired to each other: ‘We played the tube for you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge, and you did not cry. For John the Baptist came neither eating breadstuff nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is simply a glutton and a drunkard, a person of taxation collectors and sinners.’ (Matthew 11:18-19 and Luke 7:33-34).

This is precisely what galore youths are similar today. But it didn’t commencement today. It’s ever been with us. I don’t recognize what is incorrect with immoderate people. You can’t rejoice with radical who observe and you can’t sympathise with those whose who are bereaved oregon endure immoderate benignant of losses. Okay, support your envy, chromatic heart, evil caput and foolishness to yourself, you won’t. Just due to the fact that determination are present assorted wide media platforms for radical to explicit themselves, you go a nuisance, a joyousness killer, and truthful galore things I see evil.  What precisely bash we want? Right now, we are dealing with youths who are hooked connected drugs, youths who are into net scams, galore girls who are into prostitution,  and different vices. Then a young quality and brains brings sunshine into our lives and and immoderate of america person problems with that?

I americium ever blessed erstwhile a Nigerian does thing great. When specified Nigerians are youths, it is much gratifying. That is wherefore I observe youths who person lifted the representation of Nigeria connected the planetary signifier successful sports, entertainment, academics, scholarship, entrepreneurship, etc. These days, I americium truly into music, but I travel the Nigerian music. I mightiness not hold with the lyrics oregon the message, but I perceive to them. No euphony tin pb maine into temptation oregon sin. I americium excessively aged for that. I americium a arrogant Nigerian and that is my volition and each that matters to me. 

Earlier successful the week, Hilda Baci, astatine 29, broke different Guinness Record for the worlds largest jollof atom pot. In 2023, she had entered the Guinness Book of Records aft breaking the grounds successful cookathon, aft cooking for 93 hours 11minutes. That is the Nigerian tone of excellence, resilience, grit and each the ingredients of conquerors. Many Nigerians were implicit the moon, but not each 1 was impressed. 

Some Ghanaians, successful their accustomed style, claimed she got the inspiration from them. You cognize they claimed they taught america however to bash music, movies, inspired our independence, successful fact, everything. The lone happening they person not dared to assertion is teaching america is however to bash concern and however to marque babies. How tin 34.6m radical thatch 230m radical however to marque babies? America with each its mightiness situation not accidental they taught China and India with implicit 1 cardinal radical however to marque babies. Some radical telephone the Nigeria-Ghana matter, particularly successful the societal media, a banter betwixt siblings. I beg to differ.

It is envy and a crab-mentality, a PhD (pull him/her down) entrenched paradigm. If not, however tin a mean idiosyncratic who calls himself a apical manufacture changeable oregon seasoned travel connected a fashionable vigor oregon TV presumption and proclaim that Nigeria’s euphony and movie manufacture volition dice portion that of Ghana volition rise? If that is not witchcraft, delight archer maine what it is. And it is not an isolated case. It is simply a regular thing. I present spot them arsenic a distraction and person reduced tackling them connected their turf successful societal media. For me, capable of the distraction. We person much urgent  interior matters to support america busy.

But I americium terribly pained by Nigerians, particularly youngsters, who are trying to rubbish Baci’s efforts. Some said it is distraction to the youths. How? Some accidental radical are winning Nobel Prize, she’s cooking jollof rice. God gave everybody gifts and talents. She’s utilizing hers. Go and usage yours to get affluent oregon get planetary recognition. She’s conscionable 29 years erstwhile she broke the record. Some of her mates are inactive looking for jobs, but she...