‘May Nigeria Keep Happening To Me’, Reno Omokri Counters Viral Prayer Against ‘Problematic Situation’

Former statesmanlike adjutant Reno Omokri has expressed his tendency for Nigeria to “keep happening” to him, successful effect to a increasing online operation oregon supplication “May Nigeria Never Happen To You”, by immoderate netizens, which gained renewed attraction aft the caller decease of ARISE News anchor and reporter, Somtochukwu Maduagwu.

In a station shared connected Tuesday, Omokri wrote, “May Nigeria hap to maine and support happening to maine arsenic agelong arsenic I live!”

He faulted those who subordinate misfortunes with the country, arguing that galore neglect to admit affirmative developments wrong Nigeria.

“When atrocious things happen, enemies of this state are speedy to accidental that ‘Nigeria has happened’ to them. But they instrumentality the bully that occurs to them successful Nigeria personally, without attributing it to our large nation,” helium said.

Omokri stressed that hardship exists everywhere, noting that adjacent precocious nations grapple with superior challenges.

“Every twelvemonth successful America, 20,000 radical are murdered. That is much than doubly the execution complaint successful Nigeria. Have you ever heard Americans badmouthing their state arsenic a effect of this? This is Earth, not heaven,” helium stated.

Highlighting what helium described arsenic advancement nether Nigeria’s existent administration, Omokri pointed to caller achievements successful powerfulness generation, economical growth, and petroleum refining.

“Nigeria broke its powerfulness procreation grounds with a highest of 5,801.84MW and maximum regular vigor output of 128,370.75 megawatt-hours , the highest ever attained successful the past of the energy manufacture successful Nigeria,” helium wrote.

He further claimed that Nigeria has reduced substance imports and go a nett exporter of refined petroleum products, citing the International Energy Agency.

“Nigeria’s substance imports person drastically reduced. According to the International Energy Agency, Nigeria has present emerged arsenic the largest exporter of refined petroleum products successful West Africa,” helium said, adding that lone 3 civilian governments — those of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Bola Tinubu, had achieved specified a feat.

Omokri besides noted that the country’s system had expanded significantly.

“Nigeria’s system has expanded by $67 cardinal successful 2 years, and the worth of the naira stretches further than currencies successful galore African countries. $100 successful Nigeria volition bargain you much than $100 successful Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia oregon South Africa,” helium argued.

Calling for optimism and nationalist pride, helium concluded, “Nigeria is simply a large country, but it is not cleanable due to the fact that perfection is divine. We tin take to look astatine the negatives, but determination are galore affirmative things happening successful Nigeria that we garbage to task due to the fact that we emotion atrocious news.”

The comments came amid heated nationalist sermon pursuing the passing of ARISE TV anchor Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who had erstwhile written, “I commune from the extent of my bosom that Nigeria ne'er happens to maine oregon anyone I attraction about.”

Her death, reportedly pursuing a robbery onslaught astatine her Abuja residence, has reignited conversations astir systemic failures captured successful the operation “Nigeria happened.” During a unrecorded broadcast connected Tuesday, The Morning Show, her workfellow Reuben Abati remarked, “When Nigeria happens to us, it is simply a bittersweet thing.”

The look has since go a shorthand connected societal media for the country’s harsh realities, though Omokri insisted it should beryllium reclaimed arsenic a operation of anticipation rather than despair.