Zombification – Why Nigerians Don’t Believe Life Here Should Get Better

In the final analysis, the average Nigeria has very little dreams, and no big vision about what his nation should be like. As Lugard noted in his 1922 book, it can now be confirmed that indeed we have no apprehension about tomorrow. Our faculties are probably unable to consider consequences beyond today. Religion often does the job. It promises a tomorrow somewhere that is a lot better than today here.