I saw the movie "beast of no nations " this morning. A movie that depict the horror of African conflicts .with all the shootings and gruesome scene. I took only one thing from the movie. "The Nigerians are always buying ,so they are easy to be selling to" is a statement from Agwu the centre of the story . This statement can't be more true .it is a statement that tells of a Nigerian society whose only inclination is to consume .with a special appetite for anything foreign.
We are really very easy to be selling to, looking around I have ofter asked why are all the shoprite, spars ,dominos and hub marts of this world owned by foreigners and the only thing we know how to do is to go there and buy even when 80% of what they sell is imported. All the good restaurants, hotel chains, online business are owned by foreign entities that have come here to take advantage of our buying habit which we never think of exploring for our own use and our foreign appetite that has crippled the economy and corrency . I think of it as a form of mental imprisonment we have designed for ourselves. I see a some spark of change been spare headed by a few to enable us think not outside the box now, but outside our head.because it will take a new type of madness to cure this madness we currently have and call sanity .#buynaija#sellnaija
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