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A Nigeria where a pretty young lady can afford a comfortable lifestyle without being labeled an aristo/call girl/runs girl.
A Nigeria where one's lifestyle's choice isn't questioned, where one can stay single for as long as desired without society calling names and making up stories about the reason for that and intimating that something must be wrong with you else you should be hitched by now.
A Nigeria where I can walk to the park without being harassed/tackled by touts and nearly brought down.
A Nigeria where I am free to be me in all my weird glory; a deviant, an anomaly, strange and different and be relatively safe.
A Nigeria where I can freely talk about my faith/beliefs without being labelled a religious bigot/fanatic.
A Nigeria where I can speak grammatically correct and sound English without being labellled an efico/show off/forming.
A Nigeria where I can trust my neighbor to watch my back.
A Nigeria where the dissenting voices are patiently given listening ears in view of resolving issues
A Nigeria where every naturally endowed fair skinned lady isn’t attributed to skin
A Nigeria where I prefer my own company without being considered haughty and proud; a snob.
A Nigeria where I am recognized by merit.
Where I can be gainfully employed based on my skills and not by who I know ('connections').
A Nigeria where a young man’s wealth acquisition is attributed to the dividends of hard work and not 'yahoo'/nefarious activities.
A Nigeria where I chose to be my own woman and not called a failure because I have neither husband nor child.
A Nigeria where I can walk down the street poker faced without random strangers asking me to smile because pretty girls ought to smile more.
A Nigeria where friendship(s) with opposite sexes exist without speculations running rife.
A Nigeria where I am not shouted down because my opinions differ from my neighbor’s.
A Nigeria where I write this down and not have hastily drawn conclusions about my person.
This, is the Nigeria of my dream.
And then some more.
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