Help to re-brand our blessed country, Nigeria.
Nigeria as a country
Nigeria, an African country on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. Protected areas such as Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park have waterfalls, dense rainforest, savanna and rare primate habitats. One of the most recognizable sites is Zuma Rock, a 725m-tall monolith outside the capital of Abuja that’s pictured on the national currency.
Population: 186 million (2016)
President: Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria has been home to a number of kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and took its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It thereafter alternated between democratically elected civilian governments and military dictatorships until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with the 2011 presidential election considered the first to be reasonably free and fair.
Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy. With 186 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million of its population under age 18. The country is viewed as a multinational state as it is inhabited by over 500 ethnic groups, of which the three largest are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different languages and are identified with a wide variety of cultures. The official language is English. Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Christians, who live mostly in the southern part of the country, and Muslims, who live mostly in the north. A minority of the population practise religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities.
Re-branding Nigeria
Your country is the only one you can call your own. Nigeria is our country, let us re-brand Naija; let's make our country a better place for all of us and more especially for the generations to come after us.
A humble appeal to every Nigerian.
- Don't throw garbage on the roads/streets
- Don't spit or urinate on roads and walls
- Don't write on walls and currency notes
- Don't abuse and insult others, rather, be patient, tolerant and controlled
- Save water and electricity
- Plant a tree
- Obey traffic rules
- Honour and take care of your parents and grandparents , take their blessings and always respect them
- Respect women
- Give way to ambulances
- Treat your neighbour in the way you would want to be treated
- Do not seek for corners to cut in anything you do
- Be intentional in honesty and integrity
- Fear God in a way that is demonstrated in your lifestyle
- Respect every individual, regardless of race, religion, tribe or status, we are all God's creations
- Always seek to be part of the solution and not the problem
- Grab every opportunity to be kind and helpful
- Be conscious of setting a good example for younger or junior ones
- Be content and grateful for what you have more than lamenting over what you lack
- Be proud of being a Nigerian by focusing on the positives and acknowledging that God does not make mistakes
We need to change ourselves and not the country. Once we change ourselves the country will automatically change*
If we want our children to live in a clean, safe and prosperous environment, then pledge to follow these pointers in your everyday life.
No one person or leader can change the country alone; it's you and I who can change our beloved nation, by changing ourselves!
Kindly forward this important message to every single friend or group so that it reaches every citizen of Nigeria .
God bless Nigeria!!!
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