Falz — This Is Nigeria: The Nightmare Nobody Wants To Wake Up From

Nigerian rap star, Falz the Bad Guy became an internet sensation after he dropped a song ‘This is Nigeria’ detailing the ills inherent in Nigeria.

Not like he has not been in the headlines before the song, but you know how controversy drags one to the limelight and lets them stay there for as long as they remain controversial.

'This is Nigeria' has been the most talked about Single and music video since its release last Sunday. It has actually gone global and attracted the attention of international media big names like CNN who stylishly took a swipe at Nigeria while trying to appear objective in their reportage.

Falz has received both knocks and pats on the back alike for his song in which he portrayed what goes on across the country even though in a somewhat light manner.

For a fact, what is portrayed in ‘This is Nigeria’ is no different from what an average Nigerian goes through in their struggle for survival in the country.

Unfortunately, it is like a nightmare which nobody wants to wake up from for fear of having their heads yanked off from their bodies like some tree effortlessly sawed down within a twinkle of an eye. 

People are slaughtered like animals on a daily basis, and it is not like the people behind the killings are not know, yet the government is seemingly quiet about the genocide cases across the country.

Fulani herdsmen have made human lives seem like they are those of mosquitoes which are carelessly killed to get rid of the malaria-ridden organisms.

We are greeted with one attack or the other in different locations of the country where the loyalists have held hostage and have continued to wreak havoc.

By October 1, 2018, Nigeria will clock 58 years since independence but it appears like not quite so much has changed since we escaped from the grips of colonial masters.

Perhaps, the many troubles have pushed a lot of people into seeking solace in the churches where they end up losing more than they are probably trying to recover.

Some churches have been criticized for building schools and placing the fees so high that they are so unaffordable for people who contributed so much to their establishment.

The truth is, what Falz portrayed in the comedy-flavoured hip-hop music is what a lot of people are too scared to voice out despite observing them every day.

It even seems more difficult under the current administration where freedom of speech seems threatened as people carefully choose their words to avoid being ‘witch-hunted’ by political desperadoes who daily strive for people to bully.

It still beats me that the Fulani herdsmen have not been proscribed the same way the government was quick to proscribe the Igbo secessionists under the auspices of IPOB. And to think that they were not as violent and bloodthirsty as the Fulani herdsmen make it more puzzling.

We seem to have forgotten the snake and the missing N36 million saga too soon. We do not even know the fate of the whopping sum of money that was claimed to have been swallowed by a mystery snake in the Benue office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB. How about the hilarious yet stupid claim that a monkey swallowed yet another whooping sum at a time when Nigeria began to look like George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

Animals suddenly started earning more than people who work their asses off on a daily basis. Who would be surprised to hear on a good day that mosquitoes have started to swallow money instead of blood each time they bite our politicians? If Nigeria were to be a movie, the script would be quite hilarious but not like anyone would laugh because trust me, it would be such a distasteful joke.

Oh well, This Is Nigeria… anything goes.

And oh! Did I forget to mention the infamous ‘Transmission’ gaffe by IGP Idris Ibrahim? It is indeed a good time to be alive. Such things are only obtainable in our clime.

But wait o! What kind of country is this? Anyway, just like Falz rightly posited — This is Nigeria after all.