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There is a lot going on in my country that it does not require depending totally on God but that people should brace up to fight for their rights and against the injustice met upon the Citizens of the country by corrupt, greedy and selfish leaders who only care about themselves and are power drunk.
You can imagine in a country as big and productive as Nigeria, people are still suffering and this is so because the government cares less about the welfare of the people. So many issues such as insecurity, unemployment, poor education infrastructures, bad governance, injustice and so on. We always look forward to the day that a president of the country or a governor of a state would carry out his or her duties 100% for the betterment of the Nation.
UnFortunately, the future we fervently pray for that would turn things around and change the situations for good has not come yet, hence, people are forced to create jobs for themselves so as to survive and live healthy. The prompt of this question is one that makes you think deeply and wonder how things would be if the economic situation of the country is regulated and certain laws are put in place to reduce poverty. These days when you graduate from school or finish nysc, getting a job is so slim because the good jobs in the country are gotten by influence and how much you can bribe the officials.
However, when I imagine myself as the president of this country the first two struggles of the people that I would tackle would be to provide employment to Nigerian youth and regulate salaries across every government sector in the country. What I mean by regulating salaries across every government sector in the country, is due to the fact that some people are working so hard in government systems like teachers, lecturers, local government Ministries and so on, but they are paid peanuts while some people who just sits in the Senate or house of assemblies are paid millions monthly for a job they are failing at.
From findings, we see that these senators have salaries and properties that can take care of millions of Nigerians, they are also awarded allowances for their cars, wardrobes, travelling and other frivolities, while teachers who put the effort in training and nurturing the Minds of the young ones who are going to be leaders of tomorrow cannot even boast of a hundred thousand Naira salary as a graduate. Hence, as a president I would review the salary structure of every government sector and ensure that nobody earns excessively. It is only fair that everyone is susceptible to equal salaries and if this is not possible we would ensure that everyone gets paid as they deserve.
The second thing I will do definitely is to create jobs for the youth because in our country Nigeria today, there are many sectors that requires people to fill in different departments. I went to a public school recently and I got to find out that a school that used to have a population of almost 100 teachers has less than 32 teachers who are struggling seriously to take up more classes than normal.
Hence, the education system is suffering and lacking behind because there are no teachers to take up classes or subjects, in the end this children end up failing this subjects when they sit for their waec or neco certificate exam. This is so bad because we have thousands of graduates leaving the university and instead of the government to employ them they delay and cause havoc to the educational system.
In conclusion, these would be the first issues I would tackle as they have been on my mind for some time now, thanks to this prompt for giving me the opportunity to air my views.
Imagine you became the president of your country; what are the first two struggles of the citizens that you will tackle first?
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