Kasa Ta - My Country - by Мυηααα🥀

To be honest, most of us do not practise the National Pledge or the national ethics we recite. Discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, self-reliance, patriotism — for many of us, these are just mere words we say out loud. We forget that as citizens, we have a duty to use our best and most unremitting endeavours for the well-being of this country. No citizen is unimportant. Everyone can, at different times, perform useful service to the state.That does not mean every Nigerian is obligated to stay. If leaving creates better opportunities for you… the chance to grow your skills, build capital, gain peace of mind, then going is a rational decision. But that fact should not become an excuse to neglect the place entirely. If you go, go with the sense that you can still contribute. Build yourself, then find ways to support from wherever you are. Both paths, staying to work from within or supporting from across oceans, can come from a genuine desire to see the nation improve. And yes, we are losing a lot of capable people. Many young professionals look at the returns on effort here and decide the environment does not reward competence the way it should. Expecting them to sacrifice their career peaks, financial stability and peace of mind just to fix the country from the ground up is not patriotism. It is unfair. The greater responsibility sits with those who sought power and control the affairs of the state. Leaders are the ones who present themselves as capable of guiding millions. National development requires both responsible citizenship and accountable leadership. Placing the entire burden on ordinary citizens while leadership operates without real accountability creates a serious imbalance in responsibility. Patriotism, for me, is love, loyalty, and a desire to contribute to the well-being of one’s country. The fact that the reward system in Nigeria often fails to encourage it does not mean we lose the capacity for it. True patriotism demands honesty. It should not ask individuals to romanticise suffering or throw their lives into a black hole of institutional decay. You can be abroad and still be patriotic, by creating value that reaches home, by refusing to forget the people and the place. You can stay and still be patriotic, by doing the ordinary right things: obeying laws that apply evenly, refusing the social vices of bribery, negative work attitude, indiscipline, selfishness and nepotism, and participating where you can.Patriotism asks for ordinary effort, honesty, and care for the people around you. It cannot reasonably demand that you destroy your own future so that a failing country can feel comforted. Government and society shape each other. We are all in this together, but the greater weight belongs with those who hold power. What Nigerians can reasonably owe is effort where they can give it. What the country owes its people is the basic conditions that make that effort meaningful. When those conditions are absent, the demand for sacrifice cannot stay the same.

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