Perhaps nature should not have blessed Nigeria - Azuka

If countries could be categorised as “blessed” or “cursed” by nature, which countries should be put in the two categories? Using temperatures and climates, countries with extreme temperatures of cold or hot should be categorised as cursed. A country where temperatures can drop to as low as 10°C should be in that category as junior members, while those with temperatures as low as 0°C to as low as -20°C should be senior members of that group. How can human beings live inside a deep freeze and feel that it is normal? Countries with temperatures as high as 36°C and above should also be part of that group. The countries with very low temperatures experience extreme cold, while the countries with very high temperatures usually have arid terrain. Rainfall is rare in countries with high temperatures. Drought is common. The land is not good for planting, making food production hard. These countries should also be categorised as cursed by nature. However, the irony of it all is that most of those countries that are seemingly cursed by nature are the ones that have turned out as rich, developed and powerful, while most of the countries that are seemingly blessed by nature have turned out to be poor, undeveloped and weak. It simply aligns with the saying: “Necessity is the mother of invention”. In conclusion, nobody should boast about Nigeria being blessed. The key reason why Nigeria is on its knees is because of the supposed blessing bestowed on it by nature. That blessing has shackled and blinded it and prevented it from thinking.