Ibadan, A Beautiful City With A Twist Of Lemon!
Random Thoughts!
Have you ever gotten into a place that zones you out completely from the reality of our great country? Ever been in a place, where you completely forget you are in Nigeria? How about a place where once you get into its environment you are welcomed by a serene breath of fresh air, beautiful trees, lake and fountains, water retention ponds, natural landscape, flowers all over the place, tarred roads, pedestrian walkway, street lights, traffic signs, zebra crossings, amazing security men at the gate, polite customer service at the bar and most amazingly, express WiFi! A place where everything works efficiently. A place where we could take pictures, upload on the gram and throw our followers into confusion as to whether we are still in the country! A place that totally creates an illusion of *What and how we wish our country would look like*
Most people would quickly jump into conclusion that this must only be attainable overseas! Well, I am really pleased and delighted to announce that the descriptions above is the case of “The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture”(IITA, Ibadan) which I visited a few days ago. The co-ordination and efficiency was worth tripping for. As long as I remained there I was in ecstasy until I stepped out of its gate and behold the land of Chaos! Crazy drivers, bad roads, no light to talk of WiFi. It felt like a boundary between heaven and hell.
It brings me to the fact I always say, “we do not need to depend solely on the government to give us the heaven we deserve. Our self input matter a lot. IITA is run by an institution and a body of dedicated people who I feel are not interested in carting away money meant for the development of a place, people who have the interest of people at heart. This is the exact reason why we are the direct opposite because we know the ‘other of the day’!
IITA is a reminder of how we could be if we have a change of attitude and positive thinking towards our country. If the land can be green in IITA, it can be green for the country at large!
Remember, the land is only green where you water it!
May Nigeria Succeed!