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Cletus Igwe's avatar

>What the eye does not see, the heart does not dream about.

Well with the internet, the eyes is no more constrained to physical environments.

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Fervent Idakwo's avatar

Some how the Internet can make things worse. Context matters. Here's what I mean. Seeing what's possible in China doesn't automatically translate to believing its possible in Nigeria. In fact, the JAPA movement makes the case that seeing what is possible elsewhere, as opposed to the perceived stagnancy in one's locality, rather translates into believing possibilities are achieved elsewhere.

A lot of us in know what's possible but we rather believe that it's only possible where it has happened. Not here.

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Fervent Idakwo's avatar

I've been thinking around this lately. We need more role models. Not just persons, projects, companies, stories, development models.... that truly inspire. Not a forced inspiration. One that people look too and without compulsion, are inspired.

Bold, audacious, pace-setting.

The economy and prevalent political atmosphere may suggest that the 'wise' approach is to adopt modesty, heads-down, simplicity and to do what has been shown to work with the country... however, as you alluded to in this beautiful piece, we will not progress if we don't leave old methods behind.

We must find the means and courage to do great things regardless of prevalent 'seeming limitations'

The beautiful things, not every bold, pace-setting idea has to be costly, at least, not at the start.

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Feyi Fawehinmi's avatar

From your lips to God’s ears

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Seun's avatar

The penultimate paragraph is truly worth reflecting on.

This piece highlights, yet again, why the housing crisis in this country seems never-ending. How else can one explain the fact that the tallest building in the country was constructed over 40 years ago, and to this day, no developer or company has dared to replicate such a high-rise model to address our chronic housing wahala?

Yes, I know you've written extensively about cement issues in the past—the Konkere wars and all—which could certainly be part of the problem. But still... things just don’t add up in this country.

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