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Student @ University of Abuja
Nigeria Hurts – But We’re Still Breathing”
<p><br/></p><p>Today, I want us to pause and reflect on something close to home — Nigeria. Not the ideal version we hope for, but the real one we wake up to every day. The one that hurts.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nigeria doesn’t bleed from one wound. She bleeds from many.</p><p><br/></p><p>From the northeast to the south, from our villages to cities — there’s pain. Some of it is loud: gunshots in peaceful towns, fuel explosions like the recent tragedy in Suleja where over 100 lives were lost just for trying to scoop fuel — not out of greed, but survival. Some pain is silent: like parents skipping meals so their children can eat, or students reading with candlelight because there's no electricity for days.</p><p><br/></p><p>Just a few months ago, bandits attacked a mosque in Katsina<strong> during prayers.</strong> Families still mourn. And in Niger State, floods swept away hundreds of lives — not just homes, but hopes too. Yet, these stories barely stay in the news long enough.</p><p><br/></p><p>But despite all this… Nigerians <strong>still wake up.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>The market woman still arranges her goods with hope. </p><p>The keke driver still hustles under the sun.</p><p><br/></p><p>The youth still dreams, even if silently. </p><p><br/></p><p>That — right there — is strength.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because our power is not in pretending things are okay. It’s in the fact that we rise anyway. We laugh through pain. We carry burdens in silence. We keep giving even when we don’t have enough.</p><p><br/></p><p>But let me say this — <strong>strength doesn’t mean we should stay silent.</strong></p><p>It’s time we stop normalizing struggle. </p><p>It’s time we speak, act, and demand better. </p><p><br/></p><p>Nigeria was not meant to break us. </p><p>We are not just survivors — we are seed planters. Seeds of truth, courage, and hope.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let’s be the generation that stops accepting suffering as normal. </p><p>Let’s be the voices that say: <strong>enough is enough.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>Because Nigeria still breathes. And as long as she does — we h,ave a chance to change her story.</p>
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