When I talk about my country, sometimes it looks like I hate it, but it is actually the love I have for it that usually makes me talk the way I do. I am so passionate about my country that it pains me to see the terrible things happening to my country sometimes. The greed has overwhelmed the wellbeing of the country and it sometimes looks as if there is no country left to be proud of, people are seeking for better life in other countries, leaving the country with intensions to do all that it takes for them to never return to the country, crime rates are very high and it sometimes looks like the leadership are doing nothing about it.
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My country is a great country full of great minds doing great things all over the world. We are always mentioned for excellence because we excel in everything, and everything we are involved in excels. In the field of medicine, technology, and engineering, you will find us there. Our art and entertainment industry has always competed with the rest of the world; we have great writers, too, who have made their marks on the world map, and even in finance, we have our marks.
We do not have so good educational system, but yet we come out on top when we go out to the countries with a good educational system, as if to say that if we have a better educational system, we will not see our match anywhere in the world.
The world has come to know our country as a country with corrupt leaders as well as corrupt citizens. Whenever my country is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is fraud. We are seen as a nation full of dishonest and dubious people. People are usually afraid to trade with us or even trust us in certain issues. While this is true for some, it is not true for all. We are perceived wrongly, and that is a subject matter that has to change. In every country, we have good people as well as evil people, we have corrupt people as well as uncorrupted people, which is the same in my country, it has been unfortunate and unfair for the world to always look at us as the same, while a few may be into these fraudulent acts, we have the majority of the population to be hardworking and honest. I believe we are just mostly crowded everywhere, that's why it may look that way.
Another notion people have about my country is our national pride, every citizen of the country has this pride for the country despite how the country may treat us, where you may find us show our pride is usually on the X platform when we have banters with other countries, there you will find how united and prideful of the nation we are, during sporting world events and competitions you will also be surprised.
We are the giants of the continent, in size and also in economy, we have the largest product market in the continent, as well as the largest labour market. We are the pride of the continent.
Thank you for reading. My name is @rishagamo, and this is my response to the Hive Learners weekly Featured Content Week 190 Episode 02: “MY DEAR COUNTRY”.