{"id":95940,"date":"2025-11-10T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=95940"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:46:55","slug":"the-hypocrisy-of-a-nation-that-can-not-face-its-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=95940","title":{"rendered":"The hypocrisy of a nation that can not face its shame"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sa’adiyyah Adebisi Hassan<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are angry with Donald Trump not because he lied, but because he told the truth. You are angry that he called your country what it has become a disgrace a nation that cannot protect its own citizens, a government that rewards killers, and a people who cheer for their oppressors while booing those who dare to speak the truth.<\/p>\n

Yet, the same people who foam at the mouth when Trump says \u201cprotect your citizens\u201d are the ones applauding China a country that has turned parts of Nigeria into mining outposts, draining the soil, polluting the rivers, and looting gold from Zamfara while corpses pile up in the same land.<\/p>\n

This is not patriotism.
\nThis is pathological self-deception.<\/p>\n

1. Truth hurts only when you\u2019re living in denial<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Trump called Nigeria \u201ca disgrace,\u201d he didn\u2019t manufacture the evidence. It\u2019s there visible, daily, and measurable.<\/p>\n

Terrorists roam free while soldiers and police die unpaid.<\/p>\n

Citizens kidnapped in hundreds, and their families pay ransom through banks that the government refuses to track.<\/p>\n

Students murdered for \u201cblasphemy,\u201d and the killers walk free.<\/p>\n

Billions looted in palliative funds while millions starve.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s not disgrace, what word fits better?
\n\u201cGlory\u201d? \u201cProgress\u201d? \u201cGreatness\u201d?<\/p>\n

It takes a special kind of blindness to defend failure simply because the critic isn\u2019t wearing your flag.<\/p>\n

2. You cheer the thief because he smiles in Mandarin<\/strong><\/p>\n

While you\u2019re busy cursing Trump, Chinese contractors and miners are quietly carting away Nigeria\u2019s natural wealth under \u201cbilateral agreements\u201d that are nothing but economic servitude.<\/p>\n

In Zamfara, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kaduna, Chinese nationals have been repeatedly caught in illegal gold and lithium mining operations, some arrested with security escort. Rivers are poisoned, lands destroyed, and communities displaced but the government looks away because the looters come with soft loans and polite smiles.<\/p>\n

In Niger State, over 500 illegal mining sites were exposed, most operated by foreign interests with local collaborators. In Nasarawa, villagers have protested against Chinese miners who polluted their only water source. Yet no serious prosecution followed.<\/p>\n

The same people defending these deals shout \u201cracism\u201d when Trump speaks, as though patriotic indignation is treason.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s interests are not charity. They are business ruthless, calculated, and in their favour. But you mistake exploitation for friendship, because it comes in the language of \u201cinfrastructure development.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. The West says \u2018fix your country\u2019 the East says \u2018sign here\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western leaders criticize Nigeria because they see a country that refuses to help itself. They tie aid to accountability. They demand reform. They insist on human rights.<\/p>\n

But China doesn\u2019t care. China doesn\u2019t ask questions about governance, corruption, or security. China just brings loans, takes resources, and leaves you with debt and pollution.<\/p>\n

And you clap like slaves applauding the chain that glitters.<\/p>\n

When Trump says, \u201cProtect your people,\u201d you call him racist.<\/p>\n

When China says, \u201cGive us your gold and pay interest,\u201d you call it partnership.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not national pride. That\u2019s mental colonisation in Chinese wrapping paper.<\/p>\n

4. Patriotism is not defending failure it\u2019s demanding better<\/strong><\/p>\n

A true patriot doesn\u2019t attack those who point out his nation\u2019s wounds. He demands those in power heal them. If Donald J. Trump’s comment angers you more than the massacres in Benue, Plateau, and Zamfara your patriotism is fake. If you hate him more than you hate the officials stealing your future you are part of the rot.<\/p>\n

You cannot scream \u201csovereignty\u201d when foreign companies control your mines, your ports, your loans, and your power grids. You cannot boast of independence when foreign drones map your territory for \u201cinvestment opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

And you cannot claim dignity when you defend a government that arrests protesters but negotiates with terrorists.<\/p>\n

5. The real disgrace is not Trump\u2019s statement it\u2019s our reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n

The disgrace is a country that spends billions rehabilitating killers but abandons the victims.<\/p>\n

The disgrace is the silence of religious and political leaders who see evil and call it politics.<\/p>\n

The disgrace is citizens who would rather fight the truth-teller than confront the truth.<\/p>\n

Trump said what every honest Nigerian knows but fears to say aloud: The nation has become a parody of governance rich in excuses, poor in courage.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t handle that truth, it\u2019s because you\u2019ve mistaken complacency for loyalty and silence for strength.<\/p>\n

6. Choose your shame wisely<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are angry with Trump for saying your house is on fire. But you are bowing to China while they quietly steal your roof, your door, and the very ground under your feet.<\/p>\n

You hate the man who warned you,
\nand you celebrate the one who robs you.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s not disgrace, what is?<\/p>\n

Until Nigerians learn to confront truth with humility instead of rage, they will continue to trade dignity for deception cheering the thieves, silencing the prophets, and calling betrayal \u201cdiplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The real enemy isn\u2019t Trump.
\nThe real enemy is the cowardice that cannot bear to look in the mirror.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Hassan’s piece was sourced from her her social media platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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