Materialism as an excessive pursuit of worldly things has become a deadly plaque that is eating up the fabrics of the entire societal life and value system in Nigeria. If there is still any consistent underlying ideological framework that describes every aspect of the Nigerian life, it is the inordinate pursuit of material things.
This singular factor explains the daily uncontrolled race of the jobless in the street, the shouting of desperate traders in their deceitful attempts to cheat their customers, the mounting of make shift toll gates by legitimate and illegitimate armed robbers, the attempts to steal votes from the electorate to win a political post, the daily scouting for contracts by ghost contractors and recently the kidnapping business, all these have taken over the Nigeria society.
The dominant philosophy is to acquire money at all means. By trampling people down and if possible killing or eliminating whoever stands on the way. The essential scope is to grab and hold tight. In short, the watchword of every social activity is money and this is because of the social prestige that has been attached to it. One is recognized as existing only to the extent of his or her material acquisition which becomes the sole determinant of his or her social position and influence in the society. And since the real instrumental power of acquisition and wealth is money, it has been deified and excessively revered. Indeed, money as some people say has become the Nigerian Supreme Deity.
The impact of this mad rush for material possession has left the nation in total darkness in terms of development. The power supply is worst than epileptic, the roads are not motor able, her teeming graduates are not taken care of, hospitals are not well equipped. The poor masses suffer all these because the Leaders travel abroad for their medical treatment. But nemesis is catching up with them as they are gradually dying even in those foreign hospitals.
When they will realize that death separates them from their trillions, billions, which they looted from the national treasury, TIME WILL TELL!
