4th Conversation
NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER
Lagbaja: Hi Child!
Child: Morning papa, you ain’t going to work today?
Lagbaja: No son, we are on strike. Government refused to pay us what they owed and have long neglected the infrastructures needed for great teaching and learning.
Child: What! Is this what I am going to experience when I arrive, Dad?
Lagbaja: (Head buried in between my hands) No Child, that’s the reason we are on strike. To get things fixed before your arrival.
Child: I heard mama telling you about the change in hospital for my delivery too…..
Child: I heard mama telling you about the change in hospital for my delivery too…..
Lagbaja: (Cut In) yeah, the medical doctors are also on strike. Public hospitals are closed.
Child: are you sure I’ll be born here dad? Have you been able to raise fund for Uk visa?
Lagbaja: we have arranged an alternative clinic for you, UK visa is a forgotten issue child – it’s expensive and exploitative.Moreover, there is no place like home. Nigeria is the best place child
Child: Indeed, do you have a leader at all in Nigeria?
Lagbaja: Yeah, our president is Goodluck Jo….
Child: (Cut In) ….nathan. We know him over here too as the most cursed president in the world beyond.
Lagbaja: What do you mean?
Child: The unborn kids daily curse him too and have resolved to live in Nigeria not as wasted generation like yours, but as a ‘No retreat No surrender’ generation.
Child: are you sure I’ll be born here dad? Have you been able to raise fund for Uk visa?
Lagbaja: we have arranged an alternative clinic for you, UK visa is a forgotten issue child – it’s expensive and exploitative.Moreover, there is no place like home. Nigeria is the best place child
Child: Indeed, do you have a leader at all in Nigeria?
Lagbaja: Yeah, our president is Goodluck Jo….
Child: (Cut In) ….nathan. We know him over here too as the most cursed president in the world beyond.
Lagbaja: What do you mean?
Child: The unborn kids daily curse him too and have resolved to live in Nigeria not as wasted generation like yours, but as a ‘No retreat No surrender’ generation.
Lagbaja: (Shocked, mouth wide opened) You mean……
Child: I am choosing my name pap. I’d prefer to be named MANDELA; I want to be great like him, making lives better and returning my generation to the glorious years. Goodluck to you papa as you prepared to welcome me soon. Nite nite….
Child: I am choosing my name pap. I’d prefer to be named MANDELA; I want to be great like him, making lives better and returning my generation to the glorious years. Goodluck to you papa as you prepared to welcome me soon. Nite nite….
Child: I mean all the best, not GOODLUCK, it has never worked in Naija you once told me. Love you Lagbajadon (child winking and smilling)
Lagbaja: (Speechless)
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