In the book of Ecclesiastics, chapter 10 and verse 10, the Holy Bible says that wisdom is profitable to direct. The key word there is direct, which connotes to proceed to suc-
cess. An African Proverb also says that What an elder sees sitting down, a child will not see it even if he stands on an Iroko tree. To succeed therefore in whatever we do, both young and old, we need to apply wisdom. However, majority of those who are our leaders today are elders who should have wisdom and can see far, even in a sitting position, what to do to make every sector of Nigeria thrive.
My worry today is that over the years, our leaders have been paying lip service to the unity of our country which is divided majorly along religious and ethnic lines.
Government officials are quick to say that sports, especially football, is the single factor that unifies us as a people. When our national football teams or any national sports team is competing, at that moment, we forget tribe and religion and unite to support them to achieve success.
That is the more reason every effort should be made to ensure the sports sector is developed, not only to provide livelihood for our teeming youths, that are always eulogised as the leaders of tomorrow but particularly to unite us.
