http://www.solvingafrica.org/archives/458 Building A New African Dream Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:12:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.solvingafrica.org/archives/458/comment-page-1#comment-61 Amaka Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:09:12 +0000 http://www.solvingafrica.org/?p=458#comment-61 You know the strangest thing is that Plateau State isn't even dominated by Muslims. The Christian to Muslim ratio should be around 7:3. I was born in Jos, and schooled in Jos till 2007, and i can't even give an accurate answer for this meaningless violence. The most i can come up with is that there is a wide spread idleness amongst the youth, and that there are not enough jobs to keep individuals alert and protective of their interests in the State. From 2001 till now, the city has not picked up economically. Yes it is a wonderful place to raise children and to nurture a family (because of the relative peace that was its major characteristic, and the fact everything is accessible - the market, the schools, the road-insofar as the problem of hold ups is almost non-existent, the churches - everything). But it is not, as it is presently, a place of opportunity. And the sad thing is that it has the potential to be. Who/what do i blame for this stagnation? 1. Bad governance for the past 10 years 2. The lackadaisical youths 3. Rich extremists and 4. Ignorance I sincerely pray that this is the last time that this nonsense happens in Jos, because honestly, i have had the privilege of staying in some other cities in Nigeria, and there is still no place that i can sleep as peacefully as I do in Jos. You know the strangest thing is that Plateau State isn’t even dominated by Muslims. The Christian to Muslim ratio should be around 7:3. I was born in Jos, and schooled in Jos till 2007, and i can’t even give an accurate answer for this meaningless violence.
The most i can come up with is that there is a wide spread idleness amongst the youth, and that there are not enough jobs to keep individuals alert and protective of their interests in the State.
From 2001 till now, the city has not picked up economically. Yes it is a wonderful place to raise children and to nurture a family (because of the relative peace that was its major characteristic, and the fact everything is accessible – the market, the schools, the road-insofar as the problem of hold ups is almost non-existent, the churches – everything). But it is not, as it is presently, a place of opportunity. And the sad thing is that it has the potential to be.
Who/what do i blame for this stagnation?
1. Bad governance for the past 10 years
2. The lackadaisical youths
3. Rich extremists and
4. Ignorance
I sincerely pray that this is the last time that this nonsense happens in Jos, because honestly, i have had the privilege of staying in some other cities in Nigeria, and there is still no place that i can sleep as peacefully as I do in Jos.

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