To Our Honourable Leaders By Muniroh Abdulhamid
Our Exceptionally Honoured Leaders! Without flatterings, you really deserve to be praised immensely Owing to your contributions to the development of the Fatherland The universities you had fund The currency you had holistically unembezzled The tattered road you had reconstructed The mineral resources you had unexploited The life you had made for the citizens to live in the fast lane The poverty prevalence you had doused it's flame Obviously, the prick of conscience often driven you O you leaders of the nation And your hearts are free of the preponderance of desires. Aren't they? my fellow Nigerians Arise O you the leaders! Citizens of Nigeria call obey! To serve your father's land With love and strength and commitment The nursing of the poverty stings are alarming Should we hope for change or we continue celebrating the liability independence ? With the lofty height hope to attain And rebuild the nation Where peace and justice shall reig...