Baskadia

NIGERIA OF TODAY

Nigeria of today A land where bombs rule and ruin people wear tattered clothes; even on Sunday Even inside the church The peanut givers with tears give The vapourisers of government treasury thrive Sit-tight abroad, drinking beer Even their certificates are forged our cash crop tamed to catch them Enemy of the South Wandering about without reaching Kainji A mistake from the North The mouth cannot speak again Because all die to live And they try to come again Nigeria of today The British masters