Nigeria’s Fools At Large By M.B.O Owolowo
For definitive purposes, a fool can be described as one who is deficient in judgement, sense, or understanding. It could also mean one who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous. In some instances, being a fool or being fooled could be occasional, so it may be one who acts unwisely on a given occasion. But, when such an act of foolishness goes beyond the occasional and increases its mode of frequency, there ought to be some level of concern by the discerning I was once taught by my teacher that, no one is born foolish, and rightly so. As I gained more exposure to life's dynamics, I realised foolishness could be gradually attained, sometimes subconsciously and often times unintentionally. There are many types of fools, and Nigeria is gifted with it's own peculiar breed of fools. The Complicated Fool: those who aren’t even aware they are fools - the wisdom acclaimer. We have the Circumstantial Fool: the fool who was made foolish due to some circumstance, like economic h...