OIL MONEY WILL ONLY DROP ON THINKING PERSONS

                There is a big difference between burying a rabbit and burying a mango seed. The seed will sprout up and give birth to a fruitful tree. A dead rabbit wouldn't. This is common knowledge. You only expect good harvests after planting good seeds. This applies to our lives. Unless persons work towards the realization of their hopes,those hopes will just be mere hopes. This is why hopefulness without action is a farce. Hopes to live well should be the petrol we need to power our bodies to think harder and work harder. 

                 This takes me to the big question; should we rejoice for the discovery of oil? To what extent will this resource benefit humanity living around it? Methinks to be resourceful but brainless is fatal. It is dangerous. This reminds me of my father's favorite statement; " I don't have cows to give you. Education is the only cow I can give you. No one will take it from you. Not even your kids. You will die with it(education)!" 

                 Resources are 'created' in the brains. Resourceful people do not invest in tall buildings first. They prioritize  education. Cosmetic development is the cause for suffering of populations. To develop 'cosmetically' is fighting food insecurity by distributing food rations to hunger stricken villagers instead of teaching them to be producers of food. Cosmetic development is when a population sings "oil money is our resource. We must be given it." God forbid. I think this is to miss the point. This is why I think so.

                 Development is the working of each man and woman. The nation doesn't develop the people,it is the people that develop the nation. A nation is a collection of all us. And this calls for thinking. It calls for clear analysis of facts and events. It calls for intelligence. Thus a rich brain will come in handy to actualize this. Oil should act as catalysts of development and not a factor of development. It should activate us to think outside the box. 

                 A rich brain will detect that with the discovery of oil,more people will move in to 'get their share' of the oil money. More people translates to more stomachs hence more mouths to feed. So an intelligent person wouldn't migrate to the oil fields. He will move to his farm and intensify his agricultural activities.  As you crowd around oil fields yawning, he will be comfortably pocketing good money. Cool money. This is thinking outside the box!

                Besides, a clever mind knows that selling ones efforts and expertise for few coins is  the worst form of slavery. This is what majority of us call salaried-jobs. It is incumbent to note that all employers are business-minded. Profits come before your plight for fair remuneration. So as you plan to crowd around oil fields in such of jobs, remember to think outside the box. This is the only way the oil money can drop on you.