How to prevent Nigeria’s collapse On By Afe Babalola, SAN, At the current rate at which the nation is spiraling, it is hard to conclude that Nigeria will remain intact till the end of the 21st century, which is another 80 years from now. This is very optimistic. Why do I say this? I grew up during the colonial days and our teachers in Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, the only educational institution I ever attended, taught us about the sanctity of life. To drive their point home, they taught us such poems as “Yi ese re siapakan, ma se pa kokoroni. Kokoroti o konaanini, Olorun lo le da”; meaning: “Don’t kill that insect which only God and no man can create”. If we were forbidden from killing a mere insect then, how come then that wanton killing on the farm, on the streets, in the classrooms and in hotel rooms has become the order of the day?