..also published in Daily Trust
One thing I observe
with different nationalities is that, the average people in underdeveloped countries
are generally more interested in politics than their counterparts in developed
and wealthy developing countries. This is perhaps understandable though,
because while the obsession of the average people in developed and prosperous developing
countries basically centers on affording the latest lifestyle trend with its
associated flamboyance, their counterparts in underdeveloped countries still
languish in absolutely avoidable deprivation of basic human needs,
infrastructure and services necessarily needed for human survival today.
While the average
person in many developed and rich developing countries thinks about where to
spend his next summer holiday or what car brand he would buy when the latest
brands hit the markets, his counterpart in an underdeveloped country is
still worried about basic human needs, and indeed endures acute shortage of
basic services e.g. electricity/potable water supply, education and healthcare
services etc., which are also of extremely poor quality where they exist.
