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Nigeria Independence Poem by Aras-Rita Andrawus Stephen

A UNITED NIGERIA by Aras-Rita Andrawus Stephen

Dear my dearest mother country,

My gratitude and greetings go to you,

I am grateful for forming me and shapening me

From nothing to something,

You are my mother, my pride;

I am so proud of you my dearest mummy.

Good afternoon Nigeria,

I am saddened and darkened by your

Ugly colour.

You were so beautiful but sickness arrived

From the palace of the devil and dismantled you.

You are sick; I am sad, when will you be set

Free from this bondage?

I see you in fire as division arrives from

an unknown land.

Please my brothers and sisters,

The biological kids of Nigeria,

Let\'s embrace unity and

Throw away division into the deepest part

of the ocean.

We all know that unity is strength,

We need unity to grow and succeed in life,

Infact, unity is the cornerstone of life.

Soldiers and security men, I call on you to

Come out and end divided Nigeria,

We no longer love

Division and subtraction

But we love

Addition and multiplication.

We are fed up with divided Nigeria,

Children of the same parents

Fight and kill each other,

Peace has run away and left us

With confusion and disorder.

We need change,

Day and night we pray for a

United Nigeria,

A united Nigeria where all are treated

Equally and respectively,

A united Nigeria where all citizens speak one language,

A united Nigeria where all is well and normal,

A united Nigeria where things are growing taller and taller,

A united Nigeria where leaders are performing their duties

Seriously and wholeheartedly,

A united Nigeria where peace rules,

A united Nigeria where farmers and herders

Are brothers and friends,

A united Nigeria where things are moving

As it is needed and required,

A united Nigeria where children are always happy,

A united Nigeria where lives and properties are protected,

A united Nigeria where marketers and

Traders are feeling good,

A united Nigeria which other Nations

Will copy because of her charming

Characters and features.

Youths, the pillars of Nigeria,

Stand up and support

The incoming bride of the world,

The miss world,

Her name is nobody but,

\"A united Nigeria.\"

Short Bio

ARAS_Rita Andrawus Stephen, is a writer from Pakka village Maiha LG Adamawa State, Nigeria, west Africa. She attended her Primary and Secondary Schools at Pakka Village, her Home town. Her works include novels, poems, essays, story books, short stories, plays, pamphlets, academics, non-fiction, etc. She wrote 40+ publications and co-outhored 20+ different International anthologies. Her pen name is ARAS, \"Authoress Rita Andrawus Stephen,\" she believes that writing informs and educates, entertains and enlightens.

She is an award winning writer in 2021 in Festival of Literature, culture and creativity under prose section in tertiary category organised by HalimaFactor Community Initiative, Gombe state. Her essay on youths as device for promoting peace in Northeast retitled, \"Youths are the solution\" has been published in Students\' Intellectual Club, SIC Yobe State book of essay 2022. She won the beauty and cultural contest of Miss Africa organized by International African writers association which she was crowned as Miss Africa on 6th August 2022 in Abuja.She participated in different literary competitions both National and International contests.