ETTE AND THE OTHER FORGOTTEN COMMUNITIES: THE POLITICS OF ABANDONMENT

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INTRODUCTION
They call it Nigeria. But in truth, there are two Nigerias.
One is for the cities — full of lights, cameras, and promises.
The other is for the forgotten — where children are born and buried without record, where leaders only visit with campaign songs, and where development is nothing but a rumour.

Ette, my hometown, belongs to this second Nigeria.

THE REALITY OF ETTE AND PLACES LIKE IT

We are not asking for skyscrapers.
We are not asking for flyovers.
We are asking for the basics of life:

Clean water

Good roads

Primary healthcare

Electricity

Security

Access to education


But what do we get?

Collapsed roads that cut us off from the world

Power poles that haven’t seen light in years

Health centers without drugs or doctors

Youth with no jobs, no hope, and no help

Old people who die in silence, unacknowledged


Yet, when elections come, politicians suddenly remember us. They come in convoys, make fake promises, and disappear again — until the next round of lies.

WHY THE ABANDONMENT CONTINUES

Ette and communities like it suffer for one reason: we do not have political value in their eyes.

We do not riot.
We do not protest.
We do not have powerful godfathers.
So, they assume we will take anything — even nothing.

But they forget: we are watching.

We are documenting.
We are uniting.
And soon, we will be deciding who enters and who is sent away.


MY MESSAGE TO LEADERS

To those who rule Nigeria but forget Ette:
You are sowing the wind.
One day, you will reap the whirlwind.
The people you abandoned will rise.
And your names will not be remembered with honor.

Ette deserves better.
Nsukka deserves better.
All rural communities deserve life, not leftover policies.


CONCLUSION

As the voice of the people, I must speak.
The days of begging for attention are over.
We are no longer fools.
We are not second-class citizens.
Ette is not a ghost town — it is a community of strong, intelligent, and peaceful people who deserve the same dignity as any Abuja mansion.

We may not have loud voices yet, but we have truth, and we have God.
And that is more powerful than any corrupt empire.

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