Better Nigeria: The Me For Change Challenge

Our democracy day comes around on the 29th of May every year since 1999. It is an opportunity to take stock of how our democracy has grown in the past year, it is an opportunity to set out the course we want our country to take for the next year. It is an opportunity to celebrate our (not so free) freedom, its an opportunity to ask ourselves what we as individuals have been doing wrong, that has left Nigeria in the corrupt state that we all complain about.

For the Me For Change Initiative it is an opportunity to challenge Nigerians to be better citizens and to see how we can move Nigeria forward. The M4C initiative throws out a challenge to all Nigerian, hopefully we would all come out better citizens after taking the challenge.

What does the challenge entail?

It's very simple, you are to try to go about your daily activities for one week, but the catch is, you are to go about doing them while following due process. For example, where ordinarily you would have given bribe to get things done faster, don't give that bribe, or don't take it if you are in a position to take bribe. Where ordinarily in a bank for example where you know somebody, you could have easily jumped the really long queue to get some money, try leaving your house early so you don't have to stay on that long queue or just join the long queue with the others.

There are various aspects of our lives where we opt for taking the short cut out of situations, the M4C challenge, challenges you to do things differently, challenges you to follow due process. Don't take this challenge as a competition, rather take it as a personal challenge to see how far you can go, to see what you can do differently to help move Nigeria forward.

Take the me for change challenge and share your story with us on our Facebook group, twitter or by sending us a mail.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/meforchange

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/433831589997052/

Email: meforchangeng@gmail.com

Good luck.
Wishing you all a happy and splendid democracy day celebration.