When will Nigeria become a country we can all be proud of

The fire that razed the five-storey building on Bread Fruit Street, Lagos Island on Saturday evening 5:00pm was as at this morning, Monday 8:45am, still been put off by Fire fighters.

This morning when I passed the area, water from a fire truck was still been pumped into the debris to put off the fire as smoke was seen coming out from the top of the building

The fire we were told started on the fourth floor and spread rapidly to the fifth floor.

From what I could see, it's as if the fifth floor has collasped into the fourth floor. This would only mean one thing, the structural strenght of the building is now seriously in doubt and the building may be pulled down.

Some people are of the opinion that this was infact the original intent of why the fire was started in the first place as many believe the fire was infact an arson attack.

Whatever the case maybe, the mere fact that the fire razed on for almost 3 days is unacceptable. Its looking like the Nigeria fire service can not fight fire above 3 floors, so any fire attack beyond that is surely to end in total loss.

Evidences abound to prove this theory.

I personally know a lady who lost everything to the fire, she was in tears by the time she called one of my friends to narrate the incident.

Nigerians want to be proud of their country but these are not the kind of actions that would help us get there.

We pay taxes to both the State and Local Government and we expect that to mean something.