Leeches is exactly the word. It's not just the backward notion, it is the lack of forward motion that is f***ing us and that comes from the constant squandering of our resources and no improvements to education, healthcare, electricity, fuel or anything really.
Of course the fact of the suffering forces us to focus on survival and personal wealth instead of the reasons for that suffering. We live in a state of utter madness in Naija and have gotten used to it. As if it's normal. Like the weather. Nothing we can do 😠😠😠