Nigeria, March 9 -- I have received a letter asking parents to pay for an excursion to England. I was very perturbed because this goes beyond the mandate of the school. These kids barely know the geography of Nigeria, and you want to export them to another culture for indoctrination and cultural imperialism.

What is London for the Nigerian child? Are we still under colonialism? This program has nothing to improve the child except to give them a false sense of elitism, which has destroyed Nigeria.

In these tough economic times, you are asking parents to cough up so much money for the vanity project of indulgent children and nouveaux rich parents who want a vicarious existence through their children. I weep for my country.

Nigeria used ...