"Nigeria at 50, Day 11 – Baroque ...there is a reason our flag colours have stayed simply as green and white Green is life abundant, it is nature , it is cool and calming, it is a balance, it is harmony Green is a 'green leaf' White is clean, it is pure and encourages new beginnings, it is light and peace. White is sharp and stain free. White is healing. White is a 'white lily' And then green comes again, green means no matter how low we fall, we won't stay at the bottom. We will spring back up. It may not be as fast as you want it... but we won't remain so low. Nigeria may be 'bad' by worldly standards, 'developing' by earthly standards, 'in debt' by financial standards, prone to 'power cuts' by electricity standards, 'highly polluted' by green-issues standard... so many standards, so many check lists however a huge number of the world's happiest people reside there and are her children and this wo...