It's been raining since last night, and it hasn’t stopped… 9:30a.m., 1st of October. I would say ‘Happy Independence’ but there’s a lot of that going round on FB and Twitter right about now! Even on TV right now, they’re singing the National Anthem… “Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey…” What call should we obey jare? I hear Abuja is almost empty, people have deserted their homes cos of the Boko Haram scare that Abuja will be blessed with bombs today! That’s a call to flee!
I wish I could take a picture of the ‘soup material’ – pepper and stuff that Mom bought yesterday, but it’s been blended already. My point is big money, small food quantity and of course, quality! That’s a call to starve!
ASUU warning strike is over, NASUU and SSANU are starting theirs on Monday… that’s a call to delayed and watered-down quality education.
Before I ran to Lagos from school, it was two weeks running without electricity. That’s a frigging call to boredom, plenty suicidal thoughts, unwanted pregnancies… just imagine all the things that can happen as a result of an idle and a mind going crazy. And don’t ask me if classes didn’t help with boredom… no lecturer came to class all the 2 weeks I was in school!
Let’s do a quick review since we turned 50… of course, GEJ became President *yawns*, strikes were and still are trending like a twitter topic; from lecturers to doctors to railway workers… you just name it! Floods in Lagos and Ibadan displaced and killed a huge amount of people… what did the government do about that? We know they can’t resurrect the dead, but what did they do for those whose homes were destroyed? Thank God say hurricanes no dey happen for 9ja, Nigeria for don almost wipe off cos provisions no dey for unforeseen happenings like floods or hurricanes. The hilarious part of the whole flood thing happened when spiritualists concluded that the solution to the Lagos floods would be to provide 50 virgins who will sing and dance to Bar beach to plead and beseech Yemoja or waheva.. bla bla yada yada! Y’all read that news, right?! Let’s move on… Corpers were killed; where else will you get killed for serving your nation (and I’m not talking going to war or anything like that) – only Nigeria! Then there’s the Boko Haram… we don’t need too much explanation on them, do we?! Think Boko Haram, think Abuja blasts, think Universities on bomb blast list… sometimes it amazes me how we are still sane, with all the pressure and things that we go through everyday as Nigerians… I think the answer is clear, we are miracle babies! I mean, how else can we explain the fact that most of us are not in mental homes yet! Did someone say Happy Independence? Forgive me if I’m not so excited about our birthday!
You sure say this rain go stop today? Even the heavens wept when we turned 51! #sadmuch
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