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Broken Plates by Glorealluv(m): 6:25pm On Mar 16, 2016 |
When a 12 year old girl in junior secondary
school blurts out “Oh God!! I’m broke”, with
a clear indication of frustration; you know
the economy is out for blood and everyone
is on her hit list. Whether you’re young, old,
male, female, well to do or barely surviving,
you’re a likely target.. as this economic
crisis lurks dangerously around everyone’s
finances. Even babies are protesting, their
slogan; “We Don’t Want To Grow Up Just
Yet”.
Why? Why are we all crying out, why is every
one suddenly broke? Is it the ever increasing
banking charges, or the increased taxes or
maybe it’s the fact that our own God-given
crude oil transformed to fuel(petrol) eludes us
like two children playing ‘hide and seek’. Then
again, maybe it’s the dollar exchange rate to
the Naira which has been fluctuating like it’s
competing with PHCN(NEPA); because we sure
know those people supply us electiricity(light)
only as rarely as a football team scores an ‘own
goal’.
These days I’m broker than broken plates, as it
would seem my pockets have taken a massive
fall and shattered helplessly all over the floor
as would fine China dropping to the ground
from a height, say about two story buildings..
But guess what, unfortunately it’s happening to
you too.
They say when something affects everybody,
when it becomes an epidemic that cuts across
status, position and all other strata of the
economy, then it is serious enough by all
standards.
We can see the effect of this sudden hardship
in many instances, for example;
° We now see car owners who usually roll up,
comfy and swagged out, chilling with their air
conditions puffing cool air on their soft skin do
the exact opposite. Car windows down,
sweating profusely, looking nothing like comfy
with a lost-in-thought expression on their
faces.
° On the other hand, Nigerians who cannot
afford the luxury of owning a car (yes, it is
considered luxurious to own anything on four
wheels in this country) have overnight,
become very fierce. They don’t mess with
their change (balance) when boarding buses, or
taxi cabs. Any conductor(or driver) who tries to
scheme away as little as N10 worth of change,
would get a verbal assault so serious it could
be compared to a lethal move in the video
game, ‘mortal Kombat’; times are hard.
° Have you noticed the big poppers at the club
recently? They’ve been pretty mellow this
period haven’t they. Who wants to pop
champagne and drown in alcoholic spirits,
when their cars are hungry and starving
looking for who would pop some litres of fuel
into them.
° Before making a decision it’s good to think
about the repercussions. Nigerians currently
understand this, with immense clarity. These
decisions range from important to not so
important matters. Before we put on this
generator are we really that hot? Before we
drive to see our friend Bankole, do we miss
him that much? I ate biscuit yesterday, is
there any need to buy one today? Nigerians
are playing 21 questions with themselves, this
is serious enough.
We need help, the Christians say “my help
comes from above” so you can bet a lot of
prayer points from Nigeria hitting heavens
prayer department are requests for God to
cease this untold hardship and ofcourse prayer
to go abroad. That has never stopped being
the dream of a staggering percentage of the
country’s population and now, even more so.
We’ve shattered all over the floor like broken
plates, someone, anyone, please help pick us
up and piece us back together.
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