Please My fellow Nairalanders. I need good advice on this matter because insamuch as its not good to be bad it is not also good to be good at one's own detriment.

My annual rent expires every April so I'm expected to pay for the next year as April ends. I've lived in the flat for 4 years now and i have never defaulted in the payment of my rent. I work towards it so before it gets to the time i must have saved up for it. So i think that has made i and my landlord close as i also help him take care of the house and compound.

This April i am supposed to pay him for the year ahead and i have the rent with me already but i am afraid. With this Covid 19 lockdown with no end in sight will it be wise to pay my rent? With business locked down and no means of making money isnt it going to be suicidal to pay the rent? Considering hunger and lockdown? If i dont pay him how will he react cos he is not one to joke with in terms of owing or delaying his money. Ive seen how he deals with my neighbours.

Please my people help me reason this matter. Gentleman's advice would be nice.

Hmmm.. Since u ve never defaulted. Call ur landlord, pay him 60% of ur rent and promise to balance later. Truth is everyone is gonna go through financial difficulties as soon as the lockdown is over. Ur landlord will understand as well