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Recession, Christmas and You
From Covid-19 lockdown and resultant loss of jobs by most Nigerians to the sudden hike in petrol pump price and electricity tariff. Out of frustration over insecurity, bad governance and police brutality our youths hit the streets chanting EndSars. This was followed by allegations of shooting at peaceful protesters, deaths, massive looting of covid-19 palliatives from warehouses to attacks on shops and businesses of innocent retailers by suspected hoodlums.
Just when we were starting to shuffle our feet, tighten our belts and motivate ourselves that impossibility is nothing, news of recent unabated gruesome attacks and massacre of our local farmers hit the media despite the harsh reality that we are being dragged under the tides by the second recession battering our economy.
Flowing from all these unresolved issues plaguing our nation, ordinary onions no dey market again. Pricing even our local rice is like pricing a luxury apartment. Beans and Garri are now foods for the gods because sons of men can no longer buy enough for their families. Livestock and poultry farmers are lamenting and screaming so we might have to pay exorbitant figures in order to eat meat this season. Simply put, life has become unbearable for most Nigerians.
In the face of all these crisis, most Nigerians if not all are now beyond desperate and worried about our stability and future as a nation.
The mind boggling and pertinent questions then are: will Nigeria ever be great again? How can the low income earners celebrate Christmas with ease or without being affected by the crippling effects of our dwindling economy? Can we pray or fast these issues away? How do we scramble free of the perilous waves eagerly dragging our nation towards being a failed state? How do you plan to overcome these challenges this season?
To answer these questions and many more NIB will, as usual, be chatting with some of our NIB members (you can also drop your comments here or send your opinions to our email - nikkyivysblog@gmail.com). We will be gathering and publishing your views on ways to celebrate Christmas with ease in the face of all these wahala we are being faced with as individuals and as a nation.
Stick around and be patient...
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Nice update Nikky!
ReplyDelete"we are suspecting that even Santa Claus will be unwilling to visit our children this year." You right dear is country is on autopilot mode
ReplyDeleteThank you guys
ReplyDeleteThis too shall pass.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this insight. For one to celebrate 🍾 this season joyfully, it will be good to work with budget. But u can only budget if u have something already...Bear in mind that we serious economic instability. So, reduce travels and impromptu expenses. Look for those things that give contentment, such as acts of charity and reconciling hurts. If we have life, we have a reason to be joyful
ReplyDeleteHas Nigeria ever been great? How can a nation found on controversy grow? The structure of the country so far has no room for patriotism. What's there to die for? The issues here cannot be wished away through prayer but calculated drastic and persistent action. However, prayer gives the vision and strength to carry on and us to the right disposition to truth. Without prayer too our efforts will be dry and short lived.
ReplyDeleteI really don't think it's so different from the previous years. Come to think if it, the hike in pump prices of petroleum products towards Christmas, and the resulting increased hardships that follow have become a norm in the last few years. Nigerians have come to terms with it in my opinion, and many people tend to plan accordingly.
ReplyDeleteAmidst all that has happened and its happening, I first appreciate God for how far he has brought us. Normally around this time in the past, Christmas breeze is being felt everywhere, but nothing of such this year. I just realised the Vision 2020 that was talked about several years ago was going to be a horrible vision. Wake me up when 2020 is gone. Sign out
ReplyDeleteNigeria will be great again, although I doubt it will happen soon. The most important thing this season is for everyone to make reasonable plans irrespective of your income. Buy the most important things (what you can afford i guess). Be thankful and count your blessings in the midst of all these hurdles (because wahala no dey finish for this world). There's always something to be thankful for. Finally think smart!!!
ReplyDeleteNice update, Nikky
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your comments. Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteWithout any form of restructuring or reorganisation, we will remain with this chaos. The present system is targeted at sustaining a political ideology that is self-contradictory, neither moving forward nor backwards.
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