NIGERIA, A COUNTRY IN PERPETUAL CRISIS

NIGERIA, A COUNTRY IN PERPETUAL CRISIS

Nigeria, a country in perpetual crisis

Good day pals, I hope your day is going well? Just ruminating how it feels to be without electricity in a 21st century Lagos for over 118 hours and yet we say we are modern times compliant. I have had cause to bemoan my plight and that of fellow countrymen and women on this forum on Monday 3rd March 2014 and till this moment we still without power in my neighbourhood but have had to make do with our alternative generated power courtesy of generators which can only service those that can afford the cut throat price of petrol at the black market because the fuel stations have become a war zone. Because I didn't witness the civil war, I am of the opinion that a lot of the people I see in the petrol stations since Friday last week must be war veterans to be able to engage in all sorts of cuffs just to get fuel for either the car or the generating set at home.

I also observed that a lot of businesses that are barely managing to survive on generating sets are unable to do so lately because of the fuel crisis which is killing life gradually. Most of the small businesses are without light in the evenings due to power outage and lack of petrol.

As I was leaving the house this morning, a group of women accosted me and demanded to know what we are doing to raise awareness about our collective plight of which I couldn't but sympathize with myself, this are women who are barely literate. To them, they are concerned and wanted to know if we can protest and to where? To this women, the suffering is just too much and has made life unbearable; no water for use because of lack of electricity to produce it, cant store things in the refrigerator, cant run business on power because of the state of anomie in the power and energy sector, etc. This made me to wonder, that if these women can be this concerned to demand civil action on these social issues, what are we the educated folks doing to change things before we are pushed off the podium by those who want action.

I had to calm them down that I will broadcast their, sorry our story to the whole world through this medium and I just hope somebody is listening and will help spread this message to the authorities concerned that Nigerians are not happy with the state of things and are disturbed that why is our country in perpetual crisis? If it is not insecurity, it is Power outage or shortage of fuel supplies, or untimely deaths from preventable or avoidable situations or a case of massive looting of our commonwealth by a few, etc. Why cant we for once break this negative jinx and have a good development unfold about our country to delight our minds and lengthen our days on earth?

Oh, how I weep for my country and have resolve to organize the people in my neighbourhood for political power to make the desired change and stop this lamentations because the state we are in today is a consequence of either our actions or inaction's, How about you?