PREPARE FOR THIEVES

Let me, from what happened in Lagos, paint a picture of what will soon start happening in Nigeria. I had brought out my writing pad and fired up my laptop this morning to continue the Mmasinachi story I’m doing but my people say, ‘Afu ihe ka ubi e lee oba.’
Let’s, briefly, using Lagos as a case study talk about what we should expect in Nigeria soon.

Listening to the governor of Lagos last night tell his people to prepare for a total lock-down of markets, clubs and other businesses, I asked myself, ‘Why are our leaders negative copycats?” The word negative like I heard recently on radio is the most wonderful result one gets when he/she test for HIV, Covid-19 or other dreaded diseases but it’s not a cheering news to woman who go for pregnancy test. By the way, my heart goes out to woman all over the world particular those who are still within their right to bear children; my heart goes out to you because for safety reason, I am tempted to believe that the activity in the other room that give rise to babies has reduced. Anyway, what do I know? I’m not yet married.

Of course, I don’t need to be a governor to know that Babajide Sanwo Olu sounded really ‘stupid’ on the television last night. Before you jump into the conclusion of thinking he’s a stupid man, I want you to note that the first stupid I wrote is in inverted commas. Meaning, he’s not really stupid. Trust me, this is not the best time to be a president or a governor. Yes, he sounded stupid because after hearing him talk about a lockdown, I didn’t hear him talk about what the government would do to make the lives of common Lagosians better____ palliative. You’re asking these people to leave the street where they earn their living without giving them a lifeline. Does the governor know that there a people whose daily hope of food is from the five hundred they make daily on the street? Anyways, what do they know, most of them didn’t grow up on the street.

One of the rule of the street is to try and survive ‘any which way.’ I even think is the universal rule of life. Ever heard of ‘The survival of the fittest? Those days in secondary school one of my classmate calls it Survival of the ‘fightest.’ For me, that expression means doing everything you can to survival. And because these street boys/girls would be cut off from their means of survival (the paltry sum they make everyday) and because they have survival instinct in them, they are going to move to the house of their neighbours to steal by whatever means they can, including the use of toy and real guns.

Unfortunately, we have a government that is a poor copycat. How would you copy the act of shutdown from other countries without going further to copy the incentives they give to their people while they’re on shutdown? The painful truth is that other negative effect this would have on Lagosians is that the prices of things, particularly food, will skyrocket. It’s unfortunately true that Nigeria is a failed state! Imagine ordinary hand sanitize that used to sell between five hundred and eight hundred naira is now two thousand five hundred.
So, my people, the painful reality is that we should all prepare for ‘small’ thieves.


In Buhari's voice 'Convik wan nine is real'

Copied from a Facebook Friend, Ordinary Justice

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OAM4J
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

What you have him rather do?
Fold his arm while the virus spread?
Then later blame him for it.
You are a typical confused Nigeria.
You know all till you are in power and you will do worst

You really making sense, this action will definitely trigger crime rate. I even heard that the Police IG has ban people visiting stations.

May God see us through.
This whole thing is really effing.

Op, you have what is known as common sense, but it is a pity that that same sense is not common. Our leaders lack an understanding of the environment they gorvern. They just come up with laws without looking about the people they govern. They are just copycats.This should get to the front page by the moderators. Too bad.

What you have him rather do?slotxo

StarOnEarth:
What you have him rather do?
Fold his arm while the virus spread?
Then later blame him for it.
You are a typical confused Nigeria.
You know all till you are in power and you will do worst

I'm not against d sit at home, I'm just saying that there should be palliative measure to cushion d effect of the lockdown

andyanders:
Op, you have what is known as common sense, but it is a pity that that same sense is not common. Our leaders lack an understanding of the environment they gorvern. They just come up with laws without looking about the people they govern. They are just copycats.This should get to the front page by the moderators. Too bad.

I don't know why Mods like OAM4J, Lalasticlala, Mynd44 etc don't like moving such posts to FP. If na snake matter now them go carry go FP

I bet with you that if govt gives everyone 100k to shop and prepare for the lockdown, some will still be looking for a way to rob others.
Stealing and thuggery is in their blood. No matter the situation they will do it.

StarOnEarth:
What you have him rather do?
Fold his arm while the virus spread?
Then later blame him for it.
You are a typical confused Nigeria.
You know all till you are in power and you will do worst

Let the virus come and kill anyone he wants to kill rather than starving our kids to death.

Human are bound to die, if God says man shall die, then who are we, or do you think we still have HEZEKIAH in this shit world.

Hunger, death by Hunger is worst than COVID 19, if you don't know

stevmatt15:


Let the virus come and kill anyone he wants to kill rather than starving our kids to death.

Human are bound to die, if God says man shall die, then who are we, or do you think we still have HEZEKIAH in this shit world.

Hunger, death by Hunger is worst than COVID 19, if you don't know

I rest my case for your matter

StarOnEarth:

I rest my case for your matter

Better do and I hope you have filled and stored foodstuffs in your kitchen and bathroom