good Day people

since i joined nairaland,i have never created a thread regarding politics or anything.

to be frank i never considered it because most of the threads i would have created would be someone's response in another thread or two.

yesterday I went to help a cousin retrieve some items from a newly rented apartment,

i had an agreement to meet the owner by 12pm ,but of cos that was just a time at heart,

when I got there at 11:50 am, i placed a call through to the caretaker,he said i should hold on a bit as he is out on a side job,

instead of standing and waiting under the blazing sun in a strange street with people staring at me in anticipation,

i decided to "force spend" spend at a restaurant nearby just to get in the shade,this is because most people get easily grumpy nowadays,no one wants you seated at the cafeteria if you are not buying anything,

i took a step into the place and saw this beautiful woman in her late fifties taking a nap laying sideways across a seat in the right upper corner of the shop,

soon i interrupted her sleep with my greetings,she was swift to her feet,gave a slight sigh of embarrassment which she shrugged and went straight for business,

"good day please what can i offer you"? she said sharply,

at first i had wanted just a plastic bottle of Fanta,but then i also wanted to have a longer chat since I wouldn't be leaving very soon, i requested for a plate of cheaps and fried egg,

while she was making my meal,i started a conversation with her, beginning with how she cope with the current situation of things?its common knowledge that when you walk into an eatery to find the attendant taking a nap,its a sign that the past few days have not been busy or profitable, since sleep reduces stress,

"things are not funny oo"! she said in a cold sad tone,"the problem starts when you get these food stuffs but no one to patronise you" she continued,

"people no longer come to eat during work lunch breaks" ,as she said these things i recall the headquarters of ITF was just a hundred metres away from there, even a tortoise could easily walk the distance in 15 minutes ,

I don't know how much the least worker makes in ITF,but one hajiya i know who is a desk staff rents a 600k two bedroom flat also she just finished furnishing her newly built three bedroom home,this is to mean they earn atleast enough to be able to afford a meal during break,

it was past twelve but the streets was as empty as a ghost town. people have adapted to restricting themselves to eat at home,the insecurity in mangu,bokos and barikin ladi area has affected farmers, there is scarcity of food and high demand which lead to higher costs of puchase,

just imagine this woman buying those foodstuffs as costly only for it to lay waste,in a good economy people have spare cash,and what that do is support self-employed people aa this woman.

she went ahead to tell me she heard news, that the federal government said it was going to subsidize the cost of food stuffs in the country,i said its a welcomed idea but "where is the structure for it?",

at this time she was done making my meal,she sat down at a seat by the table ahead as we discussed,

"tinubu didn't make any promises as other politicians did in the past",she implied , i felt a bit uncomfortable with that remark sighting her situation,of cos she is an unbiased yoruba woman, i didn't waste time in reminding her that , regardless of whether tinubu made promises or not,he still has roles to play as a leader which are in the constitution,if he is not living up to it then thats what matters,

she concurred to statement,she sat down one hand on table right hand in cheek,by now i was done with my meal ,bid her farewell as she engulfed herself in a stream of thoughts in her lonely space,who knows when the next customer would walk in? as it is the street is empty for now.

how do you people cope in this economy, is there any wisdom of the ancients you have which is helping you cope with the current Nigerian economy please kindly share so other Nigerians can learn from you,how to get past through these hard times with less hiccups ,

thank you for reading,this is an unbiased post,im not asking for the removal of the president and none of that,there is hardship in the land, before any executive decisions are made first we have to survive the winter,how do we get across as a United nation of people with common interests?

the afcon have showed we are all trying to win as one nation, take our leaders apart,we are individuals going our businesses.
long live the great nigerian spirit.

Why is this on sports section tho

Romance or politics section would have attracted more views

EmperorCaesar:
Why is this on sports section tho

Romance or politics section would have attracted more views

you are right.

EmperorCaesar:
Why is this on sports section tho

Romance or politics section would have attracted more views

i just noticed ,it was a mistake, all the while i didn't know it was in sports section,i thought I uploaded it in politics.thanks