NIGERIA AND THAT FUEL SUBSIDY

After all said and done, our dear president still went on to remove the fuel subsidy… I try to wonder where this is taking us to. With fuel queues building up and increase in transport fare, we all can but imagine where we are headed.  Are already battling with erratic power supply, inflation, how exactly do Nigerians cope with N141/litre? Do these people actually ask critical questions before they make any decision? Who are they listening to? I am not surprised; this is Nigeria!

Complaining will not solve anything and Nigerians are known for how much talk we can talk but little action. Our anger thermometer can rise to the max but that is it, we rarely act on our convictions….it is one major reason why even our politicians ride us; they know that many of us are only bluffing. All manner of Talk shows on TV like it solves a single thing…. I don’t see complaining as a way forward. We really have to start questioning ourselves, our inner beliefs and what we stand for. Are we continually going to be pushed around, bluff and do nothing?  Even in our private lives, we must drive our inner gut to get things done….not just talk and complain. Figure a way out to make your life better no wait on this Government…. It is obviously on a different page.

In the end, Nigerians will mellow down. Fuel Subsidy is major headline now… after some time, it fades and it is swept under the carpet. We know here that if prices go up, they rarely come down. All the drama around this Fuel subsidy tells the kind of people we are; not like we trusted our leaders in the first place but this makes it worse. It is everyman for himself. The emergence of jungle justice is a wake up call.

I don’t have to waste my energy to complain about what the President did or did not do. It does not put food on my table, besides, he does not know what the average Nigeria goes through to survive everyday and that is why it is easy for those at the top to talk of endurance. What do they know? People who claim to have humble beginnings but they appear to have forgotten everything about that background. Why stake your whole life and dreams on people who are so occupied dealing with their personal headache…they don’t even remember you are there! People with foreign family members, they are aliens to the Nigerian System… they live abroad.

When they come to Nigeria, they get the best jobs, Live in the choicest areas, ride the best cars, hang out in the best places, they live privileged lives……why would I stake my life on that? I put my life in the Hands of God because He knows how it feels…..He keeps His word! We must survive…..That is what keeps us going!