Which way Naija???

 They say you never leave your country even when you’ve physically left it.  As you may have guessed by now, talking about Nigeria and its myriad issues constitutes a significant portion of the entries here.

It’s inescapable.

I’m just tired of it all. I mean, in the past, it’s never been roses and sunshine…things have always been difficult and scrappy but what ‘s been going on for the past two or three months have hit new levels of low.

The news from back home has been consistently negative and at this point, a lot of people are seriously amazed that everything hasn’t descended into full blown anarchy.

WHAT IN THE FUCK’S NAME IS WRONG WITH OUR LEADERS???

First of all, this election cycle seemed to have made every of them mad. The tribalism, bigotry and foolishness on display by politicians and their followers has been, for lack of a more profound word, astounding. You have Tinubu and his band of merry men with their rabid tribalism on display, running up and down the place claiming to want it mainly because it’s “His turn”… you have Atiku and his own band of supporters trying to guilt trip other party-leaning voters into voting for PDP because “the most important thing is to vote APC out” and apparently for them, Atiku is the only one with a realistic chance of doing so….There’s the covert tribalism of Kwankwaso and cohort on display claiming to be the choice of the North and then there’s the popular choice Peter Obi who is obviously the most competent of the lot but who would have an obscenely difficult task of convincing people of this.

To be honest, It’s obvious that Obi’s followers (especially online)have been very vocal and intrusive on others with their choice but again the fact of the matter remains clear to rational-minded people that he is the best choice for President and if I was there, He'd have my vote without question..

It’s not rocket science but apparently, when it comes to Nigeria and it’s own brand of things, nothing is ever as easy as it seems.

To complicate matters further, the economy has nosedived into lower depths…Buhari, arguably one of the most Inept leaders we’ve ever had the misfortune of producing, went ahead in his own stubborn mule-headed wisdom to order a change of the major currency notes and fixed deadlines to do so before the end of February!!!

Now, everyone had to find ways to return their old bank notes to the banks and get the new ones. Sounds simple right?? WRONG!!

Not only do the banks not have enough quantities of the new notes, but they all claim the CBN (on Buhari’s orders) have not made the process seamless even for them and consequently, there has been a MASSIVE shortage of cash everywhere in the country because asides the fact that you can hardly transact anything with the old notes, you also have nowhere to get the new ones.

Mon Dieu!!!

Of course black markets for Naira notes have sprung up everywhere. Ladies and gentlemen… Nigerians are now transacting and buying their own currency with THEIR OWN FUCKING CURRENCY!!

The absurdity of the whole thing would be funny if you scripted it into a movie.

Of course, the effects would be felt in all sectors of the economy.. Transportation fares doubled, there was a massive fuel scarcity which further caused it’s own brand of chaos, banks were being attacked by desperate people who were stranded without having access to their money, Foodstuff prices tripled in cost NEPA with their own wahala was as inefficient as ever and to add the final insult, like a cherry on top, mother Nature sent a crazy heatwave in the middle of what is supposed to be harmattan period.

SIGH.

It hurts further when you’re abroad and constantly see systems in action working smoothly and seamlessly to make life easy for people and even though things aren’t perfect here…. Quality of life and living here is so good, that it makes you want to weep for Nigeria.

I call my mom and listen to her groan about the fact that she’s not had light for a while, cannot buy fuel and has been using firewood to cook because of her inability to get gas and I want to grind my teeth in frustration.

Mahn, I’m just tired.

 

Baba God, biko chook hand here o…because things have reached boiling point and everywhere has reached “twenty-hungry” (according to Lolo).