NIGERIA, the acclaimed ‘Giant of Africa’, is indeed battling to mend the many holes in its leaking roof. It is contending with so many things, ranging from the issue of insurgency in some parts of the country to industrial strike.
As I write this piece, the Federal Government is yet to resolve the lingering impasse bordering on the agreement it entered into with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) years ago. And for this reason, lecturers in federal universities in particular have again downed tools, thus disrupting the ongoing academic sessions in the various tertiary institutions.
What is more, the trending minimum wage is still on the roundtable for final resolution on what exactly Nigerian civil servants should take home at the end of the month, and/or whether some state governments will be able to pay the rumoured N30,000 per month.
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More disturbing still is the daily killings of humans God created in His own image, under different guises even though the Bible says ‘Thou shall not kill’. The question is: when will our fellow Nigerians in some northern states of Nigeria sleep with their two eyes closed? When will peace return to our farmlands so that farmers in some parts of the North whose livelihood depends on tilling the soil cease to dread the barbaric attacks of sponsored bandits? When will political killings end? When will communal clashes and land disputes end?
Fuel scarcity, particularly during Yuletide periods, is another issue the government should try and avert before the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The government should not allow selfish interest of petroleum marketers mar the celebrations.
Nigerians have already had more than a fair share of the economic hardships occasioned by misplaced priorities of the powers- that-be, and so should not restrict Nigerians to their homes during the Yuletide period.
Adebanjo Racheal Ayomikun, Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State.