New year, new things, finally made my first post on this blog. Its 2014, and yet some things just never change.
There is still unrest in the PDP (old and new), Nigerians are still anti-gay rights as President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill signed a bill on Monday, January 14, 2014 that criminalizes same-sex relationships (and of course Western nations are still mad at us for our stance). Lagos is terribly hot with long lines of convoluted traffic consisting of humans beings and mechanical wonders (you've got to marvel at how LASTMA can blatantly ignore the rundown commercial buses plying our highways as they spew out industrial quantities of smoke). That toll gates on the Lekki-Epe expressway (for island commuters) definitely doesn't help matters!
PHCN (NEPA abeg) remain consistently epileptic yet the monthly electricity bill in some areas is just slightly below the minimum wage paid to workers.
Adolescents are still hawking on the streets, doing a twisted version of a 9 - 5 shift.
Oh, we keep hearing about how the economy is growing at a rate of between 6-7% and yet education, employment, infrastructure and every other indices of development is retrogressing. The majority of Nigerian students at federal/state universities are still trying to recover from the latest ASUU strike which lasted for about six months (for some it is nine months due to pregnancy).
Sad thing is, this issues listed above and numerous others are so rampant that is now the norm rather than the exception.
On a lighter note, Nigerians are gradually "porting" (finally!) from Blackberry to iPhones, Android devices and even Tecno, thanks to the availability of BBM on non-Blackberry devices.
Well, new year, new things, certain things have to change for our society to move forward. To paraphrase a great man, let's be the change that we seek..and 2014 is definitely a great time to commence this journey together.
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