I'm just wondering, today marks the 4th day I've been trying to cope
without electricity. Is this problem peculiar to me alone? Or are we
suffering and smiling on the Social Media because we have N20 to charge
phone on the streets?
Nobody cares about the impact on
Businesses. Majority of the frozen food sellers in my street are
lamenting as some of them have recorded monumental losses within the
past 4 days.
I've personally lost about N50,000 (in directly) due to the failure of this government to admit and confront their failures.
So
many business men are running at loss. Nigerians should not keep quiet.
Market women, unlike, banks and large organizations do not have the
money to purchase large inverters, diesel engines, etc. The few who
could afford generators do not have access to petrol as most of the
filling stations have shut their doors (in Lagos and Ogun). Mind you,
90% of those selling refuse to sell in Jerry cans. The implication is
that a woman who has N100k worth of frozen food would rather bury her
goods or fry it all for herself and family.
The big, influential
and shameless men who ought to come out and speak are either scared of a
fulani man or extremely 'stu.pid' to understand the plight of small
business owners who survive on electricity.
I'm not a frozen food
seller, but for Christ sake, these folks are Nigerian citizens who have
chosen to survive in the absence of direct jobs from the government.
Hence, they deserve the right to enjoy the basic amenities like
electricity and fuel.
May the curse of the Lord remains in the house of the wicked.
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