Political Motivated Article:
“Hunger in the land yet it is not barren.” Israel.
Horn from vehicle hit the streets, busy major roads with pedestrian
walking tall different direction, signs in slogans hang on shops, caravans and
umbrella points with few customers making purchases according to what and how
hard economic issues had led them while considering their pockets, shops are being
closed down on daily bases, quite number of companies have folded up, the ones with big heart adjust to downsize as cut out to absorb the shock being witnessed in the present day Nigeria.
Every being (cooperate bodies, Public or Private sectors) have all had a fare
share of the economic situation thin or thick. Salaries are held and
procurement's retarded.
A wide range of people and legal beings (corporations) are
being economically held hostage, locked up in Jones’ Locker waiting to be released
into economic boom. Families are putting up deep efforts to survive the times
by reducing portion of meals from square meal to two daily. Major expenditures are cut down to the barest minimum just to live through the
period.
The rates of drop out from schools recorded has doubled owing to the student’s inability to settle their financial academic obligations
across board, especially Tertiary Institutions.
Hard or scarcely anyone that had not been affected economically. economic hardship and political hostility is grossly obsessed the country at the moments. More or
less, the economic situation is negatively grasp and pictured by all. Transport fares have doubled negating the impact on the
prices of goods and services across the markets levels. The market woman have
taken to gong hitting it hard to announce their share of and laments the sudden
increase in the general price level of varieties of consumable and
non-consumable products. Rents on Housing have been pushed up the ladder by
opportune landlords and estate agents. We are going through tough economic
period yet business owners have hijacked the situation thereby making it worse
off for the buyers or consumers who are at the receiving end.
Few resources are flying around unable to catch up with the demand of the populace. The people have their stomach opened and anticipating meals in the waiting but we all wait hope
filled. We wait not in vain because Nigerians and Africans in general
exist to whether any storm, survive any tide. We will walk; stand the times,
ply the road rough or tough but sweet in the end. It is a wise thought that the
men who suffers pains in the morning reap huge heap of success in the evening.
Huge decline in business (Public or Private), domestic and religious activities (the fund raised from religious houses are not spared). The economic down turn is ravaging the state, it seem unperturbed haven’t injected trauma, pains and ache on the
economic public.
The displaced person’s in Nigeria resulting from terror and militancy have also had a handful of the current recessing and political agitating situation in the country over the period.The heat is majorly ravaging or tearing the economy more on
pricing with other economic areas in close consideration. Prices of articles and services had so hit the high that the relative
prices of commodities at “pre” and “current” level have now been increasingly
tripled. Whereas the “post” price dilemma is hitting bang the heart of the
general public.
The invisible hand of hardship had virtually affected every
sector of the economy such that everyone including government is left to hug one
economic stigma or the other. It came hard like the deadly hazard witnessed in
Europe, Asia and the United State of America (Tsunami, Tornado's, etc), spelling
boldly its aim resulting in double digit inflation that have wrecked or
assisted the economy in creating wide vacuum in relation to resource control, productivity, growth and development or failing state, inflation or price-stability, loss or profit, unemployment or employment across private and
public companies, enterprises or corporations.
Foreign businesses and owners have relocated to base. Government do not seem to be winning or dictating a high hand over the economic “ambiguity”
though the prices of articles are gaining momentum because Business Opportunist
are everyday doing more to regress the situation by seizing every leverage that
can deliberately trigger the level of inflation in the country.
Unknown or increased figures of the Nigerian youth are
leaving the shores of the country through borders. It’s way odd that the youth
are leaving the country for the pastures greener than ours due to inconsistent,
poor or self motivated leadership miscalculations of our political heads and authorities
of the different era, from one transition to another.
The option to Europe through borders and other platforms are
obviously way out of recession, economic woes, or hunger to deathtraps at the
deserts, sea or possibly eventual
destination but consciously or inversely the problem of the government due
to Nigerian Youth Political Space Deficiency in the operations of
government occupied by Ageing Nigerian Men and Women in Politics.
The issues hitting the nail at these times are
- What positive steps have been taken by government to attract its citizens from looking outward but inward?
- What arrangement or bilateral arrangements does the government of Nigeria have with these countries vulnerable to our desperate youth travelling abroad through borders? So they can have or enjoy some level of security.
- What plan of the vibrant Nigerian youths is reflecting on the budget appropriated year in and out?
- What proportion of the political meal in the form of electoral positions, appointments and party politics gets to the teaming youth at local, state and national levels?
National issues are resolved through innovative workable
ideas from the general public consisting of men, women, the teaming and vibrant youth in the political class that
have what and all that it takes to push or propel a progressive government and
activate or reshape a regressive state.
Until the state begin to open up huge rooms to active and
competent leaders of today (25-40 yrs) in government, the
Beauty-Full color of this nation may not reap the basics or nutrients to
compete its green pastures with the rest of the world, LDC’s (low developing countries) to HDC’s (high developed countries).
In nutshell, the seed planted here for real growth to foster
in a nation like ours, is to encourage government to open up space or more
political rooms for the youths to explore (Youth Political Responsibility) in
government against Ageing Political Rascality. “That is the mixed breed of
Youth Political Responsibility with a level of Ageing Political Decision Makers.”
There is hope, it is sure that the economy will bounce back.
Let this famine be hard lessons learnt in blessing, government must learn,
corporations and political individuals and decision makers must learn that Mother
Nature is the ripper, it cannot be toiled with or taken for a ride. We all must
inculcate the habit to save for the future because it does not rain every day.
The government and its agencies must retrospect, see and put tomorrow in its
expenditure, actions or language in its operations and considerations.
I see a silver lining, I see hope in our Nigeria. I see a
dominant macroeconomic sustained Nigeria. The macroeconomic sustained Nigeria
that I saw is the one born out of all inclusive government with cut clear
opened leadership and well structured criticisms from oppositions and political
speculators.
God Bless Our Nigeria.
Author: Okundaye Israel Osarenagharu.
Passion: Writing.
Specialty: Article, Poem, Quotes (Poetry), Motivation, etc.
Contacts: +2349080639247.
Email: iosarenagharu@yahoo.com.
Location: Benin City, Nigeria.
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