The Nigerian Hard Economic Visible Hand By Okundaye Israel O.

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.

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Email: iosarenagharu@yahoo.com.

Location: Benin City, Nigeria.