Thursday 12 January 2012

Thoughts on #occupynigeria protests

Whether subsidy is removed or not, the cost of living will keep rising; that is a constant. This the best time to plan for the future. While some are out shouting and generally loafing, others are observing the needs of the people, meeting it and getting richer. There will always be two sides to a story. Turning a situation round for your good or being a victim.

Light can be brought out of darkness, the choice is yours. Make the best of today because tomorrow is dependent on it. They say the best time to plant a tree is ten years ago, the next best time is today.

Who are the real victims? PHCN has refused to give electricity, fuel stations are not selling fuel but touts come out at night to sell 10 litres for N2,000. Those that asked us to stay at home are making thier money even now. They have uninterrupted supply of electricity. The government is not affected by the strike but there are people that survive on thier daily income. Who are the real victims?

May God grant you and yours wisdom to rise above these times. Not the wisdom of the world because it is designed to fail but the wisdom of God which is the word of God


Pastor Moji

1 comment:

  1. Whilst I agree that the people that survive on this day to day earnings are the most affected by this strike, I think we need to understand that this struggle benefits them the most, don't they want to do better than living on daily earnings? If electricity was constant for example these people would begin to think of owning businesses that can not only feed them but even pay wages to others, I'm sick and tired of such blind arguments, we need to stop thinking of "what am I going to eat today" and grow to a situation where we start thinking of my food for the next one year is available. Look this strike is set on the premise that "Enough is Enough" enough of half measures, enough of the deceit, does anyone need a magnifying glass to see that the immediate effect of this policy without setting up the right infrastructure first is that naira has been devalued? Do you need to be told that if fuel is sold expensively the cost of living then increases? If cost of living increases without income also increasing how then is that man living on his daily earnings supposed to cope? The argument isn't that subsidy shouldn't be removed but that proper infrastructure must be in place before it is removed.

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