getting better - getting worse.

Lagos:

Date: Wednesday, 17th January 2007.
Time: 10:39 am

Location: 3 Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island - Lagos.

I arrived at the office barely early (7:59:59) and hurriedly filled my name in the attendance sheet.
I was informed rather sadly that my friend: Innocent has suffered a recent mishap in the hands of "One chance" operators - thieves that resort to robbing unsuspecting passengers of buses or cabs. He was forced to jump out of a moving bus and sustained a certain amount of injuries...

In fact, another friend of mine informed me that he has suffered a similar fate last week.
He was robbed of his phones and laptop - I believe, thankfully that he didn't sustain any injuries.

But...

This is a pointer to the recent happenings...
It is a well known fact that the January to March periods are a trial - in terms of finance for the typical working population. Such that people resort to all manner of illegal or shady activities - the end purpose of which is survival.

But when your fellow Nigerian decides to rob you in the name of survival - the we can be said to be heading into dangerous waters.
Have we gotten to that stage?
Are we now to forfeit our rights to go about our normal activities in peace because we have people who think they're suffering...

Bloody hell - everyone's suffering!
Jobs, security, transportation, food - everything is a thing of concern but as is our way we continue to persist in the mist of adversity - even when our compatriots can no longer differentiate between those who cause the situation to deteriorate in the first place and their fellow citizens - Nigeria is slowly going to the dogs!

But there's hope...
If 140 million Nigerians wake up every morning and continue to strive to survive - there has to be more than hope - that points to Will Power

Let's say a special prayer...