As shared on his profile .
I'm part of
the first people who lost their jobs when this Government came online. I lost a
lot, sold my car, open up a cybercafe and cut down to the new reality but I
knew
a day like this was coming.
The company I
worked with before was doing nothing but building estates with no tanets,
building filling stations that doesn't sell fuel. We made a lot of money and we
spent a lot of it on expensive VIP parties, sending gifts to Politicians during
Sallah and Christmas periods.
Our MD has run
away from the country and our head office has been given eviction notice since
last year so I heard.
My point is
simple, we need to adjust to reality, working in a private company is not same
as working in government agency.
There is no
guarantee to long term employment. We spend all our salaries with no Savings
and no alternative investments. We choose to stay in big cities were life is
expensive and don't plan to ever leave there.
A lot of my
colleagues are still leaving in Abuja, some have relocated to Suleja and are
looking for work inside the same Abuja while selling their belongings just to
survive.
Many people
fall into this category, many put their children in expensive schools without
opening education trust fund for their kids. Expensive cars, designer
wristwatches just to make a fake expression.
Now they blame
the Government, they blame recession but they won't blame themselves for not
planning ahead.
Everybody came
from a village or at least everyone has a hometown. Is not by force to keep on staying in the
city or to look for work in the city.
People need to
adjust their lives, move to places that life is cheap and start all over again.
Even if we get out of Recession most companies will take time before they will
hire again because of bank debts.
Banks are
closing down branches because the truth is they didn't create wealth but they
were busy managing other people's wealth. They invested heavily in Oil and Gas
and Properties. They invested in heavy industries and refused to invest in
small scale businesses such as farming.
Banks hardly
give out soft loans in the range of 50,000 to 100,000 to retailers but will
give out car loans, generator loans to Government employees.
Bad debts are
all over the place, every Bank is suffering from bad debts and it's not because
of the Government policy is because of cooperate Greed and poor Investment
Judgments.
Take this
cattle-farmer crisis, imagine if Banks will merge with Fulani Herdsmen, provide
finance to built modern slutter houses in the northern part of the country and
develop a system to move this meat produce down south in perfect condition
using freezer trucks.
But they are
busy investing in Forex and their employees are blaming the Government for
getting sacked.
- Attairu
Abdulahi
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