"On the phone my friend is lecturing his family about the need to "manage" the little he has sent home. He gives them statistics of how a day in Abuja ends, and his survival tactics. Even though he exaggerates, I still feel for him. Abuja, ...to some non-residents, is an Arcadia where money grows on trees; a land of vast opportunities where the President of the Federation himself posts money to residents – or just a city where you earn the same thing as the politicians."
"The day you go broke in Abuja is the day you will testify to the absolute inhumanity of man. Like every other city, it's soulless and unsympathetic to every failed survivalist. This wisdom is carried by a consellor who once said, "Abuja is one place on earth you don't want to be broke… Strive to attain certain level of financial freedom even if it means starving your grandmother at the village!" Elsewhere you may be broke and still have your parents or relatives to save you, but here everybody, even your closest friends, wears the Don't-Go-Broke philosophy around like they would a bullet-proof vest in a war zone. Of course Abuja is a war zone of political and financial crises. Wallahi if you go broke in Abuja even your girlfriend or wife, who had previously called you the names of strange-sounding fruits, will no longer be available or friendly. She'll either be too "busy" or "sick" to see or tolerate you."
- Gimba Kakanda
Gimba Kakanda. Brilliant and alive despite the evil machinations of several regimes of Nigeria's rogue governments and ASUU. Read him. And follow his blog. It is free. For now. And yes, Abuja is the new America. Come here and die. *cycles away slowly*
"The day you go broke in Abuja is the day you will testify to the absolute inhumanity of man. Like every other city, it's soulless and unsympathetic to every failed survivalist. This wisdom is carried by a consellor who once said, "Abuja is one place on earth you don't want to be broke… Strive to attain certain level of financial freedom even if it means starving your grandmother at the village!" Elsewhere you may be broke and still have your parents or relatives to save you, but here everybody, even your closest friends, wears the Don't-Go-Broke philosophy around like they would a bullet-proof vest in a war zone. Of course Abuja is a war zone of political and financial crises. Wallahi if you go broke in Abuja even your girlfriend or wife, who had previously called you the names of strange-sounding fruits, will no longer be available or friendly. She'll either be too "busy" or "sick" to see or tolerate you."
- Gimba Kakanda
Gimba Kakanda. Brilliant and alive despite the evil machinations of several regimes of Nigeria's rogue governments and ASUU. Read him. And follow his blog. It is free. For now. And yes, Abuja is the new America. Come here and die. *cycles away slowly*
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- Ikhide
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