Now she has shared my address and phone number to strangers. And from my window i can see unscrupulous elements and touts outside my house, pointing at my window.
Putting this out there. Not out of fear but so that everyone is aware.
I will get sticks for this, but I think it needs to be said.
No bus terminal has any right to be this way, not in a country with such a massive infrastructure deficit.
That said, I completely understand why it was built this way. Nigerians are obsessed with glossy outcomes, even when there is no fundamental infrastructure to sustain them.
A more intentional country would build simple, functional bus stops that match its level of development. More importantly, the opportunity cost could be used to standardize bus stops and transportation infrastructure across the state.
But you build what people emotionally connect with. This is why every governor wants a white elephant project that sends people into a frenzy.
Our governance, and how we are run as a nation, is ultimately a reflection of who we are.
โWhere Is The Law, Just Like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Said?โ. ~ VeryDarkMan Reacts After Justice James Omotosho Recused Himself From Yahaya Belloโs Nephewโs โฆ10 Billion Fraud Case, And Also Speaks On How The Judge Handled Mazi Nnamdi Kanuโs Case.
Intelligent people struggle with addiction. Their minds need more. More depth. More to disappear into. They have obsessions nobody around them shares. Philosophy. Literature. Astronomy. Documentaries. Quantum physics. Dostoevsky. Kant. Books, music, films, ideas they've gone so deep into that ordinary conversation starts to feel like small talk. And small talk feels like suffocation. So... they drink. Work until 2 am. Doomscroll until they feel nothing. Because there is a gap between who you are and the conversations available to you. And sometimes, that gap becomes unbearable. And it's one of the loneliest places a person can live.
Walked into a bar in Canada with my friends and this Somali guy approached us to play snooker.
After a while he asked, โWhere are you guys from?โ
I said Nigeria.
He looked at us and said, โWe are the pirates, you are the fraudsters.โ