Nigeria or Naijiriya: The biting economic hardship and undying tolerance spirit of an average Nigerian in the face of acute austerity and threatening insecurity

One of the most strongest people on earth are the Nigerians for their will and unbreakable spirit amidst life threatening challenges and economic maladies that could render an average citizen of other countries handicapped and broken.

The hope of better tomorrow and never give up mentality have made many households surmounted against skyrocket inflation and systemic poverty that could have crippled weak minded citizens of other countries.

Nigerians are wonderfully and specially made, they excel both home and abroad, they flourish where others are struggling, but the foundational problems of the country since inception have transformed and persisted with each government promising change, next level and reigniting the dying spark of remaining hope in the face of Herculean austerity.

The current price of cooking gas, petroleum, diesel and other bye products of crude oil extracted from our ground and shores have drawn criticisms from those who depend on these products on a daily basis and others who are asking questions if the removal of fuel subsidy is detrimental or beneficial to the commoners, and why the upward movement in slope of selling price after years of the subsidy removal .

Reforms takes time but the groaning and hardship if not quickly addressed can further leads to frustration and depression.

Civil unrest caused by hardship combined with the widespread insecurity is not a fire the government at all levels can quench easily.

With large numbers of youths lost to drug abuse to avoid the reality of depression and subject themselves to fantasy of using cannabis mixed with Canada loud to fly to Canada during daytime, while using cigarettes crushed with colos for a trip to Colorado in the United States of America without a visa or boarding a flight.