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Amen.
Don't bottle up. Find who to talk to

muyico:
May thy lord scale us through this moment
Isn't easy
Just enduring

In a time when so many young Nigerians are facing depression and many are giving in to despair. (some sources say Nigeria has an estimated 15000 suicide cases in a year)

I came across this short video of a suicide survivor and I feel it's good to share with anyone who may be passing through a lot.

Personally I remember when I suffered job loss way back 2016 it was really tough for me and I understand what it is for someone to contemplate suicide.

Enough typing for now, take out a few minutes to learn from the video and share to groups/persons it may be useful to.
Fp mods do well to help🙏


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMUkIJSc4lA?si=_cA8BqmAr660yZqg

JhyMedex:
Boss.. please apart from disconnecting, how did you stop them from reconnecting another time.
I am quite interested in this l, cause I'm dealing with a similar case right now. This person has been warned 3x. Bit his syrig head is too much.
How did you stop them from connecting totally..

Sorry I didn't see this on time.

There is a fence separating the compound. These two compounds were once owned by the same landlord b4 the other one was sold.

So when the fencing was to be done, the squatter in the other compound would have done a deal with the workmen to connect his compound.

With the fence and the illegal connection discovered there is no way he can reconnect himself again

Nbote:
There was fuel in most parts of Abuja yesterday and there were no usual long queues. I bought at 195 from Shafa fuel station on airport road

He stays at the outskirts so he doesn't enjoy the privilege.

Nigeria & NONSENSE..
We returned home last night by God's grace with our reserve fuel. This morning I went to queue for petrol. Most fuel stations were not selling. I had said I will not buy at ₦280/litre but I ended up buying at ₦330 just so the reserve fuel in the car would not finish. My tyre needed pumping & I stopped at a vulcanizer's place to pump it & realized that it was punctured. The total cost to fix it & pump my tyres was ₦700. I asked if I could transfer the money to him but he said no due to his mistrust of transfers. I had to go to the nearest bank to withdraw cash. I got to the bank & saw a crowd. I was given a number to know my turn & it was 192. The worst part is that they haven't loaded their machines & as at 10:20 now, they haven't started dispensing cash.
-Ade Poetic

Far from that for me.. I spent my entire morning till past noon queuing for petrol(Since I had to take my queen & prince to stay over at my mother-in-law's place).
Majority in my neighborhood were not selling & the only one selling was doing so at N285 per liter. I went far & waited on a long queue. By the time I was 4 cars away from the pump they said their petrol had finished.
I went towards Nnyaya & joined another queue to get petrol & by the time I was 6 cars away from the pump, they said petrol has finished �.
We eventually risked proceeding to Nasarawa state on reserve fuel & eventually got petrol along the way at N280 per liter.
Not to even mention our gas finished last night. �.
All in all, we THANK God for good health and life. ��

- Ade Poetic

CuteMadridista:
When will a pure water arrest a wealthy man for sleeping with the pure water seller's wife?

Na magun such a mán is playing with. He may be killed in anger. Be wise

I had an awful day after making breakfast & washing my clothes, we had to rush to town to make a delivery & teach.

There was no time to queue for petrol. I determined that the reserve will take us to town & on our way back we'd buy petrol but unfortunately all the petrol stations in town that we saw, invariably had endless queues hence we decided to risk it & proceed towards our side.

On getting to our express way towards Kubo, we saw a not so long queue at Shema & we gladly joined it. By the time I realized that we were in the same spot for a long time, I stepped out to find out what was happening & saw that they were no longer selling petrol.

I inquired what was happening & I was told that they just stopped. Not long after they sold to a few cars that came in through the exit gate & parked abnormally while they ignored those parked right beside the fuel pumps on the queue.

I asked the man that was meant to be served why he was ignored (as the fuel attendant even stretched the nozzle across his car to serve a lady out of the queue), he said the attendant ignored him. After serving about 8 cars they turned off the pumps.

A man from the North that speaks Hausa went to inquire & he was told that they would sell to him if he has N5000 to part with(bribe). He came back & told us. The highest I have heard to have your tank filled during scarcity was N1000. This was insane.

I intended to manage N7k petrol for the week & they expect me to bribe with N5k?! They served another group & some fellow Hausa speaking men inquired why they refused to sell to those of us on queue & he was told that their petrol is down to their reserve level. � Even if that was true, then they ought not to sell to anyone & if they wanted to it ought to be on first come first served basis.�


Last last they refused to sell.
Someone said we should call D. P. R..... They last time I heard, D. P. R don't function again ��
What a country?! �

-Poetic Templer (greatest Abuja poet)

Obidient4Tinubu:
why?
Collect the money jor

Money go finish. Blessing no dey finish

SergeantTitus:
Stingy man, ordinary water supply wey dem tap you dey do shakara.

Na so we take dey do cheerful giver until politicians loot all our resources finish.
No be so oh

adecz:
Wetin dey there❓


The Scriptures say that we should
be our neighbors keepers.. ☺️☺️☺️☺️


Share what you have with neighbors,
after all you are not paying for the
water.

Many borehole owners have tap
outside for the community, because
the more the water is used, the more
fresh water comes to the borehole.

Entitlement mentality.

The borehole has a meter attached to it which I load as required.

When there was no light I paid for fuel to pump.

There are times maintenance is carried out on the plumbing system and tanks.
Nothing is free.

Even those who have taps outside their gate regulate it and don't leave it on anyhow

hothead:
Wow! I think this is happening to me... my water bill went up from around N4000/mth to 20 something k/mth..... It baffled me because its just 2toilets, 2 baths and kitchen point that dispense water in the apartment... even if I have leaks at all points, 20k water bill per month is crazyyy ..

Bros you really need to do investigations.

Reminds me of when my nepa bill went up. I did serious investigation and all was resolved in my favour.
You can check my previous threads for that story

backnbeta:
For your sanity; disconnect them, you can't control their water usage and you'll end up hurting yourself. Because water is important, you can run a short tap and let them fetch outside your compound if you can afford it. That way, you can control the quantity of water drawn from your tank

You have spoken well. They have been disconnected already.
As for tap they don't deserve it.
Also the entrance of the said compound is not on my street so they would sort themselves out from their close

Imole001:
That's perfect. normally I treat people how they deserve. if you nice, I am nice, if you think you wise, I am also wise, if you mean, I am also mean, you respect me, I respect you. life is simple

Makes sense

SoftBread01:
I'm actually looking at it from a different perspective and not that "crooked" point, sir.

And the only way to know if they did that is to confirm from your landlord.

I know the kind of landlord I have he is very formal and straightforward.
If there was an arrangement he would have informed me.

Anyway either way if there is an arrangement he would get back to me which I know is not possible

Tmberwolf1:
Urchins of the South West kind?

Na. I'm not based in South west

Imole001:
, Just relax and see how confused and uncomfortable they will all be. I bet no one would ask you anything [quote author=E

I'm not expecting anyone to ask me anything. They will sort themselves out. And generally in my compound we don't answer the gate for strangers/unexpected visitors

Stallionhorse:
Lol.. Water is life and Gods gift.. Just correct them but don't cut them off.. Or you can make a tap they can be coming to fetch from.

The compound is behind mine and so on another close. It would be more realistic for them to liaise with their neighbours on the same street.

The fact that they were crooked means they should continue, no need for discussion

SoftBread01:
Boss, we all know that things are quite tough in today's world. And humans keep turning into something else day by day.

I suggest you let them know you are aware of that instead of disconnecting them completely.

Also, both parties can have a balance if it is within your means so as to reduce the distance they would have to cover to get water.

It would have been wise of them to let me know first.
But since their wisdom advised them to be crooked I have done the needful

Imole001:
It doesn't matter if it's them or not, he should just disconnect. How will you fill 2 big tanks, and it runs out in 4hrs? That's wickedness It doesn't matter if it's them or not, he should just disconnect. How will you fill 2 big tanks, and it runs out in 4hrs? That's wickedness

No time to waste they have been disconnected

Imole001:
Oh, you shouldn't inform them, just disconnect ASAP

Already disconnected them

TheKrakon:
me na only generator light I dey steal

One day the owner go over drive the generator to burst some things for your flat

Imole001:
It's obvious you live in the Trenches,
that's their lifestyle.
they all crooks

It's a decent estate but there are a few undeveloped properties here and there.
The compound behind mine is among them and occupied by squatters

Sekoni003:
Oh okay. Try and confirm if he knows anything about it. If it turns out he doesn't then this would be quite interesting, those guys are crooks

Doesn't matter. He has been cut off. So such leakage would not happen again

Sekoni003:
If you do your findings, your landlord probably gave them access to the water tank of his own will. Linking pipes isn't something you can do in secret unless you're dealing with really crafty elements

Very unlikely the compound behind is occupied by squatters.

The landlord does not stay in the compound and would have informed us of such arrangements

I have heard of neighbours tapping or stealing from a neighbours big generator before.

I have also heard of neighbours stealing from another neighbours Fuel supply

But this is a first for me and I am a witness.

Recently we did not have power supply for a little over 4 days due to a faulty transformer.

On a particular day we pumped water into two water tanks and it finished under 4 hours. These are tanks that ideally should last well over a week.
So it was obvious there was a leakage.
Today a plumber came to investigate and discovered the compound at the back had linked a pipe to our own and has been TAPPING water for God knows how long.
Well he has been disconnected and he will surely have to sort himself out. As he no go fit talk am out

JaySterling:
person no fit runs am with money ??

I don't think so.

STRICTLY for most senior government officials and embassy staff

JaySterling:
How can one get a diplomatic passport?

You have to be a senior government officer or work at a Nigerian embassy

To understand better you can go through the previous threads

https://www.nairaland.com/7193224/phed-crazy-bills.

But let me see how best I can summarise.

As of February this year I noticed when I recharge my prepaid meter I was getting half of the units I was supposed to get.

I discovered that a debt of 65k was allocated to my meter.

A trip to a major office at Ordinance revealed the amount and the staff there said the debt was from 2013.

I informed the staff that I made checks and there was no debt on the meter before moving in over so many years I have been there.

I wrote a mail and dropped at the office and got no feedback.

I sent several emails and followed up on Social media (fb, ig, twitter )
Still no response.

Recently about late June the deductions became worse and 5k would last just like 3 to 4 days.

I had to find my way to the Head office gan gaan.

I finally met a Customer service officer who attended to me well.

I wrote again and she promised to resolve it within a month.

I got a call last week and was able to go today.

Long and short the crazy billing is Over and excess charges will be refunded.

Lessons to learn.

Don't give up

Things are not totally messed up in Nigeria.

Follow through.

chigodo:
Please contact me to arrange for inspection and purchase

How do we contact you when you didn't put down any phone number?

0803 5111 866

chigodo:
Please contact me to arrange for inspection and purchase

How do we contact you when you didn't put down any phone number?

If you follow the link on my signature. You will see All my contact details.

fredrickmyers:
Still available??

Yes