As I was reading your thread, tears was just flowing down my cheeks. Honestly, I detest when people always lay emphasis on prayers. Right from independence, people have been praying; yet nothing has happened to change our present predicament. Mind you, God does not build a city, nor does he build a nation. The wrongs that are happening in our country can only be changed and corrected by us. What we usually pray to God for in Nigeria, is being provided by the Government in third world countries; and that is to say, there is no God anywhere that can work miracle in our case. The miracle can only be done by us and the Government.

People woke up, got dressed, stood under the sun and actually voted to continue with this present administration in 2019... Hmm!!!

Their judgement and eternal punishment will be far worse than that of our politicians.

Too lengthy for me to read.
Summary please....

They won't stop giving birth.

Hehehehe... Picking things from waste bin? It's called scavenging
May conditions never drag you there.

PlanToSucceed:
It's well in this country

It is not well bro

Terrible. Poverty and Austerity na very bad thing if not wetin normal people dey find for wastebin...When you're hungry (Local,state or federal govt won't come to your rescue).
When you're Sick( Doctors and pharmacist won't give you drugs for free).
If you go broke,you may end up having no shelter and roof over your head.
Grace, Destiny, Preparation, Favor, Chance and Opportunity has seen alot of us beyond poverty. If the Country like make e somersault we go still dey alright.

PlanToSucceed:
It's well in this country

All Well no be WELL.

May God have mercy

Nigerian wasn't structured to serve the rich, the poor periodically utilises their shares to insure the rich and nothing mle pretentious

PlanToSucceed:
What I noticed when I observed public waste bin in less than one hour.

Witnessing the unfortunate situation today reminds of palliatives looting from various warehouses during #EndSARS last year and Lai Mohammed and Femi Adeshina later came out to say even though Nigerians were seen scampering for food items does not mean any Nigerians are eating from the waste bin. Today, I have a proof for them and their APC government.

So I left house this morning to meet someone who had promised to link me up with someone who can help my unemployed status. Having reached the place early enough, I called to notify but I was told to hang on there and I found a place and sat down.

Looking around, I noticed a public waste bin and in no time, condemned iron pickers with their truck entered the place and ransacked everywhere in search for iron and other condemned household items. While they were still there, some kids presumably homeless joined them in search for rotten food. I could see them picking things from the bin and directly into their mouths and until no other to pick again before they left. Just as though the bin has regained its freedom from the attack of the street urchins, immediately, I saw an elderly woman ransacking the same bin in search for woods presumably to be used as firewood (a kg of cooking gas now is N600 and Kerosene N450). While she was still trying to pick her interest, a man with wheelbarrow pushed into the place with a heap of cartons/paper materials. He parked and ransacked the same bin for cartons and any paper material thing. He greeted the elderly woman and they both had conversation which I really didn't know what they discussed before they finally left together.

As all these were happening, I had no choice than to still wait for "my helper". Before I knew, another set of women came to visit the same bin. These ones, their interest was on plastic bottles and nylon/waterproof materials. They picked as much was available before they left.

Not long from then, a new visitor to the bin was another child in search for rotten food not knowing early birds have already taken all that were available. I felt so bad and disturbing seeing what was going on there so I was eager to leave the place. Just then, the person called me that I should be going back to my house that the appointment can no longer hold today.

As I made move to pass the bin, the underage greeted me and added "Oga abeg help me with N50 make I take buy something chop". I felt pity for him. This boy is too young for this. Ideally, he should be under the care of his parents. Anyways, even though I was left with only my transport fare, I couldn't pass and I gave him N200.

Wow!!! Honestly I left the place very disappointed and broken down physically and mentally.

Disappointed due to the cancelled appointment and mental breakdown due to the gory site of where some Nigerians now resort to sourcing for means livelihood. Indeed, IMO, this country is a terrible place. It's structured to favour very few and that is why we are still the way we are today and until normalcy and sanity is forcefully returned by eliminating those who have spoilt and reduced the country to this mockery stage, I see no changes where some Nigerians would not have to sleep with empty stomach and start a new day by picking things from waste bins while others spend public funds sleeping in world best hotels in and outside the country.

As I'm typing this, I can't tell how many other persons have continued to visit the same waste bin afterwards and other waste bins in search for source of survival. Rather, this has forced me to ask myself, is this the dream of the founding fathers of Nigeria? Unemployment? Poverty? Frustration? Sourcing livelihood from thrash bins?

I rest my case!!!

Photo source: Google

Remind you that in the United States many people eat leftovers from public garbage tanks, they are called freegans. The whole world is very sick. There are relieve ahead, when no one will hunger no more.
Psalms 72:16, Revelation 7:16

Meeu2:
This op can lie, how many hours do you waited

I witnessed kids eat directly (discreetly when no one was watching) from the gabbage in the part of the country I am currently residing (the state capital o)

This is not hearsay or them say.
I witness am koro koro.

Everyone must get up and condemn this anomaly.

People dey suffer.

These ones, their interest was on plastic bottles and nylon/waterproof materials. They picked as much was available before they left.

Zobo and kunu.

Zombies will avoid this thread because their darling daddy is paying them 30k Npower.

Afonjashapmouth:
Life can never be balanced. Get used to it

Agreed! do u know way back in the 90s it is very uncommon to hear some body commit succide because the economy was too hard. I know I'm people who went back to the village when they couldn't cope with city expenses. Succide is now becoming common, and the this harsh reality that the fall of naira has brought. We should expect increase in crime and more succide. The odds are not in favor of the downtrodden and the poor.

Unemployment will rise and even the middle class citizen should prepare for the worst

PlanToSucceed:
It's well in this country

it is not well Mr Plantosucceed
stop lying to yourselves

UselessBuhari:
I guess this is a wrong picture, because the things you mentioned can not be looked for in the small waste dump I am seeing

Read to Understand and not to react.

At the last paragraph, he said the pic was gotten from google

Women should close their legs Abeg this unchecked breeding is causing a whole lot of problems haba, must everyone have 5 to 6 kids, what is wrong with Africa as a race, is it true we are really cursed?

almarthins:


Agreed! do u know way back in the 90s it is very uncommon to hear some body commit succide because the economy was too hard. I know I'm people who went back to the village when they couldn't cope with city expenses. Succide is now becoming common, and the this harsh reality that the fall of naira has brought. We should expect increase in crime and more succide. The odds are not in favor of the downtrodden and the poor.

Unemployment will rise and even the middle class citizen should prepare for the worst

Why you didn't hear of suicide then was because the world wasn't as connected as it is today.

If not for the internet, you never would have imagined that people feed directly from bins.

There was never a time in history that it was better.

The picture looks fake and even photoshopped. To even make matters worse, the story sound so much like the usual PDP propaganda.
Before you begin to quote me and falsely accuse me of being an APC supporter, be informed that I am anti-APC and anti-PDP.

Amen.. but the next president go bad pass bubu .

Mk I hear say u give scavenger your last 2h

OK

PlanToSucceed:
What I noticed when I observed public waste bin in less than one hour.

Witnessing the unfortunate situation today reminds of palliatives looting from various warehouses during #EndSARS last year and Lai Mohammed and Femi Adeshina later came out to say even though Nigerians were seen scampering for food items does not mean any Nigerians are eating from the waste bin. Today, I have a proof for them and their APC government.

So I left house this morning to meet someone who had promised to link me up with someone who can help my unemployed status. Having reached the place early enough, I called to notify but I was told to hang on there and I found a place and sat down.

Looking around, I noticed a public waste bin and in no time, condemned iron pickers with their truck entered the place and ransacked everywhere in search for iron and other condemned household items. While they were still there, some kids presumably homeless joined them in search for rotten food. I could see them picking things from the bin and directly into their mouths and until no other to pick again before they left. Just as though the bin has regained its freedom from the attack of the street urchins, immediately, I saw an elderly woman ransacking the same bin in search for woods presumably to be used as firewood (a kg of cooking gas now is N600 and Kerosene N450). While she was still trying to pick her interest, a man with wheelbarrow pushed into the place with a heap of cartons/paper materials. He parked and ransacked the same bin for cartons and any paper material thing. He greeted the elderly woman and they both had conversation which I really didn't know what they discussed before they finally left together.

As all these were happening, I had no choice than to still wait for "my helper". Before I knew, another set of women came to visit the same bin. These ones, their interest was on plastic bottles and nylon/waterproof materials. They picked as much was available before they left.

Not long from then, a new visitor to the bin was another child in search for rotten food not knowing early birds have already taken all that were available. I felt so bad and disturbing seeing what was going on there so I was eager to leave the place. Just then, the person called me that I should be going back to my house that the appointment can no longer hold today.

As I made move to pass the bin, the underage greeted me and added "Oga abeg help me with N50 make I take buy something chop". I felt pity for him. This boy is too young for this. Ideally, he should be under the care of his parents. Anyways, even though I was left with only my transport fare, I couldn't pass and I gave him N200.

Wow!!! Honestly I left the place very disappointed and broken down physically and mentally.

Disappointed due to the cancelled appointment and mental breakdown due to the gory site of where some Nigerians now resort to sourcing for means livelihood. Indeed, IMO, this country is a terrible place. It's structured to favour very few and that is why we are still the way we are today and until normalcy and sanity is forcefully returned by eliminating those who have spoilt and reduced the country to this mockery stage, I see no changes where some Nigerians would not have to sleep with empty stomach and start a new day by picking things from waste bins while others spend public funds sleeping in world best hotels in and outside the country.

As I'm typing this, I can't tell how many other persons have continued to visit the same waste bin afterwards and other waste bins in search for source of survival. Rather, this has forced me to ask myself, is this the dream of the founding fathers of Nigeria? Unemployment? Poverty? Frustration? Sourcing livelihood from thrash bins?

I rest my case!!!

Photo source: Google

It is quite disturbing you must say. I have personally observed this same trend too and i can tell you that it was a horrible experience. When you wake up and see food to eat, just thank God because there are somany that don't have.

Nigeria has made us to believe that our lives does not matter to the elite and the previlleged few. Well, we must strive to live. If you have, give those that don't have.

Together, we can affect humanity positively.

erubati:
U never even think of your own life and whether ur helper go still help ur unemployed state,u are thinking of refuse dump.

no mind am. Olofofo

What I experienced yesterday was worse. I was coming back from work in a a commercial bus suddenly the driver stopped, apparently there was an accident, a bike man was hit by a car who ran away we were told and people were just there taking pics and feeling pity for the guy (some persons even knew him from conversations ongoing there). I quickly rushed down and told the driver to discharge every other passenger and we tried to put him in the small bus.
At that point his body was straight like who is dead but I can't really tell if he's still alive so I was to sit at the edge of the bus putting is leg on my leg while someone else hold his head. To my surprise everyone started leaving the scene and said I'll put myself in trouble that police will pin everything on me and the driver. The driver and I pleaded with them that if like 10 persons follow us to the hospital and explain the same thing, that cannot happen but our pleading fell on deaf ears. We had no choice than to drop him back beside the road. I've never been so close to a "lifeless body" in my life. I felt traumatised and helpless.

I can't raise kids in this country. People are mentally dead.

Sad

Sad story.. yet some lawmakers are there earning millions upon millions while the average Nigerian languish in poverty with nothing to eat.
No developmental strides, no jobs, poverty everywhere. This country is bleeding seriously.

PlanToSucceed:
It's well in this country

Is it well with what you read. If you read very well and carefully you will know it is not well at all.

When I say don't vote for APC and PDP so that you won't eat from the dust bin. Some people take it as an offence

I guess this is a wrong picture, because the things you mentioned can not be looked for in the small waste dump I am seeing

Today, I bought 12.5 kg of cooking for 7100 from restopark in port harcourt. I felt so terrible and pained that I ve to pay that much for cooking gas.

Something is terribly wrong with Nigeria and its getting worse every day... Perhaps, gas will sell for 9k per 12.5kg before Christmas.