January will definitely be a month to remember for a lot of families and individuals. For me personally it was not extremely bad but I heard of families who had really terrible experiences (apart from the one's who lost loved ones in the protests.). At a point in time, food got completely exhausted in my house. The gas finished. No where to buy food or anything (as a result of a 24hr curfew here in Minna). We found an old stove in the gaurd's room and a woman agreed to sell keresene to us at N240 PER BOTTLE . It was terrible. We used our last money to buy that and a few other extremely high-priced items (thank God I was able to smuggle myself to a cousins house in the middle of the night to get a few cups of rice. ). I got to barb my hair this morning (before now, I was looking like prophet Elijah. . . lol).

Well, its not passed tense now (i think). But the truth is, I kinda had fun at the same time. It was more like an adventure. I really enjoyed all the jokes and funny pictures made from the subsidy saga. Its interesting that Nigerians find time and space to make fun of almost every situation they come across (I have even seen some Boko Haram jokes ). I am even kind of missing the whole thing like now. . . .lol. Its such a pity that a few lives were lost during this time (RIP ).

God bless Nigeria.

Describe your own experience.

PS: Just to spoil this post, I am Pro-Subsidy Removal.

[b]OBasanjo's telephone
conversation wt
Jonathan
OBJ: Hello
Jonathan, how is
Patience?
GEJ: Ha ha Baba 3
days,what happened
you didnt call me back
the other day?
OBJ: Am sorry,i av to go
to Ibogun my village and
the network there is a
problem,all this network
provider promised to
bring 3G there bt since I
left office,they av not
done anything, how are
u resolving this issue of
subsidy??
GEJ: Walahi,am tired and
this Lady Ngozi is no
where to be found
now,
OBJ: has she left the
country?
GEJ: i dont even
know,Mark(senat e
president) met wt
those pple yesterday
and they still insists on
#65,
OBJ: its like the truth
about this whole issue
is coming out gradually
ooo, i dont even know
where you saw all
those figures you are
calling(#1.3tri llion) , iwo
gan buru o (u self tough
o)
GEJ: Na Ngozi oooo, she
said once we told them
we subsidized for
neighbouring countries
there wouldnt be
issues,
OBJ: you are beeen
fooled by a
woman, the same way
ur wife is washing ur
linen outside wt her
grammar so tay she
said-she's a widow, u
better be more
prayerful so that you
wouldnt die
prematurely,
GEJ: Sir,did you have
Tunde Bakare's numba?
OBJ: en en, Bakare ke,for
what even if I av it,i
wouldnt give you because
the guy is tough now
oooo, he will raise
curses on you and you
may not escape it oo,
he and his other groups
(CAN) prayed for
Abacha's death and
within 3 days that
prostitute i once dated
in Gabon came and fed
him wt apple,
GEJ: Baba,who do i talk
to now, Fashola is not
even helping matters,
he went to the rally in
Lagos instead of him to
go wt Mopol to shoot at
sight,he was even
praising them,
OBJ: ah ah ah (laughing)
omo Eko ni yen(he's a
Lagosian)
GEJ: can I bribe Bakare to
soft pedal on his rally in
Lagos?
OBJ: i am laughing
oooo,they will use ur
money to buy drinks at
the rally,reverse the
price and look for other
ways for you and your
Cabals,
GEJ: wan announce the
#97 pump price now
and their reaction, will
call U back[/b]

Was that your experience sir?

I am sharing what I saw lol

well I was part of the online campaign against the subsidy

It's Horrible

cabalocracy,

My experience on nairaland was exciting as well as annoying sometimes; people should learn the rules of engagement with regards to public discourse. There were a lot of half truths and outright lies which tends to create distortion. Most people could not come up with a long term strategy and in the end the inevitable happened with the resistance crashing like a park of cards. The tribal angle sure left a bitter taste; Nigeria has a long way to go.

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the strike cramped my style real bad.
Was planning to travel but got stuck in a place where i didnt want to be and was forced to eye-service all thru.
All's well now though .

I fully participated in the version in my area tagged #occupyamuwo, the first day brought all of us together. Some of us met on twitter and some of us met right there on the spot. We were driven by a single goal and we spoke with one voice.
It continued the second day but ambitious policemen fired tear gas at us.
The third day got bigger when the indigenes of the area got us a stage and a deejay as a way to encourage us to keep the good work we started. It went like that till friday with all artistes living around there coming to perform and speak against subsidy removal, we also attracted the media and labour was there on the third day to speak to us
Overall it was an eye opener and I made new friends with similar goals and we will continue in our own way, we are planning something bigger.
I communicate frequently with my new friends and we will tackle the ills around us while waiting for the gains from this current government (if there is any)

I forgot to add, I was stranded in the south east due to high cost of transportation, donations from my twitter friends and my cousin got me back to Lagos just before the strike started

omo9ja1:

I am sharing what I saw lol

well I was part of the online campaign against the subsidy

Oh!, Na una hack NAFDAC, ARMY etc sites ba?

pheesayor:

I forgot to add, I was stranded in the south east due to high cost of transportation, donations from my twitter friends and my cousin got me back to Lagos just before the strike started

Donations? Wao, its time I started getting more active on twitter o.

Lol, 8 years later did you get active?

toluxa1:


Oh!, Na una hack NAFDAC, ARMY etc sites ba?




Donations? Wao, its time I started getting more active on twitter o.