HOW TO SURVIVE HARD TIMES IN NIGERIA VOL. 1

HOW TO SURVIVE HARD TIMES IN NIGERIA VOL. 1

            To make hard times a thing of history in Nigeria ,we don't have to wait for the government to do everything for us. The situation of Nigeria will continue to go worse if  we abandon our leader with the burden and blames of bad economy.we can help our self survive the hard times and have a good standard of living.

            Go through this edition carefully and make use of every point outlined in the write up.

1. Learn to draw a scale of preference.

Some people may begin to wonder, what do I have to do with a scale of preference? Am I an Economist? Well, i guess you will forget your name/course of study if the hardship persists. You just have to understand that at this present situation of our country, everybody needs to economize their limited resources to meet the unlimited human needs. Always make a list of “scale of preference”, choose from the list the needs that you have to meet first, compared to the available resources (money) on you at that particular period of time, and you can satisfy other needs has soon has you fetch more resources. This will help you to conveniently manage your little income.

2. Be Self Employed.

In Nigeria, we believe we are educated so as to secure a government job, or depend directly or indirectly on the government. NO!  We are wrong; We are educated to be independent, so I wonder why a university or college graduate would sit at home for four years under the flimsy excuse of not being able to secure a government job. Mind you the population of Nigeria is sky rocketing compared to the drowning available resource, so in this situation the government will never be able to provide job opportunities for all the educated masses. Before you get out the school system as an undergraduate, get something doing and be devoted to it. A photographer or a painter is not too bad. These are jobs that can be learn in a short period of time or learn by reading EBooks online. It is your packaging and branding that takes you to the apex.

3. Do It Yourself (DIY).

As defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary, DIY is the act of doing or making something (as in wood-working or home repair) without professional training or assistance. In other way it is an act of doing things based on one's own initiative. I learnt from my father Elder Ayodele Felix that a rational man should be able to fix menial faults in his vehicle. Do you need an electrician to fix a lamp holder? Or call a furniture maker to re-attach the broken door of your kitchen cabinet? This are little things you can get done by yourself instead of calling a professional that you would have to pay.DIY will help you to save more cash.

4. Family Planning To Curb Over Population.

Over population is one of the major factor that has been drawing back the development and growth of our dear country, imagine a family of eight where the total income is fifty thousand naira(#50,000) just tell me how they would satisfy the total want of the family with such an amount of money. This will affect the well being of the family and thereby extend to the population at large; poverty will begin to set in as a result of this. In case you don't know that in every over populated country the dependency ratio is always greater than the working population ratio, with this type of population distribution, a country can never maximize her available resources. So therefore couples should adopt the family planning method in order to curb over population. In a country like Nigeria a family shouldn't be more than five (5) i.e. the father, the mother and three children.

5. Stop Depending On Your Parent at the Age Of 18.

Maybe you don't know that at age 18, you are constitutionally an adult, because you now have the right to vote and carry out legal responsibility. Due to Nigeria faulty economy you may still get your school fees at home from your parents but you don't have to make it a habit calling home every weekend for money. Don't get me wrong, I am not asking you to get involved in illegal act to make money. Even while you are still on campus there are a lot of things you can do to make ends meet e.g. pedicure and manicure, setting up laundry services, photography, painting, helping classmates to type their assignments, hairdressing. With little or no training these are jobs that can fetch you money while in school (You can learn by reading eBooks online).

6. Have a Garden.

Agriculture use to be the back bone of Nigeria economy before the discovery of crude oil. Thereafter, there have been shortage of human resources in the agricultural sector of the country because of the diversion of federal government from agriculture to crude oil and this has resulted to inflation in the price of agricultural products, this tends to consume a high percentage of individual income. Therefore having a garden can actually help you save a lot in the sense that you can easily get vegetable crops from your garden instead of spending money to buy it.

Written by Com. Ayodele Julius

Editted by Arch Gbenga Adene