When will our people learn, when will we get it right? I asked myself
as I listened to a clerk and a secretary chat in the lobby as I wait to be
called up for my appointment. Hear the clerk ‘Even my boss doesn’t wear the
kind of shoes I wear, do you know how much this particular pair is being sold? Or
do you think I am one of those guys who visit ‘sele pay’?
I watch in pity as the ranting continues because this is a common site,
common talk. What is wrong in wearing good shoes? you may want to ask me.
Nothing is wrong in wearing good shoes as long as the price fits your pocket,
mark my word ‘fits your pocket’. I have seen guys earning not up to 30,000
monthly use blackberry phones, ladies earning the same amount want to keep up
with other ladies who earn more, they desire and go out of their ways to buy bags/shoes/dresses
e.t.c. that will take up their whole monthly salary. All these at the expense
of their paying house rent, children school fees and other things that should
be their priority. I am so sorry to hit at us ladies, so many of us are so vain
because of wanting to be in vogue. Someone said ‘don’t be in vogue, be classic,
classic can stand the test of all times’
Hmmm! Some of our sisters use their children school fees to buy aso
ebi, or stuffs in vogue. How can you encourage your man to desist from
corruption when you are already demanding for more than he earns in the right
way.
Your house rent is due and you still went ahead to celebrate your child’s
birthday with pomp and pageantry ……. Misplaced priority
Your children school fees is due and you still afford to go for that
pleasure trip (not business trip……….misplaced priority
You need to write a professional exam but your girlfriend wants to
celebrate her birthday with you sponsoring the party with the money you could
use to register for your exams…….misplaced priority
You have a project to submit in school but you need to show up at the
club and buy the guys drinks at the expense of your project……..misplaced
priority
You earn 100,000. monthly and live the lifestyle of your boss who has
one more zero (1.000,000.) behind his salary monthly …….misplaced priority.
You were involved in ‘ajo’ (cothrift contribution) you collected it
refuse to buy that landed property but rather bought the plasma TV, set of
sound system and other electrical appliances……..misplaced priority
Please furnish me with other scenario of misplaced priorities (lol)
With these kind of things happening all around us we should not be surprised that corruption is thriving in our society.
When you do these, two things are bound to happen to you
You will end up borrowing more, making debt a lifestyle or you end up
doing stuffs you should not be doing all in the bid to keep up. Either of the
two is bad for you, they do not make you a person of integrity.
I am not saying you don’t deserve to enjoy life, I am only saying life
is in stages while men are in sizes. Knowing and getting our priorities right
in this nation as individuals will go a long way in reducing corruption.
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