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Hmmn!! We can't continue like this as a people in this country ooo. We cannot be deep in water and abandon pepper in our eyes. "Something has got to give", cried Alero, a commuter in the CMS-bound bus as a lady complained about how much she spent on bread for breafast.

 Other commuters cheered on the Portuguese win of Euro 2016, Papa Lajo sat confused in the rowdy bus. He gave off a loud sigh, "can we hear ourselves? Why such noise on a public transport? He spoke as one who is not familiar with the Nigerian commuting system. He had barely completed his eloquent speech when a middle aged man started speaking into his phone in an offensive loud manner, "Do you know who I am, if I see your walking corpse in my office, you are as good as dead". The bus shook as laughter outburst sprang from every corner. Dead threats" commuters muttered. 

Mama Ejima sputtered, "we are too docile; as she rants on. We can complain from now till eternity, yet refuse to do anything to change the situation. We would rather keep adjusting and readjusting like the toad placed in a water pot on fire; as the temperature of the water rose, the toad kept adjusting it's own temperature to suit the surrounding temperature until it died". Papa Lajo made motion to continue with his Brit-accent coated speech, but got stopped in his tracks as Alero chipped in,"Papa Lajo leave the woman to rant off her heat, the condition of the masses warrant another "Occupy Nigeria move". The price of everything you can think of has gone up. 50cl bottle of household kerosene is now N200. A litre goes for N230 at filling stations and more at the retailer's. Something will happen sooner than we can imagine, people can endure anything but not hunger". 

"The Government's agricultural incentives and intiative will pay off, farmers will soon start harvesting farm produce so it won't be as bad as you are painting it, noted Papa Lajo. "Which farmers and what farm produce? E be like say you live for Mars, otherwise you would have known that farmers did not really farm this seasons due to Boko Haram attacks, Fulani Herdsmen and indirect motifs springing from these attacks", perturbed Yinusa muttered.

Farms across Nigeria have been destroyed and many are afraid to go farming. From the reports, Chief of Army Staff stopped the supply of fertilizers to farmers in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in order to stop the production of Improvised Explosive Device,IED,by Bokos. We all know that without fertilizers, nothing can really grow in those areas. "There should be a better way of monitoring fertilizer distribution. Hunger is staring all of us in the face come next year; farmers who depend on irrigation to water their farms cannot buy petrol to fuel that. It's indeed Sad. One can only imagine what a hungry and angry multitude will do" said Alero.