THE REAL LAWMAKERS

THE REAL LAWMAKERS
Am not political to start with, though I just started giving politics a chance, after watching the video clip were lawmakers who are delegated to make laws climb gates and fence, why wouldn’t I be interested in politics? In my own observation I have understood that the best policies can’t be made in the national house of assembly (don’t ask me why, I would explain). If you have ever gone to the ghettos and see where people who take hard drugs popularly called weed or if u have ever been to a workshop were motorcycles are repaired and see people argue politics you would find out that so many policies are raised during their arguments. I always tell people that if you visit a vendor stand where people read political sections in Nigerian newspapers and not just sports, arguing who is better between Eden hazard and Gareth bale you would understand what I mean.
Let me break it down, I went  to a friend’s store recently, when I got there I met my friend and his guys passing weed around, and you know, places like that their conversations never correlate, you would hear things like this;
MARK: Omo, so after Christmas na Easter ooo?
JOHN: guy, imagine ooo, so dem don call off -Asuu strike?
Then you begin to imagine what concerns Easter with Asuu calling off strike? Well back to the matter, at my friends store their discussions correlated to a point, and it was about Nigerian politics my new found love. (So before I outlay the dialogue that went on among us the weed smokers-mind you I don’t do drugs neither do I take alcohol, I was just moping like novice ni o).  I understand the difference between deliberations at the house of assembly and the deliberations at the house of weed smokers, the difference is that at the house of assembly, everyone brings out a problem and different solutions but the ‘’eyes have it” and “neighs have it” closes the chapter, but, at the house of weed smokers, mechanic workshops and newspaper vendor stand different people bring problems and different people bring different  solutions to solve the problems (Lol! you might not understand sha).
Now back to the dialogue at my friend’s store, it began like this…
My friend sniffed his wrapped weed band said:
MY FRIEND: guy, the insecurity wey dey this country na die o, nothing dey safe for here, imagine were for secured oyibo land, airplane dey loss talk-more of here wey security no even dey (he passed the weed over to his other friend who replied).
OTHER FRIEND: Ma guy WAEC go soon start again o, another mass failure again. This country eh(he passed it to the last guy and he sniffed the weed and said).
LAST GUY: Abeg, una never still get light for here abi, (I looked around sha, wetin dem wan use light do for were dem dey sniff weed? Na wa for government o, dem no dey try at all-at all (he passed it back to my friend).
Now the next dialogue came with solutions which I observed fervently.
MY FRIEND: Guy if dem fit just tell each state to get one big generator wey go dey give us light e go good oo, buh my broad na to get ur own gen sure pass, and make people sef try to dey pay nepa bills gaan.
LAST GUY: Guy u c eh, if all man get em own gun, naija go dey safe gaan o. Thief no fit rob thief na.
OTHER GUY: If I fit just see 100k for ground eh (I was wondering who would misplace such amount of money and how does that solve Nigeria educational issues).
I can’t remember how I left the place but all I can recollect is that I took some wraps of the weed. Well that is a story for another day anyway (it dealt with me sha). It is only a smart mind that would understand this story, the truth remains that our law makers, senators and persons in the judiciary are not impressive at all. Let them try to improve on their policy making and not just borrowing policies that work in other nations but won’t work in Nigeria, and please also give the youth a chance to exercise their ideas too. We are tired of policies thought out by tired aged brains
*drops pen and jumps on my lady*
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