IT'S CONFUSING ME

 

I was thinking this morning.... On Tuesday, a number of Nigerian mainstream media reported how the Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, struggled to pronounce N605 billion figure while presenting the 2025 budget before the Edo House of Assembly. Punch Newspaper had penned the governor's gaffe, “The Edo State 2025 Appropriation Bill of 6 billion… 650… 605 billion… 76 thou… 76 million… “Let me take it again. 506 billion… 605 billion… sorry… 776 billion… sorry, it’s confusing me.”

As I watched the video, I could not fathom which part of the figures was so difficult to call out, the billions or the millions? How can a governor who struggles to understand figures be able to understand an audit report of how the money will be spent. Truly, it's confusing me.

Days later, we saw Uduak Udo, an aide to Senator Godswill Akpabio congratulating Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state over the passing of the governor's wife. The man lost his wife, and you are congratulating him. Was he really congratulating the governor, or did he mean to say condolence or commiserate? Abeg, it's confusing me.

That same week, Naira started appreciating and gained over N250 in 3 days. Many financial analysts attributed the gains to the launch of the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System (EFEMS) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and concluded that better days are ahead. Before I could even raise N1500 to buy one dollar, naira had crashed to a worse state than before the gains. What kind of financial system do we have in Nigeria? Why is the Naira so weak, like over ripe dodo? Abeg, it's confusing me.

What I don't understand is that in the midst of strangulating economic situations, Nigerians still found time to catch cruise about Okpebholo and Uduak. I used to agree with the Warri proverb that says, 'Na person wey never see problem dey use English pray.' Now I know it doesn't apply to Nigerians of today. Despite the overwhelming challenges, they are still praying in King's English. How so? Me I no know because it's confusing me.

Thank God for 1 Cor 14:33 that says “For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.” May confusion not happen to us.

Stay hopeful. God's got our back.

Happy Sunday!

......Just the thoughts of a certain Wey Mey