The civil service, which had once been a cynosure of all eyes is now a subject of mockery and degradation. This is not unconnected with the fact that the workforce has been subjected to strict endurance instead of enjoyment. Whatever happens to the Country and States' economy, civil servants are always the sacrificial lambs. Inflation is killing our salary, and payment is not consistent. Imagine a government paying a month arrear for two to three months! Twenty percent today, sixty percent tomorrow, forty five percent next tomorrow. Distugting! The system is now impoverishing workers by the day! Which way, civil servants? Where do we go from here?
It's no longer news, that youths across the Country are now desperately aspiring to jet out. The reason is simple. Joblessness and economic instability. Even the once popular government job has has now become a subject of rebuke among fresh graduates due to the recurrence of financial insults on the workforce as a result of government's insincerity in the payment of their wages.
Pathetically enough, many of the Nigerian top government functionaries are elders and deaconesses in the Church, carrying the Holy Bible which says, "thou shall not allow the sweat of a labourer to dry upon him before you pay him". In some States in our dear Nigeria today, the sweats of 4,5,6,7 months and above have dried on our resourceful workers, and people at the corridors of power in these States are bathing in billions, taking care of their own families and personal needs perfectly, without bothering to share the pains of the common man. Can we say these leaders are bloodless? No.
Flowing from the above, there is no gainsaying about the fact that civil servants, especially at State levels are currently going through turmoil. If you are working, you should be fine, but in this part of the world, reverse is the case. Very unfortunate! But suicide is not the solution, don't develop hypertension, and be rest assured that we can always get the best out of any situation.
To maintain balance in this situation, kindly think more creatively, think of other alternatives like farming, think of businesses, consider services you can render which people would be ready to pay for, get your spouses engaged, and also learn new skills. Make sure you avoid unnecessary expenses as well, because nobody knows when this storm would be over, but I'm hopeful, it would be over soonest.
Long live our ever resourceful Nigerian workers!
Odunayo Ogunmodede,
isaacodunayo35@gmail.com, 07033504020
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