#MolueChronicles

#MolueChronicles
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Hadn't seen him in a while and as I hopped on the Molue, you literally had to hop on these monsters - Nigeria's equivalent to the Jubilee or Piccadilly lines - the jewels of our mass transit system, I saw him!

"Hey sit down" he said without looking at me "How's Lagos? How your family?"

"Hey you look different" I said settling next to him "Smart hair cut, starched shirt.... you have a new girlfriend? Yea?"

"Sit down" he said impatiently - that short command lasting the better part of 3 seconds...."Look at this"

I read aloud: "Fuel Subsidy Cost Nigeria $65 billion (dollars) in 5 years"

"Yes" he said "No one is talking about auditing the massive waste, or restructuring the practice of importing fuel rather than build refineries.

Yes indeed - Nigeria, the world's 7th largest crude exporter, imports petrol (gasoline), diesel and kerosene.

It's crazy! It is. We know it is, the people in government know it is...But it make them wealthy.... and in the words of the old R&B song, "Never Give Up On A Good Thing (Remember what makes you happy!)"

...The fact that a poor nation like ours could waste so much money on what it could afford for a tiny fraction..... and no enquiry was...... O yes there was an inquiry! I remember! The then president, ex-president Jonathan PhD did nothing with the report....

...I recommend that as the senate pulls out from the shelf the discarded National conference report, they do same for the House Fuel Subsidy probe report"

On and on he went.... too soon I got to my stop. "What's her name?" I said as I got up

"Maritza" he said
"I'll tell you about her...
She came back for me!"

#TheOldManInTheMolue