REFLECTIVE STICKERS???
When will the intimidation ever end? Ehn? Is it a crime to live in Nigeria? The fact that some of us have decided to stick things out in this country –whether this is because we have on countless occasions been denied visas to other places or not is not relevant here- should be commended, as we are daily assaulted with all manner of conditions that would break the ordinary human being. But then again we are not ordinary, we are Nigerians!
What is the reason for my diatribe this beautiful day? It is nothing more than the new ‘law’ on the use of reflective stickers, which seems to be gaining ground by the day. Just the other day, I noticed in the traffic some guy selling the stickers, and with the way people were buying up the stickers, the thought crossed my mind (albeit briefly) to abandon my legal practice and join the young entrepreneur in his ‘area of practice’.
I wondered about the reason for the rush for the stickers and now I know that probably because I am permanently holed up in my office from 7am till 8pm Mondays to Fridays and the odd Saturday, I was totally unaware that some tin god somewhere had decided that all motorists should begin to stick the things on their cars, or face the music (which of course is constantly having to pay off LASTMA, Police, Traffic Warden, FERMA, Local Government Traffic Monitoring Unit; maybe even LASEPA –these days, who knows with all these agencies?- so that you can live (or leave) in peace).
Come to think of it, who conjures up these things? Reflective stickers on cars? And the reason the car manufacturers make the reflective backlights on cars is…? I mean, come on! What is the plan? Is it that the ‘blockhead’ in charge of such things wants to convince us all of the relevance of his portfolio such that he has to keep coming up with ‘cutting edge’ innovations? Where has he (it can’t be a woman, women I presume are more sensible than that- you are right, I am a woman!) seen it done before?
While I understand the safety precaution that probably formed the idea, it does not make a lot of sense. Is it a double precaution or what? (They should start first with those who don’t even have the initial precaution of back lights- those scourges known as commercial buses) Where do they expect me to stick it on my 2006-model Range? (Somebody somewhere in Lagos I am sure, drives this car, which I wish with all of my heart that I owned) No o! Abeg, me I no do o! And thus, I am prepared to put my ‘learned’ tongue to work and harass anybody that dares to accost me on my lack of a reflective sticker.
Friendly Warning: If you no get liver, or at least an NBA sticker on your car, you are advised to purchase the sticker!!!
When will the intimidation ever end? Ehn? Is it a crime to live in Nigeria? The fact that some of us have decided to stick things out in this country –whether this is because we have on countless occasions been denied visas to other places or not is not relevant here- should be commended, as we are daily assaulted with all manner of conditions that would break the ordinary human being. But then again we are not ordinary, we are Nigerians!
What is the reason for my diatribe this beautiful day? It is nothing more than the new ‘law’ on the use of reflective stickers, which seems to be gaining ground by the day. Just the other day, I noticed in the traffic some guy selling the stickers, and with the way people were buying up the stickers, the thought crossed my mind (albeit briefly) to abandon my legal practice and join the young entrepreneur in his ‘area of practice’.
I wondered about the reason for the rush for the stickers and now I know that probably because I am permanently holed up in my office from 7am till 8pm Mondays to Fridays and the odd Saturday, I was totally unaware that some tin god somewhere had decided that all motorists should begin to stick the things on their cars, or face the music (which of course is constantly having to pay off LASTMA, Police, Traffic Warden, FERMA, Local Government Traffic Monitoring Unit; maybe even LASEPA –these days, who knows with all these agencies?- so that you can live (or leave) in peace).
Come to think of it, who conjures up these things? Reflective stickers on cars? And the reason the car manufacturers make the reflective backlights on cars is…? I mean, come on! What is the plan? Is it that the ‘blockhead’ in charge of such things wants to convince us all of the relevance of his portfolio such that he has to keep coming up with ‘cutting edge’ innovations? Where has he (it can’t be a woman, women I presume are more sensible than that- you are right, I am a woman!) seen it done before?
While I understand the safety precaution that probably formed the idea, it does not make a lot of sense. Is it a double precaution or what? (They should start first with those who don’t even have the initial precaution of back lights- those scourges known as commercial buses) Where do they expect me to stick it on my 2006-model Range? (Somebody somewhere in Lagos I am sure, drives this car, which I wish with all of my heart that I owned) No o! Abeg, me I no do o! And thus, I am prepared to put my ‘learned’ tongue to work and harass anybody that dares to accost me on my lack of a reflective sticker.
Friendly Warning: If you no get liver, or at least an NBA sticker on your car, you are advised to purchase the sticker!!!
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