LetLucia

Hello dear readers! Hope you are having a good week so far. So, guess what! The Nigerian Senate just passed a bill to reduce the age for election! Boy oh boy, my oh my...who would have thought?! We are making some itty bitty progress. Sadly though, the Nigerian government is notorious for all talk but no action and I've already seen some comments online like 'Na so! (meaning 'Yeah right!') I'm sure they will make things difficult for us to even buy the forms talk-less of running for office'. And this might be correct because, simply put, corruption! Also, with the other bills passed that seemed to aim at giving more power to the legislative arm, it looked more like they just added the age reduction bill just to be on the good side of the youth, more like a consolation prize, as Nigerians would say 'Just manage this one'. But then again, let's give them the benefit of the doubt. They just might be for real this time. My reason for writing th

My heart goes out to the people in Lagos, Nigeria, and other areas of the world actually, affected by flood. While we would typically try to make light of the situation because Nigerians (LOL!), I think we need to talk about the after-effects of the flood on our health. I'll get right to it! Flooding is a huge health risk because the water comes with anything and everything (Well duh! 😒).  By everything, I mean sewage, feces from any living creature, trash, oil, animals (I heard an alligator was captured casually strolling on the streets, no kidding!)! Then it leaves behind a big parting gift consisting of microorganisms, especially mold, that no one asked for. Sigh! While we wait for the government to take care of the big issues like, constructing more dams and improving on the drainage systems, how about we take care of the next big issue: Our health! So, in a place like Lagos, after the flood might come the following : 1.  Mosquitoes: This one is a no braine