A story published by Daily Trust few days ago will leave everyone in doubt of whether humanity will forgive this generation of the suffering some few young ones are subjected to in a country where there are people that said they have conscience and a government.
Our country is seen as the giant of Africa in trade, commerce and culture but now bears another title, the emerging epicentre of lifestyle diseases as traditional eating patterns give way to fast food, and custom practices yield to sedentary routines, Nigeria is topping the charts for lifestyle-related diseases.
Whatever the case, the questions by the average man remains, “How can this Budget build our future?”. The poor, the women, the children especially the Almajiris who depends on begging to survive everyday, without a place to call their home, no future, no voice and no vision of anything good in sight.