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Lay-Off from work - The Bad Nigerian Experience

It is no longer news hearing that this person or that person was laid-off his or her job. This things occurs daily in a typical Nigerian setting. But what most people don't know is that most of these people laid-off their jobs have families, responsibilities, bills to pay, and whole lot of more challenges they have to take care of - whether they were working or not. it is even sadder knowing that our government is not helping the unemployed - old or young. Consider this scenario: A friend of mine recently walked into his office, only to have a sack letter handed over to him. When he got home, his three year old daughter ran to him, expecting the normal hugs, kisses, and of course the gifts her dad buys for her everyday. My friend wasn't in the mood for any of these. He was still brooding over the terrible incident in his office, and thinking how he was going to pay their next house rent (which was over N500,000), pay his daughter's school fees (which was ov...