Today at about a minute past 6pm, good news arrived. We were all expecting our allowance and the authorities said we would get it before Sunday. They didn't give us exact time for security sake. It didn't take long before the admin block was over crowded. Up until mealtime, people where still there. Unfortunately, I was on the slowest queue in the world. It seemed everyone kept space for the other. As one person was leaving, another was standing by. Soon, some people assumed authority to stop the stagnant queue. The gravity of the occasion called for sanity. We didn't have to wait for a big day to learn discipline. We ought to start from little things.
Soon I was in from of the queue and I forgot all my tears and toils on the camp. As the allawee touched my hand I felt like a feather grew out of my historical NYSC cap. Let me digress a little. The NYSC cap is certainly a one of the numerous types of hats/caps. It is the 'liquid cap.' It has no shape of its own. It only takes the shape of the head of the person wearing it. The allawee made some people proud. It made others gain confidence and got others drunk. For me, life continues.
Physically, we were paid 19800 naira, but its actually economic value is 19720. I guess the government is trying to use us to dispose racks of 20 notes fit for the waste. But its all good. Though, 4 mutilated pieces of 20 naira notes is negligible but the thought of it hunts a prudent man or 'ijebu man' as the case may be...
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