The Ramblings of A Nigerian Mom

Source It was a wet evening on a narrow in-street road. There were houses on the left and more houses on the right hand side. A huge Lawma waste truck was occupying a large chunk of the narrow road to the right. An elderly woman sat behind a tray of ripe plantain just by the drainage on the left side, watching the cars wobbling along on the uneven road filled with random potholes and pockets of puddles.

The Lagos State Government has reportedly ordered the sacked 'striking' doctors to immediately vacate their official quarters. The eviction notice dated May 8, 2012, signed by the Secretary of the Staff Housing Board on behalf of the Head of Service, Mr I.A Shoyemi, directed the doctors to vacate their official residence with immediate effect. The doctors said they received the notice on Thursday. The letter stated, “Consequent upon your dismissal from the service of the Lagos State Government with effect from May 4, 2012 and in accordance with the civil service rule, “No officer shall continue to occupy state government quarters after the date on which his resignation or dismissal takes effect. “I wish to request you to vacate the state government staff quarters. “In view of the above, you are hereby requested to submit the keys to the quarters to the Secretary of Staff Housing Board.” The affected doctors had been given until Friday (today) morning to...