Research has shown that an average gadget user
in Nigeria does not use 10% of total inbuilt functions of either his or her
phone, tablet, ipad etc, yet phone manufacturers constantly attract attention
of many to their products with increase in functions.
Using of phones/gadgets in Nigeria is more of a social status than
funtionability. A female friend in my office once labelled me as an achaic
person because of the kind of phone i was using at that ime. I told her i dont
see the need of investing about N110 thousand Naira to buy a phone when the only
and major thing i will do is chat with friends and receive E-mail
with it when i can get a lesser phone that will do the same functions at a
cheaper price. Research has further shown that Nigerian girls are attracted to
guys who have gadgets of high price and not neccessarily functon quality, hence
the craze for expensive phones.
I once ran into a friend while driving from the office,we met during NYSC in the Northern part of
Nigeria and four years after the service, we met again.During our conversation,
my friend said he has been looking for job for the past four years but has not
been able to find one and he has since being roaming the street of Lagos with
the hope that luck will one day shine at him. I looked at his hands, guess
what?, he was holding two huge sophisticated phone with market value at that
time of about 80 to 100 thousand Naira each.Having lost phone contact for long,
he asked for my number and i gave him my phone to type his number because i was
on the wheel.To my astonishment, my friend reaction was, “how will you be using
this kind of phone?,no babe will date you with this kind of phone” i laughed
without saying a word, but im my head i was saying, here is a guy looking for
job and you are carrying two phones which values are enough to start a small
business, yet he does not know.
The problem with many Nigerians is that, we buy things not
because we need them, but to
impress others.These range from cars, where we live, choice of career, spouse
etc.these attitudes have done a lot of
harm than good. Today,people do many
unscropulus things just to keep up with the JONSES.The results of this are,
unhappy and fake life which leads to bashed dreams.
Let me say that, anybody that will love you will always do, not because of
what you have but because of you.
For example, a lady looking to get married to a man
with RANGE ROVER car is only looking for a RANGE ROVER that has a man. When the
RANGER ROVER is no more, there will be no relationship.
If you live a fake life, you will end up attracting fake people who will
further destroy your life with your help.
Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong in buying
expensive gadget, but the question is, do you need them, if yes go ahead and
buy, utilise them for good purposes .
In a nutshell, let us buy what we need, do what make
us happy, live our life without trying to impress because God created you a
unique person. To every man, there is a purpose for which you were created and
you alone can fulfill that purpose. If you let other people shape your life,
you may miss your purpose and end up a photocopy instead of original. What is
influencing your choices in life?....
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