At these town hall meetings, gifts were handed out in the form of t-shirts and note-pads. Trusting Nigerians, they were hustling , rushing and pushing to get these bags. The programs were not left out of the hoarding and hustling, many of these people in attendance are not able to read these programs but I guess it would be something to take home in the bags with the rest of their goodies. Food was also given out to a certain crowd and this was also rushed by some people.
For every politician that was in attendance, a bunch of 20 men dressed in uniform t-shirts surrounded him in the quest for a little change to take home. They prevent the men from entering their cars until money is given. The men then find themselves in a corner violently and loudly dividing the money. A group of women in Aso Ebi were also present to sing praises of both the speaker and deputy speaker of the house of Assembly. I am of the belief that these people would not come there without getting some form of compensation. My question therefore is what did these people get out of the town hall meeting? Not much I presume, since to be a part of the event, they had to get a level of compensation for their time and effort.
-Teleola
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