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Many years ago the government provided portable drinking water.
Then the supply became unreliable.
People complained… nothing changed.
Eventually we all got used to it and started digging our own boreholes.
Then electricity became the problem.
First we bought generators.
Now solar panels are popping up on rooftops everywhere.
Security?
People now pay for private guards, vigilantes, gated estates, CCTV and alarms.
Slowly, quietly, Nigerians have become the providers of the very basics a government is supposed to guarantee:
Water.
Power.
Security.
At this point I have a genuine question.
If citizens are drilling their own water, generating their own electricity, and paying for their own security…
What exactly are we paying taxes for?
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