17 January 2008

Eye-popping headline

I thought it was pretty crazy that the government had allocated "N1.5 million for paying for the reading glasses of presidential aides domiciled in the State House" until I read how many blind people there are in Nigeria.

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  1. Jesus. If these numbers are accurate there should be tons of evidence of this in Nigerian cities--special bumps on roads, and beeping crosswalks, and a big market for walking sticks and dark sunglasses. I guess you have to be able to afford beeping crosswalks. ..

    Jesus.

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