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The aftermath of fraud in Nigeria


It’s no news that the rate of fraud especially among young people in Nigeria heightened pitiably from sometime in 2016 and somewhat reached its peak in the first quarter of 2017. The irony of the situation is that it got so rewarding that so many Nigerian youths think it the only and surest source of good living, and the few who neither indulged in it nor encouraged it chose the path of silence for fear of being mistaken as bitter haters, and I was in this group.

I have not openly criticized fraud or what is now called “Gee” in Nigeria as the old code for it “419” naturally got obsolete, but I have in the serenity of my thoughts ruined the vast effect I foresee it having on the Nigerian youth. This is sure not the first time fraud is paying high dividend to a few while ruining many at the end. The current path so many Nigerian youths are treading now not only has effects on the honest average Nigerian domestically but more so internationally.

I chose to talk about this now because of a recent event - I was looking at publicizing my blog through email by probably getting an email list I could send newsletters to upon publication of an article, I then took to my high school whatsapp group to ask if anyone had any email list he could share with me. What I got immediately was an outburst from an innocent well-meaning Nigerian youth like myself who must have seen a lot of childhood friends or acquaintances tread this illegal path of fraud. He said “you must be a G-Boy (fraudster)… I won’t help you… go and hustle honestly, I don’t support evil. Nonsense.”

I laughed uncontrollably because I have made an honest mistake of not specifying what I needed the mail list for and he has made an honest mistake of thinking me a fraudster and playing his little part of at least, not aiding one more nuisance. 

Apart from the psychological pressure that comes with seeing classmate lead a flashy lifestyle even before graduating from college, the acts of a few end up introducing avoidable huddles to the business of majority that want to “hustle honestly”. This will not only create a generation of lazy youths but also a generation the outside world will shut out of business because of the quick negative reputation a few Nigerians are amassing.

This will only take us back to that point where no one abroad would want to do business with us just for the sole reason that we are Nigerians and so we are fraud.


Toby Enejere.   

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