Cost of living in my city

Happy month end to everyone who have made it to the end of the month of March. This has been a month with much blessings in my place because the cost of food dropped in such a way that even the people that stored food became so afraid that they will not make any profit this year. For some they believe that instead of making profit with food storage this year, there will be lost at the end when all the food is brought out to the market for sale.

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When we come to cost of living, since last year it hasn't been easy. The average family eat from hand to mouth which made it impossible for one to rest. Any day you decide to rest from the hustle, it only mean one thing: no food for the entire. And no man or woman will want to see the kids cry for food and there is none to give. So people come out to hustle including on Sunday. When you ask them, all that you will get it that my family must eat food. At a time I thought to myself that it will only affect the common man who hawks around the street to feed his family. But no I was wrong.

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Even the people working for salary at the end of the month also became affected. When they come back from their work, maybe teaching job or any office job, they also enter the street to hustle. Some you will see selling things in front of their houses, while some go out to the market to sell one or two things. Some still move around the town with their bike carrying people to one end of the town to another just to argument what they receive at the end of the month. Really it has been very hard on people.

TRANSPORTATION
Because of the cost of transportation I have reduced the number of places I go to in a week. Just to go to the market and come back, I will spend up to #800. Is not as if the market is very far. Same thing with going to church or even visiting a friend. So if I have to go to three places in a day, what it means is that I will be spending about #2400, just for one day. I decided to settle at home and maybe just make a call to talk to friends or even video call or necessary. This have been of great help to me because I don't visit people any more. I just go to the market once in a while because I must buy food stuff for the family. Any day I plan to go to the market, I started going early before the sun comes out so that I can only take one bike while coming back. This has also saved me from spending much on bike.

FEEDING
This is the area that I have noticed that no matter what, I must spend every day. Even when I say that I don't want to eat because there is no money, the children don't understand that language. Food must be provided for the whole family. For each day that we make lunch a d dinner because breakfast has been taken out of the way because of the cost of things. I spend about #8000 for just one day. And this is when I try to make food without meat or soft drink. Any day that I want to add a little luxury I will buy meat, it means that I will be spending like #12000 for that day. Now this is just for a day times by seven and also by thirty days, you will noticed that on a normal month we spend #240,000.00 light bill and water bill excluded.

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Changing of location won't make things better for me and my family. For me to change location, unless if I have a better job than pays well that will be the very reason I can change location. The cost of things is almost the same thing every where.

MAKING LIFE A BIT EASIER FOR US.
We thought of going to start our farming work this year again. We were into it before but we stopped because the Fulani will not allow our crops grow. They always bring their cows when we are not there to finish everything they see in the farm. That really discouraged us alot and we had to stop three years ago. But now we have decided to go back to farm even though if it will be just for the family, it will make things more easier for us. Because at least we will not buy whatever we planted in the market when we harvest them. The only changes now is that we will pay the farm more visit this time so that we will protect what we have planted.