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So my dad worked here in the 60s and 70s. He now gets a small state pension monthly. They pay it into my account and I send it to him. But every so often they have to check that the person is alive by sending out a form called ‘I am alive’
They send it first time and if no reply they send it 3 months later. If no reply still, they stop the pension. But my dad never gets this letter. So I only know when the pension is stopped. I then call them to email me the form, I send it to him, he fills and returns by courier
What is bothering me is this - where do the letters go? It’s literally just a one page form with no personal details on it. He has a private mailbox in Ondo so I’m really keen to understand. Do you guys receive letters from abroad regularly?
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Let us reason together ....
The Nigerian government knows that it is going to spend say N9trn in the year mostly on salaries. It also knows that the best it can hope to earn in revenues is say N5trn. This is obviously a big gap and looks bad
Everyone involved in preparing the budget knows this. What do they do? Cut back on spending? Or raise more revenues which is practically impossible?
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Meffy releases. I’m going to need to take a bath after ‘defending’ him but I can accept this explanation. What was being discussed on that tape was definitely *NOT* fraud or theft. But the matter is interesting enough without adding condiments
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