Census

This month there is going to be a census here in Nigeria. We are currently waiting on el presidente to decide on the details of the curfew. It won't just a 'be at home after 10pm' affair, but a full 'three day no-one is allowed from their home' sentence.

Are they counting heads? "Right, no-one move...1, 2, 3..." Then, sometime later: "SIT STILL Jeremiah! Oh damn, were you number 275,097 or 275,098? Doh! Where was I? I'll have to start again. 1, 2, 3....."

No, more likely it will be "1, 2.. skip a few.... one hundred and fifty million! Ah, good, glad that's done, see - we really are incredibly populous and need lots of money."

Cynical? Moi?