The NLC strike in Delta made me remember why I left salary work

News reach me this morning say NLC don declare indefinite strike for Delta over one worker wey die inside secretariat. I no know the full details but the thing hit me. Because I remember 2022 when I dey work for one company for Aba, salary was ₦85,000. Transport alone was eating ₦40,000 every month. The day dem announce strike, I calculate the maths and just laugh.

That was the week I packed my things and faced my phone accessories hustle full time. No pension. No HMO. No leave allowance. Just me, my small capital, and my calculator. My mother cried say I don waste my degree. I told her, 'Mama, the degree no dey feed me.'

Two years later, I dey pay my sister school fees for UNN and nobody know say na me. Salary work fit be correct for some people. But for me, e no work. The question be say, how many people wan leave but fear no let dem?