Lagosians lament 2023 hardships, want better 2024
Some residents of Lagos State have expressed hope that the new year 2024 will be better than the previous year.
Some of the residents, who spoke with our correspondents on Monday on their expectations in the new year, said they looked forward to better living in the year than they experienced in 2023.
Yetunde, a single mother of three, said, “We thank God for bringing us into the new year. My expectations are high; I can only hope that this year will be better for all of us.”
“2023 was a very tough year. I don’t pray for 2024 to be the same. This year must be better, otherwise there may be problems in the nation,” Ademola Waheed, a welder, said.
A motorist, who gave his name simply as Saka, while expressing hope that things would take a different shape in the state and country in the new year, appealed to the federal and the Lagos State governments to develop policies that would put an end to the hardships experienced in 2023.
“I believe things will be better this year. But I want you, the media, to help us beg the government, both federal and state, to do things that will end our hardships.
“2023 was too hard. May 2024 be better,” Saka said.
Kunle Adebanjo, an engineer, appealed to the government of President Bola Tinubu to “quickly do something about our forex.”
Adebanjo, who lamented the rising costs of materials for his trade, said a stable forex would make the new year better than the previous.
“2024 can be better; and we hope it will. But my appeal to President Tinubu is to quickly do something about our forex. The exchange rates are crazy. Something should be urgently done,” he added.
