If there is anything that is constant in life, it is change. Nothing stays the same. However, one unique quality the Creator deposited in every one of his creatures is the ability to adapt to changes.
It is pretty funny to imagine today that as at May 2000, about twenty years ago, there were less than 50,000 people who actually had mobile phones in Nigeria. Today, virtually every adult in Nigeria owns at least one mobile phone, be it a smartphone or a feature phone. The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) estimates that there are over 173 million mobile phone lines in Nigeria today. I have often wondered what would happen if for some reason, mobile telecommunication ceased. Would we be able to adapt to the new reality, especially considering that our lives now practically depend on it? I’ll answer that question in a bit. Allow me to digress a little.
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