My Encounter With Kate - Episode 1
Worried
I walked helter–skelter around my room impatiently, feeling so uneasy, waiting for the hands of the clock to tick 10am.
Rumour had it that it would be the exact time NYSC would upload the names of Corps members to be mobilized on their website.
The previous night there wasn't power supply, I had gone to my neighbor's flat to charge my phone to be prepared for the D-day.
What made me so eager was that i had to quit my Job (Internship at a commercial bank) last month because i was certain to be mobilized , but the reverse was the case. Though some prospective corps members were mobilized a month back, i wasn't .
Alas it was 10am, I deliberately delayed for five minutes in case any issues, i picked my Android phone, logged in.
To my greatest surprise my dashboard was blank.
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It had been a month and few days since the last mobilization took place, after quitting my Job I was sometimes idle, I used majority of my spare time to prepare for a professional examination that i was enrolled in, it was an advise from my senior colleagues during my stay the commercial bank and i felt the need to enroll to increase my chances of getting a good job in the face of the country high rate of unemployment.
I also used some of my spare time to complete a book( _Tales of Nene_ ) which I began writing by February.
I was very sad, not because i wasn't mobilized but because i had quit my job with the expectation of being mobilized.
My heartbeat increased times five, I filled my details after several attempts due to poor network . Finally, I managed to log in but there wasn't any posting.
My blood became hot, i was afraid, it sent shivers to my spine, I tried to avoid the thought of going for service by November.
I was filled with rage from inside
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. I threw my phone on my bed on switched on my TV to cool the anger rising inside of me.
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It had been a year and two months I graduated with a second class upper in Business Administration from University of Benin.
Read " Tales of Nene " by the same author ( Osazuwa Omorodion )
. We were supposed to be mobilized November 2017, but ASUU strike affected us which also made us miss April 2018 batch.
The action had been called off, of recent which made me eligible to be qualified for mobilization .
After checking the site umpteen times most especially every hour i dialed my friend who was also in the same situation with me.
Me: "How far my nigga"
Bright : "Cool and you?"
Me: "Fine, You Don check your name?"
Bright : Yes o, but e never show o, me surprise o"
Me: ***shocked** "Hope say this people never forget us o ?" ** Put my left hand on my head**
Bright: " Calm down, e be like say their site get issue, e go still show. Just exercise patience. " ** laughs**
Me: "No wahala, Just keep me updated"
I became less anxious after the call, Bright was my course mate back in school. He was very intelligent, he graduated with a first class, I had called him because he had access to information, he reasoned logically and he was in the same situation with me.
I picked up my phone it was an incoming call from my mother. I explained the situation at hand, her response was bland. She encouraged me to be optimistic. I checked the clock and it read three O'clock. I decided to recheck but the network was worse than the morning time. I tried once more and it began loading slowly. My heart was beating faster, I was breathing heavily. Just then a call came in.
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