EMBER MONTHS

The period between September 1 to December 31 every year is usually referred to as ember months.
This segment of the year is mostly characterized by anxieties such as how to raise funds to celebrate the Xmas and New Year, as well as how to meet up other expenses thereby pushing many people to get involved in all sorts of nefarious activities.
In today's news analysis correspondent writes on how to prepare for the ember months to avoid stress and tension during the period.
The ember months are September, October, November and December.
These months are mostly characterized by all sorts of events and increased rate of social vices.
Some religious bodies usually organized different prayer programmes to avert death and other calamities during the ember months.
In ember months, public and private schools open for the new academic session from September and end the first academic term in December.
Most parents and guardians during these months are so anxious to pay their children's school fees, buy Christmas and New Year clothes, as well as raise money to meet other needs such as buying of gift items for in laws and friends.
Transporters during these months tend to be in a hurry to cover most trips so as to make more money thereby indulging in over speeding which often leads to accidents and deaths.
In ember months, most youths try to please their female friends and sometimes pushing them into stealing and other crimes.
Some of them want quick money with which to enjoy the Christmas but sometimes terminated their lives by being killed or when caught they are imprisoned.
What many people fails to understand is that ember months require adequate planning, budgeting and hard work, so that goals and aspirations can be actualized.
Therefore parents and guardians should endeavour to budget and plan for their children' s school fees, as well as cut their coats according to their available materials rather than incurring debts to celebrate Xmas or New Year, because life continues after the yuletide.
Furthermore, commercial drivers should make sure that their vehicles are in good conditions and also avoid over speeding which leads to loss of lives and property.
Young men who are in relationships with the opposite sex should be engaged in productive ventures, rather than being idle and looking for free money by committing crimes.
The Nigerian Police and other security agencies should come up with more proactive measures in curtailing crimes and social vices and also beef up security in the nooks and crannies of the society.
Road safety officials should intensify their efforts at preventing road accidents during the ember months.
All stakeholders should contribute their respective quotas to ensure that the ember months are stress free, accident free and crime free