I kinda laugh whenever it is read over the news in Nigeria that xyz billions of Naira is missing or unaccounted for. I remember a six year old boy with fascination for numbers saying a billion is a thousand million. What is more hilarious is when our leaders talk about a project on TV and say something that goes  like "we have spent between 3.5 billion and 5.5 billion Naira so far". We take it as a reasonable estimate. A billion Naira is a thousand million!

Imagine you have a fantastic dream job in Nigeria that will pay you 2 million Naira per month. You will earn a cool 24 million Naira per annum. After 35 years of over enjoyment service, you have only spent and unspent 840 million Naira.most of us know that this kind of job is like one in a million in Nigeria. 2 million is about $12,000 at an exchange rate of  US$1 to 165 Naira, most people in the US know that you are very very comfortable if your earn that per month. I kinda think I don't know what a billion Naira is.

please kindly share your perception of a million Naira.

My uncle said he stop watching NTA because of the billions they mention there.

ITbomb: My uncle said he stop watching NTA because of the billions they mention there.

Bros, I no blame your uncle o!

The story of our LIVE in Nigeria. You don't know how much Trillion has been stolen under Jonathan, na Billion you dey talk about

folahann: The story of our LIVE in Nigeria. You don't know how much Trillion has been stolen under Jonathan, na Billion you dey talk about

OP is lamenting about a billion, what of the trillions? and mind u everything goes into making those billions/trillions including budget to open a facebook account for 2.5million naira!