“If not for her, I would have left this country,” Moses Chukwudi, a foodstuff trader at Mile 12 Market, Lagos, says of his new marital status as he discusses the economic downturn in Nigeria.

Chukwudi got married in November 2016 and planned to lavish his income – made from selling rice, beans, garri, palm oil, vegetable oil – on his bride, but in just two months, he wished he held back on that plan. He is not making money anymore.

He said his business had deteriorated so much that he could have left the country if he were not married to the love of his life.

“Just last year, we bought a bag of garri for N6,000, today (January 12, 2017), the same bag goes for 10,000. I usually stock my store with 50 to 70 bags of garri, and sell about 20 bags in one day,” he told TheCable.

“Look at this one,” he points to a sparsely stocked storehouse, “I bought 18 bags on Sunday, and today (Thursday), most of them are still there. Before, I would have sold all in a day.”.....

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https://www.thecable.ng/how-govt-policies-lower-living-standards-push-millions-of-nigerians-into-poverty

Written by Mayowa Tijani with reports from our correspondents. Photos by Mansur Ibrahim

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This is their promised change

Garri added 1500 jus between first week of January and last week... Na now d CHANGE DOLE don dey red...

Price of goods are risen on daily basis,l bought oral-B tooth paste family size last month at #400.3days ago it goes 4 #600..#skyrocketingeverymoment# you can't budget..d change is in backward direction..

the country need to be shut down at the moment. let us discuss the way forward.

Joel3:
the country need to be shut down at the moment. let us discuss the way forward.

Yeye dey smell the country was already shut down before 2015.