That was when N2 = 1 dollars. It isn't so today.

gbosaa:


N3000 was a lot of money back then if he was earning N70 per month. In one year, he would've earned N840 !! That wasn't even up to a thousand naira. He would've worked like mad for four years without spending a kobo to get up to N3000 which is impossible even with promotion and salary increase.
Cars were for rich people back then. I believe lots of people would be going to work in their bicycles, motor bikes or leggedes benz.

Things weren't cheap then. A friend told me his dad bought a Peugeot 505 in 1984 for around N25000.

Are telling us his dad is corrupt?

with god all things are possible

gbosaa:


How many people had that privilege like your dad who was sponsored by the govt to travel and develop his career. How many people could afford VW beetles or even CD 175 motorcycles back then?

My uncle was paying N250 per month living in a three bedroom flat in Enugu in 1989.
How much was plane ticket from Ph to Lagos in 1994?
How much was a bag of cement back then?
St. Louis sugar was 25k in 1981. Ill search for the receipts in my archive as I like keeping such things and post them here.

With N7 you could buy a two kg worth of beef in 1982. I think things are much better today.
How many people could afford or have access to phones and I mean the old type with circular disc in front of it you'll stick your index finger to dial. You'd send a letter with lots of stamps and wait weeks to receive reply from parents to send you pocket money

I'm not sure even Seun's parents dreamt there would be a day like this when you'd type something and send it online within secs or mins...

Well you are saying two different things, am not as old as you think, I just know prices due to receipts I also found as my dad and mum (especially) keeps those things. Things were cheaper those days but we could say life wasn't as easy but things are expensive nowadays but we have things that made life easier.

How much was cat fish in the late nineties, sardine was 50naira, Maggi was cheap, Maggi 2 minutes noodles was 5naira and it came with its own plate and spoon, how much was milo and bournvita, we practically had this regularly on the table. How much was cabin biscuit. Derica of rice was 35naira, beans was 20naira.

My mum cooked confirm 1 week soup for 500naira, am talking of soup with 5 lives. We ate moimoi every Sunday morning with sardine virtually swimming inside. Grinding pepper then was 10 for petrol use and 5 naira for Nepa use.

We paid 1000 monthly as Nepa bill in Ikoyi, our lister gen was bought 30k very powerful old soldier. If I tell you the price of this things I listed now, my brother, you will know things were cheap then and available to the poor.

LordHiffy:
Bro getting 500 then no be beans o. My dad earned 70naira as his first salary then working for state government, bought his first car for 3k or so. At that time they don't sell tokumbo cars.

True! 3k was worth N3m then

gbosaa:


N3000 was a lot of money back then if he was earning N70 per month. In one year, he would've earned N840 !! That wasn't even up to a thousand naira. He would've worked like mad for four years without spending a kobo to get up to N3000 which is impossible even with promotion and salary increase.
Cars were for rich people back then. I believe lots of people would be going to work in their bicycles, motor bikes or leggedes benz.

Things weren't cheap then. A friend told me his dad bought a Peugeot 505 in 1984 for around N25000.

Peugeot station wagon chassis in 1979 was 7,000 naira cash

that was then bfre Dem swear for us and d swear start to follow us

nurey:


Well you are saying two different things, am not as old as you think, I just know prices due to receipts I also found as my dad and mum (especially) keeps those things. Things were cheaper those days but we could say life wasn't as easy but things are expensive nowadays but we have things that made life easier.

How much was cat fish in the late nineties, sardine was 50naira, Maggi was cheap, Maggi 2 minutes noodles was 5naira and it came with its own plate and spoon, how much was milo and bournvita, we practically had this regularly on the table. How much was cabin biscuit. Derica of rice was 35naira, beans was 20naira.

My mum cooked confirm 1 week soup for 500naira, am talking of soup with 5 lives. We ate moimoi every Sunday morning with sardine virtually swimming inside. Grinding pepper then was 10 for petrol use and 5 naira for Nepa use.

We paid 1000 monthly as Nepa bill in Ikoyi, our lister gen was bought 30k very powerful old soldier. If I tell you the price of this things I listed now, my brother, you will know things were cheap then and available to the poor.

Nigeria is gone bro... how many dinning table can you find beverages today?

N500 then can buy a village now.

These were new cars... God dey oh.

hahaha my bros they said Satan is causing all, but we are not even truthful to our self

kenzysmith:
Tunder fire civizalatiön and democrazy

kenzysmith:
Tunder fire civizalatiön and democrazy

This is nonsense

anonymuz:
Nigeria is gone bro... how many dinning table can you find beverages today?

My brother no be small thing, in 2015 to early 2016 I went to price elegant gen all those 5.5hp size, with tire, kick start and two plug mouth, it was 35-40k, fast forward December 2016 nah so I majestically enter market price same gen manual, no tire one socket mouth nah him I hear 90, I use cotton bud clean ear, the guy talk say 90k, and I pass my neighbor is now 35k from 10-15k, I just laugh and carry my 2 bow legs Waka go house

LordHiffy:
Bro getting 500 then no be beans o. My dad earned 70naira as his first salary then working for state government, bought his first car for 3k or so. At that time they don't sell tokumbo cars.

How did your dad get 3k to buy a car when he was earning 70 naira a month?

CXLVII:
Remembered 1965 when I bought my first VW Beetle for 1500 Naira.

Nigeria started using Naira & Kobo in the early seventies.

U dey craz

kenzysmith:
Buh my prick still dey scratch me sha

u dey craz

nurey:


Well you are saying two different things, am not as old as you think, I just know prices due to receipts I also found as my dad and mum (especially) keeps those things. Things were cheaper those days but we could say life wasn't as easy but things are expensive nowadays but we have things that made life easier.

How much was cat fish in the late nineties, sardine was 50naira, Maggi was cheap, Maggi 2 minutes noodles was 5naira and it came with its own plate and spoon, how much was milo and bournvita, we practically had this regularly on the table. How much was cabin biscuit. Derica of rice was 35naira, beans was 20naira.

My mum cooked confirm 1 week soup for 500naira, am talking of soup with 5 lives. We ate moimoi every Sunday morning with sardine virtually swimming inside. Grinding pepper then was 10 for petrol use and 5 naira for Nepa use.

We paid 1000 monthly as Nepa bill in Ikoyi, our lister gen was bought 30k very powerful old soldier. If I tell you the price of this things I listed now, my brother, you will know things were cheap then and available to the poor.

You are conflating the quality of money with its quantity... The number of the denomination with its value.
It's an honest mistake but a wrong one.

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How many people could afford #500 in those days too Remember people were spending kobo then.

How many people had the luxury to secure government jobs as your parents were fortunate to


In those days, a naira was gold BECAUSE of the value it possessed. It's a no-brainer that even 20 naira is finding it hard to be put in use in this country nowadays

gbosaa:


N3000 was a lot of money back then if he was earning N70 per month. In one year, he would've earned N840 !! That wasn't even up to a thousand naira. He would've worked like mad for four years without spending a kobo to get up to N3000 which is impossible even with promotion and salary increase.
Cars were for rich people back then. I believe lots of people would be going to work in their bicycles, motor bikes or leggedes benz.

Things weren't cheap then. A friend told me his dad bought a Peugeot 505 in 1984 for around N25000.

Wrong. Your friend did not tell you the truth. In1984, a brand new Peugeot 505 sold for N7000 and not N25000. I know this for a fact.

nurey:


My brother no be small thing, in 2015 to early 2016 I went to price elegant gen all those 5.5hp size, with tire, kick start and two plug mouth, it was 35-40k, fast forward December 2016 nah so I majestically enter market price same gen manual, no tire one socket mouth nah him I hear 90, I use cotton bud clean ear, the guy talk say 90k, and I pass my neighbor is now 35k from 10-15k, I just laugh and carry my 2 bow legs Waka go house

so you get bow leg?

nurey:


My brother no be small thing, in 2015 to early 2016 I went to price elegant gen all those 5.5hp size, with tire, kick start and two plug mouth, it was 35-40k, fast forward December 2016 nah so I majestically enter market price same gen manual, no tire one socket mouth nah him I hear 90, I use cotton bud clean ear, the guy talk say 90k, and I pass my neighbor is now 35k from 10-15k, I just laugh and carry my 2 bow legs Waka go house

Hmmm

Omoakinsuyi:
How much is a dollar to a naira then?

Naira was about 70k to a dollar then. Nigeria's economy was strong at the time. Oil money was in abundance.

nurey:


Well you are saying two different things, am not as old as you think, I just know prices due to receipts I also found as my dad and mum (especially) keeps those things. Things were cheaper those days but we could say life wasn't as easy but things are expensive nowadays but we have things that made life easier.

How much was cat fish in the late nineties, sardine was 50naira, Maggi was cheap, Maggi 2 minutes noodles was 5naira and it came with its own plate and spoon, how much was milo and bournvita, we practically had this regularly on the table. How much was cabin biscuit. Derica of rice was 35naira, beans was 20naira.

My mum cooked confirm 1 week soup for 500naira, am talking of soup with 5 lives. We ate moimoi every Sunday morning with sardine virtually swimming inside. Grinding pepper then was 10 for petrol use and 5 naira for Nepa use.

We paid 1000 monthly as Nepa bill in Ikoyi, our lister gen was bought 30k very powerful old soldier. If I tell you the price of this things I listed now, my brother, you will know things were cheap then and available to the poor.

80's and 90's was really good,I still remember all the cars my father bought then,from p 505 to p 504 to land rover to Benz 230(rock this car) to Benz
220,
25naira was enough fr feeding in sch,yesterday I went to buy a bottle of coke fr 120 naira and even during the days of abacha it was just 15 naira fr a bottle.

metallisc:


so you get bow leg?

Na metaphor. Lol

nurey:


Well you are saying two different things, am not as old as you think, I just know prices due to receipts I also found as my dad and mum (especially) keeps those things. Things were cheaper those days but we could say life wasn't as easy but things are expensive nowadays but we have things that made life easier.

How much was cat fish in the late nineties, sardine was 50naira, Maggi was cheap, Maggi 2 minutes noodles was 5naira and it came with its own plate and spoon, how much was milo and bournvita, we practically had this regularly on the table. How much was cabin biscuit. Derica of rice was 35naira, beans was 20naira.

My mum cooked confirm 1 week soup for 500naira, am talking of soup with 5 lives. We ate moimoi every Sunday morning with sardine virtually swimming inside. Grinding pepper then was 10 for petrol use and 5 naira for Nepa use.

We paid 1000 monthly as Nepa bill in Ikoyi, our lister gen was bought 30k very powerful old soldier. If I tell you the price of this things I listed now, my brother, you will know things were cheap then and available to the poor.

80's and 90's was really good,I still remember all the cars my father bought then,from p 505 to p 504 to land rover to Benz 230(rock this car) to Benz
220,
25naira was enough fr feeding in sch,yesterday I went to buy a bottle of coke fr 120 naira and even during the days of abacha it was just 15 naira fr a bottle.

That lister gen is strong,it is still in the compound.......

This thread reminds me when my dad bought my mum Santana car in either 1990 or 91 and my mum was dancing, making my headache then worse.

As little as I was and sick too, I angrily told said, "mum why are you dancing like this for this small car when your friend is driving a V Boot."

My dad looked at me as an agent of destruction.

back then the value of naira is commendable..... much value is attached to naira as kobo too means alot

SirWere:

You are conflating the quality of money with its quantity... The number of the denomination with its value.
It's an honest mistake but a wrong one.

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How many people could afford #500 in those days too Remember people were spending kobo then.

How many people had the luxury to secure government jobs as your parents were fortunate to


In those days, a naira was gold BECAUSE of the value it possessed. It's a no-brainer that even 20 naira is finding it hard to be put in use in this country nowadays

My father retired in 1990 or 1991 my mum retired in fact may be 1970s or so, she didn't read pass class 5 and still made government job she went to market and started selling and her friends in government job even envy her till date.

life then was easy because corruption wasn't wide spread and the naira was strong because we had more farmers and industries then. In fact importation Was done by manufacturers themselves eg Sony, Panasonic, national the only imported appliances then was Kenwood.

Cars were cheap in the nineties and Toyota wasn't da bomb then any way, we had 505 evolution as King, Benz V boot, Mazda, Datsun naira had respect not now.

Rilwayne001:
That was when N2 = 1 dollars. It isn't so today.

it not even dollar....its pounds