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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by IbeOkehie: 5:02pm On Oct 01, 2023
coputa:
The masses voted for LABOUR PARTY ( Peter Obi) but it was upturned by INEC and the JUDICIARY.The peoples will was subverted by the currupt system.

Nope, wroooooong, sorry you're wrong.

THE PEOPLE of Nigeria came out in force to protest against the removal of fuel subsidy in Jan 2012 AND also forced the government to shut down SARS with mass protests. If the PEOPLE of Nigeria believe that their popular will has been usurped, they would be out in the streets protesting and trying to enforced their vote. The general, prevailing sense among Nigerians is that APC won the election.

The PEOPLE of Nigeria want socialist, progressive government. They have exactly what they want. Enjoy the Renewed Hope.

Good Luck to Nigerians!
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Evolutionism: 5:04pm On Oct 01, 2023
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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by emorse(m): 5:07pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Am I not a human being myself? undecided

2. Abeg, stop these fables o'jare! Nigerian people do not want a responsible government which is why for the past 63 years they have had exactly none of that. Get with the program already! undecided
Bros, no be me talk am o. This is just one of many reports in that regard.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4372129

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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by SeriouslySense(m): 5:07pm On Oct 01, 2023
Good Luck to Nigeria oOO. They need it

IbeOkehie:


The thing puzzles me to no end. I think part of it is TRIBALISM. I mean look at Muhammadu Buhari. He literally destroyed the Nigerian economy in 1984 to 1985, in less than 2 years. Yet Nigerians elected him to replace PDP that had brought them a good banking system, made telecom services universally available and fixed the cement market, or at least made cement scarcity a thing of the past. So at least PDP had a good record of beneficial economic reform.

Why did they reject PDP? Because President Jonathan tried to abolish fuel subsidy and pass the PIB. I keep saying the present phase of the Nigeria Crisis started with Occupy Nigeria in Jan 2012. Bola Tinubu & Muhammadu Buhari even told Nigerians back than that "there is nothing like subsidy, subsidy doesn't exist." The same subsidy....according to President Buhari in his last budget speech...bankrupted Nigeria.
How far with subsidy? And Nigerians have now re-elected the same APC.

Tribalism is a big part of it but Nigerians don't want the solution to that either. So they will continue to suffer. Deservedly so.

Good Luck to Nigeria.

Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 5:10pm On Oct 01, 2023
emorse:
■ Bros, no be me talk am o. This is just one of many reports in that regard. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4372129
Where exactly does the report state that human behavior causes one to, in poverty, proceed to breed like rats? undecided
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by BItt: 5:16pm On Oct 01, 2023
Everything is rising
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by madjune(m): 5:22pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Abeg get away! undecided

Lol. Stop being bitter. You made some good points, though.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by RIDOO: 5:24pm On Oct 01, 2023
In the last two weeks quite a number of people... that l didn't even expect have requested for fund from me to help their present state .


Infact l kept reasoning what a lot of people are going through in this time especially people that their income is not sustainable.


I don't know the independence we are celebrating when we are still enslaved in the hands of powerful people in government.

They just renew our hopes year in year out but things keep getting our of hands..it kept getting tougher year in year our without considering the aftermath on the masses .

Most powerful people have stored what they and their family will need in the next 10years not minding if other people could afford breakfast.


Something happened in this country that shocked me during COVID-19.... When a lot of people didn't see what to eat ..a lot of our powerful people are hoarding what they are meant to use to cushion the effects...it really broke my heart.

Also, recently they shared some Congos of foodstuffs for some category of people to cushion the effects of subsidy... What is meant to cushion effect of something every body is experiencing is it not surposed to be enjoyed by all..


I can go on and on.But,l have come to the conclusion that we shall deceive ourselves till Jesus comes.l don't deceive myself na who wear shoes know where e dey pain.. na solution to all these nonsense l dey plan as l dey..

I have said it before not until there is a revolution in this country...The one that will be more powerful than the end sars period...if not we are in a very long thing.

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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 5:29pm On Oct 01, 2023
madjune:
■ Lol. Stop being bitter. You made some good points, though.
**yawn***
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by VeeVeeMyLuv(m): 5:34pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Abeg get away! undecided
You sef why are you defending this evil people for gawd sake? No sincerity of purpose on their part, they say something and next minute they are doing the opposite.

China, Indonesia, Singapore,

Their govt were fully involved and were committed towards revamping and turning around their country by providing the necessary tools, resources to the tens of thousands of their people whom they brought back from diaspora that was how most of them developed!

Nigeria cannot be an exception. Govt must be sincere and show seriousness and committment towards the process. They are the ones to direct the process.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by emorse(m): 5:41pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Where exactly does the report state that human behavior causes one to, in poverty, proceed to breed like rats? undecided
If only you would be patient enough to read through or at least pay attention to the screenshot.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by VeeVeeMyLuv(m): 5:41pm On Oct 01, 2023
RIDOO:
In the last two weeks quite a number of people... that l didn't even expect have requested for fund from me to help their present state .


Infact l kept reasoning what a lot of people are going through in this time especially people that their income is not sustainable.


I don't know the independence we are celebrating when we are still enslaved in the hands of powerful people in government.

They just renew our hopes year in year out but things keep getting our of hands..it kept getting tougher year in year our without considering the aftermath on the masses .

Most powerful people have stored what they and their family will need in the next 10years not minding if other people could afford breakfast.


Something happened in this country that shocked me during COVID-19.... When a lot of people didn't see what to eat ..a lot of our powerful people are hoarding what they are meant to use to cushion the effects...it really broke my heart.

Also, recently they shared some Congos of foodstuffs for some category of people to cushion the effects of subsidy... What is meant to cushion effect of something every body is experiencing is it not surposed to be enjoyed by all..


I can go on and on.But,l have come to the conclusion that we shall deceive ourselves till Jesus comes.l don't deceive myself na who wear shoes know where e dey pain.. na solution to all these nonsense l dey plan as l dey..

I have said it before not until there is a revolution in this country...The one that will be more powerful than the end sars period...if not we are in a very long thing.
It is unfortunate

Revolution can never happen
because Nigerian peoples are disunited, divided have deep entrenched for each other tribe and religion.

BTW endsars protest was hugely one sided only took place in southern hemisphere
North almost did not participate at all
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by madjune(m): 5:44pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
**yawn***

C'mon. Be a good sport. We live and learn.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 5:51pm On Oct 01, 2023
VeeVeeMyLuv:
You sef why are you defending this evil people for gawd sake? No sincerity of purpose on their part, they say something and next minute they are doing the opposite. ..
■ Nigeria cannot be an exception. Govt must be sincere and show seriousness and committment towards the process. They are the ones to direct the process.
Stop living in Lala Land abeg! undecided

The poor in Nigeria make up the majority in that country and last I checked Democracy is a rule of the majority. So, if there is a group here that I could be found guilty of representing it is the majority, yes the poor, whom the government represents. undecided

2. Rubbish! Government is according to the will/mandate of the people. And the people of Nigeria continue to speak. Listen to them! Stop pretending you can conveniently ignore them and make sense at the same time. undecided
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by VeeVeeMyLuv(m): 5:53pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Stop living in Lala Land abeg! undecided

The poor in Nigeria make up the majority in that country and last I checked Democracy is a rule of the majority. So, if there is a group here that I could be found guilty of representing it is the majority, yes the poor, whom the government represents. undecided

2. Rubbish! Government is according to the will/mandate of the people. And the people of Nigeria continue to speak. Listen to them! Stop pretending you can conveniently ignore them and make sense at the same time. undecided
Suit yourself
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 5:53pm On Oct 01, 2023
emorse:
■ If only you would be patient enough to read through or at least pay attention to the screenshot.
I don't follow at all. Are you trying to get me to believe the poor have no choice but to breed like rats? I mean what is the essence of the report to this discourse is what I am attempting to ascertain here. undecided
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 5:53pm On Oct 01, 2023
VeeVeeMyLuv:
Suit yourself
This was never about me but about the poor in Nigeria. undecided
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Consideratefish: 6:00pm On Oct 01, 2023
Very sensible post🙏

Kobojunkie:
This was never about me but about the poor in Nigeria. undecided
frozen70:


Funny as it is, no body will die out of hunger

The poor are already used to hard times and they already know how to survive this harsh condition because they are floating already since they don't have a standard

The rich suffers it more because they already have a standard and are finding it difficult to fall below standard because of class and position in the society

So in all, we must limit the number of children to two or three no matter our income

Then we can adjust in other things that bother on family

In my own case and for the past 10yrs now I and my hubby have cut down our expenses through combine cooperations

I have three children so I already prepared for it

For going to about two months now, I don't drive my car again to work but just to church

I don't go visiting people anyhow, we can chat or call unless when needed

I don't run Gen again at night, once we take dinner by 6/7pm, you are free to go to bed and if it must be on, just 1hr and you do whatever you need it for immediately

I regulates electricity at home because of prepaid meter and my husband makes sure we don't on unnecessary lights

I cook and store in the freezer to avoid going to the market all the time

I eat twice a day to save cost

I stopped watching tiktok because of wasting of my data

I un-installed candy crush because it sucks my data

Honestly, I have to cut down on so many things and still willing to cut down or more

With the above, I am not really feeling the harsh economy though because I have already cut down my cost of running my family during Jonathan's regime and am use to it before this shege Promax regime

The bottom line is that we must help ourselves



Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Emdebby2: 6:10pm On Oct 01, 2023
The poor will survive.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Luciferhimself1: 6:11pm On Oct 01, 2023
eepeepook:
The weak will die. The physically strong will survive. Taking long walks instead of transportation will mold a fit nation. Hopefully the hardship will hammer commonsense into the average citizen. Subsistence farming will become commonplace.
The basic law of nature... Charles Darwin theory of Natural selection ❤️❤️❤️

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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Meedon: 6:14pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Really? undecided undecided undecided

Yes

The election was rigged and the citizens have no say.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by IbeOkehie: 6:16pm On Oct 01, 2023
nairalanda1:


Nigeria's problem is, we have used the money of future generations to spend on welfare projects like subsides, free stuff, etc. We have also looted a lot of money into the bargain, and spent it on a lot of stuff. We have also entrenched corruption....and we have also developed an economy that is far too dependent on imported goods and services.

And right now, we are paying the price for being a 'welfare economy'

And it is not just Nigeria. Every African country has that same problem.
Even SA. When SA became independent in 1910, they should have focused on using its large labour population to develop a huge indstrial base. Instead, they spent more money on white people and less money on black people. That fuelled the liberation movement....and by the time the lib movement took over in 1994, the black majority rejoiced. They had suffered, now it was time to enjoy. The result...mass welfare , at the expense of heavy duty debt.


If we do not change how we run this economy, if we do not become an industrial economy that exports, we are going to have this problem forever.

Forget PDP, APC, Tinubu, Obi and Atiku and company. Forget tribe, Nigeria must industrialize. We must rise up, and industrialise, or we would forever be infront of the IMF's door asking for more loans. Oil money cannot sustain us, even if we remove corruption and looting.

Same thing here in the USA, government welfarist spending and taxation is grinding the economy down. Unfortunately, the rich, productive and wealthy are a MINORITY in every country and the majority will always vote for socialist policies that take from that minority and distribute to the majority. It's human nature and I'm not sure it will ever change. Unless people start putting a premium on rational thought.

Good Luck to us all.

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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 6:17pm On Oct 01, 2023
Meedon:
■ Yes The election was rigged and the citizens have no say.
RIgged by whom? No be ordinary Nigerians rig am? You no see the many videos wey full everywhere? grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin

Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by emorse(m): 6:19pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
I don't follow at all. Are you trying to get me to believe the poor have no choice but to breed like rats? I mean what is the essence of the report to this discourse is what I am attempting to ascertain here. undecided
Oh not at all bro. What I'm saying is that there is a higher tendency to procreate amongst the poor than amongst the rich. The reasons for such include higher levels of illiteracy (hence basic instincts have a stronger hold on them), amongst other factors.

China had a similar problem not so long ago. The Chinese government put several measures in place to put it in check. So our government cannot run away from its responsibility. They campaigned and got voted into positions. Let them do the needful abeg.
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:21pm On Oct 01, 2023
Consideratefish:
Very sensible post🙏

Thanks
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by Kobojunkie: 6:22pm On Oct 01, 2023
emorse:
Oh not at all bro. What I'm saying is that there is a higher tendency to procreate amongst the poor than amongst the rich. The reasons for such include higher levels of illiteracy (hence basic instincts have a stronger hold on them), amongst other factors.
■ China had a similar problem not so long ago. The Chinese government put several measures in place to put it in check. So our government cannot run away from its responsibility. They campaigned and got voted into positions. Let them do the needful abeg.
I don't care much about the high tendencies of people, rather I care about promoting that which is common sense. undecided

2. Your government is chosen by the people, a case not to be compared with China's, however. undecided
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:22pm On Oct 01, 2023
Kajaard:


Best submission I have read so far.

frozen70 you think like me. Nice one.

Waooo thanks and nice to hear that
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:25pm On Oct 01, 2023
Sermwell:

I dare the president to come out and say that Nigerians to limit birth rate to two or three and see if the country will not burn starting from the North! You're making excuses for the government whose officials continue living flamboyantly inspite of the terrible condition of the country!!

This is why I don't pity the poor at all because they will always defend thier oppressors just like you're doing here!

You are the one daring the president to come out and tell Nigerians the number of children to have

I only said, give birth to the number of children you can care for

Besides, no body has ever detates for any one on the number of children to have

Its a personal decision
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:28pm On Oct 01, 2023
obinna58:

Taming Nigerian girls can only leave you with pretenders, it should come from original authentic source, the family.

No one is above learning and correction

The major issue here is
Is she ready to learn and adjust to new life
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:29pm On Oct 01, 2023
Funflipper:


If only 10% of Nigerians could be as smart as you are. They don't know how to adjust to get going even on a temporary basis. If one cannot afford a tomahawk steak, then go for new york strip cut as an alternative. Nigerians need to learn how to sew their clothes not according to their size but according to their cloth. If the material is not big enough to sew an agbada style, instead of going about naked, sew an ordinary shirt and trouser which is just common sense.

You just nailed it strait

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Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:31pm On Oct 01, 2023
PlsStayAlive:

May Allah help me meet and marry a woman like this, ameen.

God in his infinix mercy's will give you a woman who will be your heart desire and will support your dreams

A woman that will be the supporting pillar of your life
Re: Rising Cost Of Living In Nigeria, What Of The Poor Among Us? by frozen70(f): 6:38pm On Oct 01, 2023
Omoluabi16:
I really don't agree with you about the poor not having standard, or not being affected by the worsening economy. But I like your practical way of cutting your coat, plugging every leakage.

Thanks

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