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Don't know where these people get their facts from. How much is a dollar in Naira that average Nigerians live below? This woman don't know what she's saying.

@ sage probably if u check out people dt dnt even have food to eat u wnt say dt rubbish again

The only way a Nigerian can live on less than N160 is if he;
1. Eats once or twice a day withhout taking transport or moves around with bicycle
or
2. Feed from his farm produce and walks or moves with his bycycle
And that is NOT the way the average Nigerian lives. By average we're talking about the petty-traders, civil-servants, carpenters etc. An average Nigerian is always up and moving tho with little to show for it. He may not live up to standards its definately more than $1 day. Those nonesense Americans should get their facts right and stop feeding us with rubbish stats.

Only if you guys know how that old bit.ch hate Nigeria with passion, the other time she said Nigerian doctors and very highly educated citizens are all fraudulent all over the world. Since then I just hate her voice talk less of her face. Every country have issues, we don't need people like that castigate us anyhow. Which country have the highest populations of ashawoo who act blue films is it not Americans. But how many of such films comes out of Nigeria, if its naija now they will say let every body in Nigeria Tatoo HIV on their forehead. Old bit.ch.

If the average Nigerian actually were to survive on N160 per day, there would be millions of people dying of starvation and we would all be witnesses to it.

I mean, how many people do you know or have heard of die of hunger in Nigeria, even in the village?

It is only people who live in places that they can actually get by on $1 a day that may be living on it. If that is the case, why are they acting as if prices are the same in the US?


It must be those who are begging on the streets in cities or those who live off the land in the village that are surviving on such a small amount. this is a shame yes , but to say that is the story for the average is not true.

It is certainly NOT the "average Nigerian".

@hotprince.........does the average Nigerian live on that amount, or is it what Oprah will tell you that you accept over what you know and see of Nigeria and Nigerians ON AVERAGE?