– As the harsh economy bites harder Nigerians have
adjusted feeding patterns, cut household expenses and
luxuries

– Some Nigerians have resorted to creating alternative
means of income while others have simply turned to
farming

– But some citizens have gone spiritual because they
feel that it is only God that can save Nigeria

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As a result of the harsh economic conditions that have
engulfed the country in the last year, Nigerians have
developed very clever methods of dealing with the
current tough circumstances facing them in order to
survive.

According to a public opinion poll by NOIPolls which
was released on Wednesday, August 10 and reported by
PremiumTimes, Nigerians have been forced to be quite
creative in their ways of tackling the tough economy.

The report said, “From the poll results, 97 percent of the
entire respondents acknowledged that these recent
economic realities have had a negative effect of the general wellbeing of the average Nigerian.

Consequently, this has led to the adoption of some measures and strategies to enable them cope or manage the impact of the current economic realities.”

Here are some of the most popular survival methods
Nigerians have been employing as discovered by the
polls.

1:Cutting down on household expenses: The most
popular method is to reduce household expenses. No
need for two tins of milk when one can be managed and
why buy fish or meat when popular cow leather ( ponmo ) is available and so on.

2: Cutting down on luxury items: Gone are the days when people buy things just to show off. According to the report, respondents said all the things that they don’t need do not get bought.

3: Enduring the situation: Probably the most uncreative
method on this list belongs to those who are just
enduring the situation by doing nothing other than
hoping that things would definitely turn around
someday. Those employing this method are the
Nigerians that are very confident President Buhari will
somehow solve all the economic problems in due time.

4: Adjusting feeding patterns of the family: The report
showed that family feeding has been hit seriously. No
more three-square meals. Either of breakfast, lunch or
dinner has to go for the others to stay. Now families
use 1-0-1, 1-1-0 or 0-1-1 pattern of feeding. Any red-
blooded Nigerian understands this scary code.

5: 'Operation Call God’: Probably the most hilarious
method of dealing with the economic crunch is the one
in which Nigerians resort to calling on God to ‘come into
the situation’. These set of people are tired of blaming
past presidents or present leaders, they just want an
end to the suffering super-quick. They believe that ‘only
God can save Nigeria’ at this point.

6: Subsistence farming: Some Nigerians have resorted to the old method of farming to provide for their families. This way, they provide food for their families without having to spend on buying food items.

7: Creating alternative sources of income: To combat the harsh economic conditions, some Nigerians have
resorted to creating alternative businesses to guarantee
multiple streams of income. This way they can earn a
little from here and there to make sizeable whole that
can make them live comfortable in spite of the harsh
conditions.

According to PremiumTimes; quoting the NOIPolls
report, the major economic challenges faced by
Nigerians in recent times include huge increase in
prices of goods and services (43 per cent); hike in petrol
pump price (18 per cent); rise in the cost of
transportation (10 per cent); devaluation of the Naira
and foreign exchange crisis (8 per cent); poor electricity
supply (7 per cent); irregular payment of salaries (4
percent); increase in electricity tariff (3 per cent).

NAIJ.com recalls that outspoken APC Senator, Shehu
Sani, said on Wednesday, August 8 that there is
massive hunger and poverty in Nigeria.

He stated this during the launch of his interactive forum
tagged “Street Parliament” in Nasarawa, a suburb of
Kaduna. “We know that Nigerians are facing hunger, no money for school fees and no jobs. But it is not our ( APC) fault.

For the past 16 years. The PDP government did not do anything to you, but this present government will do something for your community,” he said.

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Op which one you dey do.

legendte:
Op which one you dey do.

Lol... U know na d no. 5 n wat about u ?

Piece of scrap

annnikky:
Lol... U know na d no. 5 n wat about u ?

Lol but that one no shock me because virtually everybody dey call God.
For the second time which one you dey do

No1, cutting down household expenses

annnikky:
No1, cutting down household expenses

Yea. most people have started already.

man must survive

PerkyJeggs:


Yea. most people have started already.

No more unnecessary expenses, so that one can atleast feed twice or thrice a day until d economy bounce back

When apc promise a meal a day for every school children Nigerians didn't ask questions now there is virtually no school because of strikes and the children hardly eat a meal a day.

Sai apc Sai baba lolz