The former President and Chairman of Council of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Prof. Segun Ajibola, says he didn’t say that “N500 can feed an average Nigerian per day,” but rather, “per meal.”
Ajibola said this in reaction to a viral publication while appearing on NTA programme, ‘Good Morning Nigerians,’ last Wednesday, adding that he was only stressing the fact that Naira is currently undervalued, especially internationally.
He said, “Some journalists, especially bloggers, deliberately twisted a simple statement.
“In responding to my comment that naira is strong locally but undervalued internationally, the moderator asked for justification. I explained that economists do resort to purchasing power parity to explain the real value of one currency against another.
“When you benchmark naira against the US dollar, N500 can buy a meal in Nigeria, but the one dollar equivalent cannot buy anything [sic] in the US.
“The idea of the argument is this: At N500 per meal, N1,500 per day, N45,000 per month, the Naira in the pocket of an average Nigerian (who belongs to the lower 60 percent of the population living on one dollar per day and/or earning N30,000 minimum wage) is not even sufficient to feed him alone. Hence the prevalence of poverty in the land.”
The professor advised Nigerians who are interested in the details of the discussion to visit NTA YouTube to listen to the originally recorded proceedings of the programme.
Source: https://punchng.com/N500-can-feed-average-Nigerian-per-meal-ex-CIBN-president-Ajibola-corrects-viral-statement

Demented punk. After the backlash he is vehemently denying what he said when he was drunk. All those supporting this failed regime will never end well.

Will a meal of N500 be enough for him? This big mouth n belle I dey see so