Iamdonfrank:
You survive on midnight browsing. How come you posted this on the afternoon

which state are you?

Some people are naturally stingy even to their selfs

Let just say your area help you in Foods expenses aspect here in Foods are expensive shit and the expensive is vary depending in some area.

globelite:
You dey stress yourself sef. Na to buy #200 rice and beans for oga uche restaurant sure pass. If I eat twice a day that makes #400. In a week I'll still have change on that 3k

how 200 naira food go take satisfy u or are we missing something?

U MEAN U EAT ONCE A DAY?IS IT 001 OR 010 OR 100?

Abeg, anybody here with an idea of how much a pot of soup can go for here in Lagos and soup-plugs around. I just resumed work here. I nor sabi cook but I sabi make eba. I love and can eat swallow uninterrupted. Tired of eating out.

It's hard. Just today,I didn't know doom was awaiting me by 11am,tho my spirit told me to go to my mechanic by 11am,but I ignored and gbam,by 1pm. My ball joint gave up,damaged my fender,mechanic 1sr scam me 1k based on welding tins,then after 30mins e happen again. I ended up paying 6k,plus another 2k workmanship, plus another 4k on fuel. Omo I no drive sedan again ,if no be toyot fj cruiser,i no drive again.

Rightmindset:
I don't think you are in Nigeria. Check very well. May be your geographical location is unknown to you.

He 's in ambazonia & be thinking that he's in Nigeria

rahztafari:
This is like eating once a day and you also have enuf time to cook for yourself.

Kinda like want to ask why ur gf taught you how to cook instead of do the cooking but I think I shud mind my business sha.

Pls, my brother do much more for yourself than cooking and applying for jobs at midnight. You don't have to continue managing. The future holds nothing but dreams except you really push yourself out there.

No o. Girlfriend came to this world just to cook nah. Very poor mentality.

Aketi2:


There is no farmer herders crisis. How many times have you heard that farmers organized themselves to attack the Fulanis? Its usually the Fulanis with Nigerian Army at their back while at other times, its the BH or ISWAP.

This assertion is not true please. Don't misled readers.

Damilare65:
you only eat once a day?

you don't eat meat, or fish, or egg ?

I'm guessing you are living in an extremely rural area, that's the only explanation,

1 mudu of rice is like 800 here, you must be really eating tasteless food or lot of Maggi, im not even trying to be insensitive here I'm just trying to understand,

rice beans, potatoes is your only diet all week? no vegetables, ? ah I pity your immune system oo you are drinking tap water all the time too, if you can fall sick once like this na gbege oo

country hard for all of us sha, but if you really get by like this kudos to you then oo

With an assistance of 3k you can make his day..
He will buy eggs, dried fish spinach to balance his diet.

Supreme145:
I commented on a thread yesterday that was about how much that can last someone through the week, I posted that I can manage 3k for a week and I was literary dragged and trolled through the thread. Some accused me of lying while some said I still live with my parents, others saw my post as a scheme to accrue favour from people.

I never wanted to open a thread about this, but as God would have it, he blessed me ( Not from that thread) through Nairaland best roofer and known philanthropist @ money121 and @despian that sent me something to help with my school project. I managed to squeeze out a little money and branch to the market to get some food stuffs. Below is a detail of how I spent 3k on food stuffs that would last me a week.

Rice 1 mudu(8 cups) : #600
Beans 1 mudu(8 cups) : #900
Potato : #500
1/2 bottle of palm oil : #400( I add just enough to colour the food)
1 packet of maggi : #250
Powder pepper :#100
Onions :#100
Airtime :#100
Total :#2950
The remaining #50 is for Chelsea match later in the evening.

While I didn't make this post to glorify poverty but it seems some people are oblivious to the situation of things in the country at the moment. Apparently the hardship levels is skewed, based on the values that people were quoting on that thread. While some food stuffs are at a premium at the moment, there are some of us that cut our suit according to our ankara.

Next is how I manage the foodstuff to last me a week in no particular order.

Day one: Rice and beans
Day two: beans and potatoes
Day three: only Rice
Day four: porridge potatoes
Day five : only beans
Day six: Rice and beans
Day seven: potatoes and oil
Fortunately the stomach does not disclose its contents.

I iterate through the list during the week, I spend only #100 on airtime during the week. I don't call any body and spend #25 daily for 250 mb night sub which I use to apply for jobs. I wait for the following week when it gets exhausted.
I use salt as makeshift paste and patronize Hausa black soap for bathing.
I've my faze cap to conceal my overgrown hair, though my lord luggard esque moustache have a way of bringing my legs outside.
I fetch well water, boil and sieve it, in that way home made Eva water is set, who knows I might own a pure water factory in future so I'm practicing now.

Added plus: My Girlfriend
It's a popular opinion on nairaland and the country in general that most Nigerian girls are useless and are out to bring nothing but misfortune and misery to our lives. I beg to disagree because the ones around me (mom, siblings and gf) are anything but useless.

My current girlfriend is a frugal spender and taught me how to spend prudently. She taught me how to cook thereby cutting the amount I spend on food to a significant level. I can give her just #1500 and she would prepare two pots of stew and soup to last me a week. Like my Oga @chatinet would say there are still women that can go to the market with 3k and come back with two nylons.

While other nairalanders open thread open threads about their parasitic girlfriends, mine is actually helping me through a difficult phase in my life.
Sadly despite my pitiful standard of living, I still have people that I'm better than and see me as a senior man. Its that bad.

I'm not comfortable with my condition so I'm looking for jobs so as to improve my standard of living. My fellow nairalanders help me to start eating with meat by offering my any job available. I'm a graduate of Statistics/Computer Science (bsc ed) and a web developer.

So the doubting Thomas's here's a breakdown of my 3k weekly spending.

Modified: Obviously some people are still doubting my credibility. I stay in north bank, Makurdi Benue State for those asking.

True talk there. But nowadays to cook dey fear me, imagine since 2 weeks no light my soup just spoil(I just chop the fish troway the soup).... Here in Lagos things are cost like mad!!!

Supreme145:

Lol, how I go do without seasoning naa, as ingredients no dey make the food get small small taste

Not healthy though.

Adamdau:


You are not saying the truth please. 600/8=75. I quote you again, there's no where you can buy a cup of rice at N75 in Nigeria today.

Oga he's right I just bought rice at 600 yesterday.

Rrex99:
Maybe you live in North... Come down to South. Lest I forget Gas is #700.

Gas is more expensive in the north than south

Mariangeles:
Of all the important things to buy, why would you buy a packet of maggi? eh nnaa?

Benue people can put 7 seasoning cubes in a small pot of soup...

codesport:
In as much as I don't want to glorify poverty.....what the op said is nothing but the truth the rice will not just be oh God rice but stone free and long grains here in Lafia Nasarawa State at #600 per mudu @ (8cups per mudu). Thanks

where do u stay in lafia sir?

Nigerians are really suffering oh.
JEEZ!

Me that can finish 3k on food for a day sef.

Kai.

You survived on 3k week? Dammmm! What kinda mad man are you? you gonna have to teach me how to do that. Here is me wasting like 50k a week in nigeria, petrol and booze is not even included.

Calitoscassius:
You survived on 3k week? Dammmm! What kinda mad man are you? you gonna have to teach me how to do that. Here is me wasting like 50k a week in nigeria, petrol and booze is not even included.

Lol, I already stated how I do it, I would like you to teach me how have enough like you

Itzgeneral:
where do u stay in lafia sir?

@Bukan sidi

Someone like me, with the kind of work i do that rice and beans will only sustain me for two days. That's if i manage myself well.

tonididdy:
Honestly I feel disgusted going through your meal plan, no fish, no meat in a whole month.



I pray to God to change your plight

oga toniddity boss, so nah here u come hide becuz u no want help boys wit HT ov 0.5 abi?

@supreme145.
Modified: Obviously some people are still doubting my credibility. I stay in north bank, Makurdi Benue State for those asking.

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Abeg bro, where be your address make I come visit you. I stay at low cost, north-bank. Also, you go link me up with that your girlfriend sister. Wait....... Your name na Ne..y? UAM maths stat?

silvoclaira:
Middle men are the cause of food prices hike up SOUTH.

If not for the farmers herders crisis, it would have been more cheaper than the OP listed.

I stay in the north, kano to be price, there is no way you can get those items for even 5k. Maggi na #500 the guy talk say na #250, where on earth do they sell rice, beans, at those prices? How can onion of #100 even cook three times? The guy just dey lie Anyhow

Supreme145:

Na why shoe get sizes boss, even as I'm jonsing I still have a lot of people I'm better than around me.

Even me sef, na manage persin de.
Its just unfortunate that the basics have been made to be such a big deal cos of the state of the economy.
So how much do you spend on lunch averagely?

ceematics:

Please employ me let me be carrying ur luggage pls hunger is killing me over here

Lol, hunger no be your portion IJN.
How much do you spend in dinner averagely?

nedekid:

Even me sef, na manage persin de.
Its just unfortunate that the basics have been made to be such a big deal cos of the state of the economy.
So how much do you spend on lunch averagely?

I can't remember the last time I ate out, but a plate of food is around #350 in my area

if na northbank you dey i believe you. if na high level side i for doubt� high level market traders no get joy at all

Supreme145:

Hahahaha....I'm in makurdi bro

Good farming area. Enjoy cheap food my friend and just don't overfeed.