The fast depreciating purchasing power of my hard-earned salary, the devalued Naira, and the creeping inflation: I just discovered by purchasing water today that my monthly salary can only pay for a limited quantity of water supply. I spent forty thousand naira (40k) for a water tanker one trip load (about 2800 gallons) this evening in Enugu. Talk about price fixing. We bought previously the first week of February for 35k. Of course, the driver said the cost of diesel drives the price. The ultimate buyer bears the brunt. We need at least two tankers for one month at 80k, which would have taken one-fifth of my professorial cadre salary in a Federal University. At this rate, just water without food, electricity, transportation, generator fueling, house rent, school fees, health care, etc., one can see that the One Million Naira being proposed as minimum wage by the Labour Union is not a laughing matter to be dismissed by wave of hand. It increasingly appears either realistic or may need to be more. Which way, Nigeria? I can only hum Sonny Okosun's (1984 - Which Way Nigeria) and Majek Fashek's (Send Down the Rain!) songs as I silently pray for reprieve and an urgent economic solution so Nigerians can breathe well.

Professor Joy Ngozi Ezeilo OON


Ezeilo is a Nigerian professor of Public Law and a six-year United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking persons in Africa. She is a former Commissioner for Gender and Social Development, Enugu State, a SAN and an activist. She is Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Law UNN and the founder of the Women Aid Collective (WACOL). She was named one of the BBC 100 Women in 2022

It's really sad



It will definitely go round

One naira is equivalent to 0.40 CFA.... Imagine the insult!!!! This was not the case throughout the administration of GEJ.

However, when you oppose Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu's demonic and poverty-inflicted policies, his supporters will argue that Yooukay, Franzzzz, and Singapoor are also experiencing recession and difficulty.

Tribal bigots will learn a bitter lesson, this is just the beginning till they start pushing the naira in wheel-barrows to just to pay for purchase of bread like it happened in Zimbabwe next time they won't vote/support a candidate based on tribal/ethnic sentiments. Banza.

Ogiame:
1 Naira is equivalent to 0.40 CFA.... Imagine the insult!!!! It was not so during the administration of GEJ.

But when you criticize the demonic and poverty infused policies of Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his supporters will tell you that Yooukay, Franzzzz and Singapoor are also going through recession and difficult times.

Don't worry by the time they will start feeding on cooked grass they will wake up to reality.

MASTERCHIEF0847:

Don't worry by the time they will start feeding on cooked grass they will wake up to reality.

People that has signed a life long contract with suffering and pains will wake up to reality?



If Tinubu still comes to the podium to lick microphone again at the next election, they'll still vote for him.

Ogiame:
People that has signed a life long contract with suffering and pains will wake up to reality?



If Tinubu still comes to the podium to lick microphone again at the next election, they'll still vote for him.

They never expected this great tinubulation...most already regret but bigotry won't let them admit it but hunger and hardship will eventually force them to admit it.

Tinubulation don enter Enugu o

Subsidy is gone

Somebody post that dance wey BAT dey dance go back

I have said this before and I'll say it again.
We don't need presidents. We don't need elections or even government.

Extraordinary situations calls for extreme measures. Nigeria is close to a comatose state and needs urgent resuscitation.

We need to dissolve executive and legislative government. The system of government we are practicing is too expensive for the amount of money we are earning.

We need to urgently appoint the CEO of a Fortune 500 company to run this country like corporation with a mandate to bring it to profitability within 5 years.

He/she will be allowed to come onboard with their team, and they will hold executive and legislative powers to create laws and execute policies without bureaucratic red tape.

Short of a dictatorship or dissolution, this is the only radical solution for now.

The leaders of this generation if they are not stopped the Unborn Nigeria children will suffer a lot

Tinubu is clueless and confused same with the best brains around him. After copying MKO Abiola manifesto what do you expect?

The only solution is division of Nigeria





If we don't divide Nigeria, time shall come when you'll be carrying money in a wheelbarrow to go and buy a loaf of bread - Nnamdi Kanu (30/5/2015)

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Lol. Professors aren't smiling too. It can't be easy for anyone depending on the Nigerian economy.

Tap into the world economy if you want to not only survive but thrive during this period. If you don't habe the brain to tap into this first option, go buy land, put borehole there, build a small building, put solar panels, and start producing fresh food. You will cash out big time.

Tinubu no sabi anything.

I am telling the South West that shouting that you are smart does not mean you are smart.
When you always look down on people from other places with the superiority mindset.
This is the best you guys can bring from the West.
We na no get level.......you people's own is to be shouting forming woke and sophisticated.
Shame on you guys Men.

Tinubu till 2067

This woman should keep quiet, we would happily endure all hardship needed to make Nigeria better provided we teach Obi and Obidients a very bitter lesson on politics. Dollars would soon reach #2,000 but don't panic because on Tinubu's mandate we stand.

I'm so happy for Tinubu, these Northern Nigerian poorest of the poor need to learn hard lesson. During election their senses leaves their bodies

Baba fire on sir, $1 = ₦5,000 we shall stand

Johnwrite:
Make God just help us

Because it was God you voted on the ballot papers

Hehehe.

Shege pro max. The break fast will go round .

Hand go touch everybody last,last.

We must all vote this man again, he's the best for Nigeria

MASTERCHIEF0847:

Don't worry by the time they will start feeding on cooked grass they will wake up to reality.

Kerosene and gas is too expensive to cook grass,so they would resort to eating raw grass.

Ogiame:
One naira is equivalent to 0.40 CFA.... Imagine the insult!!!! This was not the case throughout the administration of GEJ.

However, when you oppose Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu's demonic and poverty-inflicted policies, his supporters will argue that Yooukay, Franzzzz, and Singapoor are also experiencing recession and difficulty.

Not Jonathan but Musa the messiah Yardadua who pave the way for the drunken sailor who could not hold his own and all the region in ss ,se and Sw could not support his second bid because of poor governance caused by stealing and corruption
Thereby using the statement such as "CORRUPTION IS NOT THE SAME AS STEALING "mantra
In conclusion Yaradua raised a bar and left a big shoe non of them could fit into
Rest Well Dr Musa yaradua. The best president Naija ever had

We are just starting.... Wait and see

Hello! Ladies and Gentlemen of Nairaland.

One thing that gave me joy as I was going through Prof writing; after the rigging they call election, they credited most of these so called Professors' account to read out the falsified figures are results, mostly VCs of Federal Universities.

Now, why are you crying Prof?

Wait a minute, is it not the same Prof that was lamenting the high cost of freight ticket during AFCON final?

One thing that gives me joy is that, the so called man on the Streets knows how to adapt, survive on the Streets until the day Baba God picks his call.

Let's just assimilate this news with one bottle of ice cold Budweiser.

Shalom my people.

ZaddyJ:

Not Jonathan but Musa the messiah Yardadua who pave the way for the drunken sailor who could not hold his own and all the region in ss ,se and Sw could not support his second bid because of poor governance caused by stealing and corruption
Thereby using the statement such as "CORRUPTION IS NOT THE SAME AS STEALING "mantra
In conclusion Yaradua raised a bar and left a big shoe non of them could fit into
Rest Well Dr Musa yaradua. The best president Naija ever had

Stop misquoting him. He was trying to illustrate how alleged stealing is different from corruption charges.
Stealing - you will catch the thief red handed, no rooms for denials, with the physical stolen items which may lead to jungle justice to some or just some evidence from the scene to secure procecution for him whereas in corruption charges, the culprits may be playing hide-and-seek, denial, using the judiciary to corner justice and may even dodge sentence at the end of the day. I remembered her was trying to justify the introduction of Tech (BVN) to tackle corruption

Hardship is like a ballistic missile which cannot differentiate between tribes, religions or political ideologies.

If you see anybody wailing, remind them 4+4, road still dey far!

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In a whie man countries whenever things go wrong, the political party leaders, keep their politics interest aṣọdẹ and work together to move their country forward. In Africa they fight against each other like a crabs.