HenryThegreat1: Some olodo will think and conclude this is a lot of money to distribution companies without putting into consideration cost of gas, infrastructure and overhead costs.
They should have told us, the profit the Discos made. That's what we should be interested in also. Lol
Im more curious about the money consumers owe, especially those of them on postpaid. I know Nigerians, many of us, have a very strong sense of entitlement. We believe everything should be given to us, for free.
Odewaleadesoye: The debate about Senator Oluremi Tinubu's comments on akara, agbado and kuli-kuli has divided many Nigerians. Some have defended her statement, saying there is dignity in labour and that many successful people started from humble beginnings. On that point, they are right.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with selling akara, roasting corn, making kuli-kuli, or engaging in any honest business. Millions of Nigerians have raised families, trained children through school, and built successful lives through small businesses. Honest work deserves respect.
But that is not why many Nigerians are angry.
The real issue is that Nigerians are tired of being told to manage hardship while those in power continue to live comfortably.
When a government is performing well, citizens are discussing opportunities, innovation, jobs, infrastructure, healthcare and education. When people are struggling to survive, every statement about poverty naturally becomes controversial.
Yes, ₦50,000 may help some petty traders. It may help a woman already selling food or a market trader who only needs a little support to restock goods. That is true.
But we must also ask an honest question: what about the millions of Nigerians already drowning in debt, unable to feed their families, struggling with rent, transport costs, school fees and rising food prices?
If someone owes ₦150,000, has not eaten properly for days, and is struggling to survive, how far can ₦50,000 really go?
The problem is not the grant itself. The problem is presenting survival as economic progress.
Nigerians do not want handouts forever. Nigerians want an economy that works.
They want stable electricity so businesses can grow.
They want affordable food.
They want security so farmers can return to their farms.
They want jobs that pay decent wages.
They want access to credit with reasonable terms.
They want a country where young people can dream beyond daily survival.
Recent reports also show that political activities continue across the country while many citizens are battling economic hardship and insecurity. At the same time, schoolchildren abducted in Oyo State remain a source of concern for many Nigerians, with families still hoping for their safe return.
This is why many people reacted strongly to the akara conversation. It was never really about akara.
It was about frustration.
It was about a growing feeling that ordinary Nigerians are being asked to endure more sacrifices while receiving less hope in return.
Nobody is saying small businesses are bad.
Nobody is saying people should be ashamed of humble beginnings.
What Nigerians are saying is simple:
Stop weaponising poverty.
Stop making hardship look normal.
Stop treating survival as success.
Build an economy where people sell akara because they choose to, not because they have no other option.
A nation cannot continue to measure progress by how creatively its citizens cope with suffering.
The true measure of progress is how many people no longer have to struggle just to survive.
That is the conversation Nigeria should be having.
Nigerians deserve more than survival. They deserve a government that creates opportunities, protects lives, grows businesses, and restores hope. Until then, conversations about akara, agbado and kuli-kuli will continue to remind us of a much bigger problem.
Odewale Adesoye (A.K.A. Green Man) Concerned Nigerian and Advocate for Economic Opportunity
How many nigerians can afford to live in a Nigeria that works like the West?
Hope you know just how much tax, many people abroad are paying. Even something as simple as Power, many Nigerians are still owing millions.
The Nigerians in debt have themselves to blame. Don't borrow what you can't pay. Never bite what you can't chew. Remi Tinubu's comment is encompassing. She addressed many issues, even giving scholarship, sponsoring people in education, ICT etc. Still, all her comments escaped many of those shouting, it is only the Akara and Corn they focused and started to make noise on social media.
The economy we want to build, is something we all have to build, not leave everything for Government and think they hsve to put guns to our heads before we obey simple rules.
Ask yourself why people who sell ugwu, suddenly increased the price, and they use the U.S and Iran war as excuse. This is classic Nigerian mindset. Complaining and spoiling everything by ourselves and blaming it on the government.
An akara business is one of the lowest-cost food businesses in Nigeria with consistent daily demand. Customers include workers, students, commuters, market traders and households purchasing breakfast.
With good positioning, quality, and hygiene, a small roadside operation can generate **₦8,000–₦30,000+ daily profit**, depending on location and sales volume. Actual performance varies by location, pricing, ingredient costs, and waste. Food businesses in Nigeria continue to require careful planning because equipment, fuel, and ingredients have become significantly more expensive.
A busy location can exceed these figures, while a poor location may fall below them.
Best Locations
* Near bus stops * Markets * Schools * Universities * Office districts * Hospitals * Church entrances * Factory gates
Breakfast traffic (6:00–10:00 am) is usually the strongest.
Products to Sell Together
Increase average customer spend by offering:
* Akamu (pap) * Bread * Tea * Agbado * Soft drinks * Sachet water * Bottled water * Boiled eggs * Moi Moi *Hooooooneeeyyy
Many successful vendors earn as much from complementary items as from akara itself.
Marketing Strategy
* Bright, clean stall * Consistent taste * Fresh oil * Fast service * Bonus scheme ("Buy 10, get 1 free" * Early opening (before competitors)
Risks
* Rising bean prices * Rising cooking oil prices * Rain reducing foot traffic * Local government levies and thugs * Fire hazards * Environmental hygiene issues
Maintain a reserve fund and review prices regularly as ingredient costs change.
Growth Plan
Stage 1 (Months 1–6)**
* One roadside stall * Owner-operated * Build loyal customers
Stage 2 (Months 7–18)**
* Hire one assistant * Add pap and drinks * Increase production capacity
Stage 3 (Years 2–3)**
* Open additional stalls * Supply offices and schools * Introduce branded packaging
Success Factors
* High-footfall location * Consistent product quality * Clean frying oil * Fast customer service * Strict cost control * Fresh ingredients * Good hygiene * Accurate daily records of sales, costs, and waste
A well-run akara business can be started on a relatively modest budget and scaled into a multi-location, multi million naira enterprise by reinvesting profits and expanding into complementary breakfast products.
You didn't state in your executive summary, what Akara is, the process of making it, and what it takes to make it etc. You just assume even the White man, knows what Akara is. Lol
Authority1o1: The debate as to whether the ₦50,000 empowerment made by Remi Tinubu, Nigeria's First Lady, is simply based on a realistic economic calculation and the acknowledgement of the existence of lower class will not end if a breakdown is not given.
So, what can such an amount afford for someone who wants to really go into akara business?
Here is a breakdown:
1. Gas cylinder (3kg): ₦25,000 2. Cooking gas (3kg): ₦1900 × 3 = ₦5700 3. 1 painter of white beans (depending on the location): approximately ₦5000 4. Groundnut oil (2 litres): approximately ₦4500 5. Medium-size frying pan: ₦11,000 6. Utensils and containers: ₦10,000 7. Ingredients (pepper, salt, Maggi etc): ₦2000 8. Beans grinding cost: say ₦500 per round.
TOTAL: ₦63,700
VERDICT: Even for low income earners, ₦50,000 is insufficient to start akara business.
How many rural women use gas (lpg) talkless of kerosene that you're putting gas cylinder in your quotation?
Firewood is the in thing bro. A bunch of firewood is N500.
Thank you, boss Naptu2. All what you listed is what you said in that viral video, yet, they didn't shout and lament about others, but chose the Akara and Corn whatever to lament about.
I find it very disturbing, they ignored all what she said, and started complaining about the things that they don't even understand. It's such a shame. A very big shame that is.
We are in deep trouble in Nigeria. Ignorance and stupidity have found a voice, and it is crippling intelligence and meritocracy.
helinues: Even though I am not in support of the deregistration of NDC, it's insensitive of Peter Obi to be blaming FG about this.
Why didn't Obi do his findings well before joining ADC? A presidential candidate that's so disorganized to the extent of not knowing what's good for him
Wondering why the opposition have been blaming the FG for their own self inflicted chaos
Weak people always tend to blame others for their woes and misgivings.
The opposition have continued to show, they are just like many Nigerians, who don't bother to do their findings, but rather, rush in to join the crowd. When shown the error of their ways, they rush to blame others.
It's just like those complaining about what Remi Tinubu said, ask them how much do they think an Akara seller should be given, and let them write a proposal for it, and you'll see them rain insults upon insults on you. It's just a pity. The Olodo Uprising is now a problem to the Nigerian state itself.
This school of hard knockz guy that interviewed Dangote tried to interview this billionaire woman and her police escort dey move like say na bandits dem see😭😂
Mariangeles: Do you know that right before Tinubu assumed office and ruined everything, one could start egg retail business with as little as N5,000? Per crate then was about N800-N850.
See them now laughing at a valuable N10k from way back that Tinubu himself has now rendered valueless.
How Much can one use in starting egg retail business now?
prinsam30: Let's call a bad thing a bad thing and stop sugarcoating it pls, if Ur not feeling the heat 99% of the rest of us are feeling it. U guys like defending rubbish, na wa ooo dem course us for this country say we no go ever fit use our head reason like a normal human being
How do you know 99% of you lot are feeling the so called heat? Which survey did you conduct for you to arrive at that conclusion?
Your take, OP, as interesting as it is, and exposing still doesn't negate the fact that, many Nigerians are empty and very ignorant. In fact, they wear their ignorance with such magnificent foolishness, you have to wonder which hole they crawled out from.
I still don't even want to imagine how many of these people started dancing azonto because of what Remi Tinubu said. It only shows just how far gone we are as a people. A people who refuse to learn or even care to know anything of worth. It is why we are like this, and the country is in this present state it is.
TemporaryHansel: James Gunn has been terrible for DC. DC is falling so bad, I don't think they've had any blockbuster since Joker 1, which was over 7 years ago if I remember correctly. Warnerbros need to do something fast.
Of all people, the number 1 rascal, who have no regard for the rule of law and have not one aorta of common sense, has decided to show Nigerians, by and large, the world, that he is indeed, among the Olodo generation. Are we surprise, not at all.
I wonder why you waste your time, explaining things to be people who deliberately decide to be dumb.
They didn't read the part where she mentioned empowering people in education, ICT and even giving scholarship, nope. They jumped and broke their brains, because of the Akara statement.
These same people are the ones who complain anytime the government empower rural women with Wheelbarrow and the likes. They expect government to empower them with tractors etc. Isn't that funny. Like a rural woman will know how to even operate a tractor. Men! It's something else.
These people intentionally become dumb because being dumb, is what trends, and whatever trends, makes money nowadays. It's the same reason, they hate anything, or anyone who is intelligent and doing well. What a sorry bunch.
abduleez1: It's so much better one is killed in battle by the enemy than dieing because of the stupidity of your own kin. I'm really pissed off right now. Rhaena is one of the most stupid characters in this show. She's been insufferable and wallowing in self pity since S1 due to her inability to tame a dragon. And now that she finally has a dragon, what did she do with it, kill her own kin due to lack of experience. And who would be stupid enough to try to tame a wild dragon? Rhaena!
At the battle of the Gullet.... inexperience caused Jack's death as he wasn't skilled enough in battle tactics but Rhaena made sure that one of the Dragonriders was surely gonna die with her naivety.
And you'd wonder if she's ever learnt anything being Targaryen and Velaryon royalty. But nah! No brains!!!
A dragon that has never been tamed you carry am enter battle. Person wey never enter a single battlefront. Other Dragon riders have grown a bond with the dragon for years, that's why you get a dragon as a kid. Not in the middle of battle. This is in exception of the Targaryen b@@s_túrds who were given a chance to mount the wild dragons.
There's almost nothing I would give just to see a scene of the Cannibal. Even royal Targaryens don't dare try to tame that one.
And for the people bickering about spoilers, book readers vs show watchers. Chill out mates. It's obvious especially from season 2 that not everything that played out in the books would be followed 'religiously' from the source material. Scenes are changed. Some characters are tweaked. And character arcs are swapped for more dramatic effect or service to the overarching story.
Sheepstealer was never gonna be ridden by Rhaena according to the book. It never yielded to a Targaryen just like its fellow wild dragons of Dragonstone (Cannibal and Grey Ghost). Sheepstealer was claimed by a female commoner named "Nettles". The show just swapped Nettles arc for Rhaena for more dramatic effect and yep, it's a brilliant one.
Even the way Jacaerys died was different from the books. His scene would be way more similar like how Rhaenys died fighting Aemond + Vhagar and Aegon + Sunfyre. Albeit more cinematic.
It was this same predictability that I feel the showrunners were avoiding that's why there's some major tweaks here and there. And that's where the question of "being faithful to the source material" comes in. This way, book readers don't know ALL that's going to happen and are treated to a few surprises and changes here and there. If you like it or not and how the execution was made is another question entirely and that's one major criticism of S2 asides from being painfully slow paced.
Pleasant surprise I must say to the changes made. Anyways, I know one battle scene that they can never mess with or they'll be dealing with a huge critical mess from fans and book readers. I'm hoping it's as delightful as I imagine it.
Let's just sit and enjoy the show.
Heheje. I must say. You sure didn't mince words.
Though, when i watched that scene, I wonder if it were Rhaena riding Sheepstealer, or Sheepstealer riding her? To think Sheepstealer even had to feed her. Haba! Ma broda! I must say, Sheepstealer just found a b1tch. Lmfao.
Another fool, parading his senselessness on social media.
Their bile and bitterness, made people this this man, forget the part where Remi Tinubu mentioned empowerment, even in education and ICT. Nope. All the focused on was Akara and Corn. Tell me, I even wonder what sort of empowerment you want to give to illiterates.
Ask these people making noise on social media to come up with a proposal for whatever business idea they have, then you'd just how much of a fool, many of them are. Tssk.
SOZINN: They don't know Superman made 600+M because it's Superman. Let's wait and see how this one performs.
The only time you come out gun blazing is when you feel there is a DC movie that will not perform well at the cinema, or when a Marvel movie perform well... It's as if that's your sole purpose in life, Marvel VS DC.
Lovelink1991: Men are game players so they are very wise at the game they play.
A dating counselor has come out to expose the secret of men to the single ladies and to tell the single ladies what they must do if they really want that relationship to lead to marriage.
Another empty vessel on the beat. Treat a man like a job and get paid she says. You are in a relationship with a man and you want to get paid, either in cash or in whatever form, then why are you in the relationship in the first place.
This is how they go about giving poisonous advice to women and spoil their mentality. The very reason why the society is decaying, day by day.
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