₦airaland Forum

WizardOfNG:
A lot of Nigerians blind themselves to reality hating one thing/person or the other. Ghana is terribly expensive and it is irritating ignorant and self-hating Nigerians keep referencing her as "economically superior" to shade Nigeria.

I remember earlier this year, with the usual talk of Ghana currency "superiority' to Naira, I had to factually prove that Ghana redenomination of her currency does not make the cedi more valuable than naira because removing zeroes does not increase a currency's spending power.

I showed, factually, a product sold in both nations, in real time, cost around 700 Naira in Nigeria whereas it's equivalent price in Ghana, converting cedis to Naira, is around 2,500 Naira.

As I said earlier, hatred of ourselves make us the biggest enemies of progress to each other.

Imagine the ignorance and self-hate making some Nigerians insist the worthless cedis is more valuable than Naira simply because the 20 cedis you mentions appears of greater value compared to her Naira equivalentof 2,816 Naira.

Yet inspect the purchasing power parity (PPP), the real determinant of a currency's strenght and measure of inflation, which shows a 20 cedis (2816 Naira) haircut in Ghana is 1500 Naira (10.65 cedis) in Nigeria.

Meaning Nigerians pay half of what Ghanaians pay for haircut. Yet self-hating Nigerians are still bashing their own nation.

Bro, shey you see why I push for regional autonomy daily? A country full of different ethnicities who hate themselves and act like enemies more than fellow citizens plus the biggest and most ignorant demarketers of each other, can never forge a great nation.

Much easier for ethnicities that love themselves to develop great regions of Nigeria instead once freed of 'one Nigeria' restrictions.

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
N800 to N1000 is not very very cheap.

Our fuel should be cheap when compared by Nigerian standards, not by the economic realities of other countries.

If we produce crude oil and have national and independent refineries, its nobody's business if our fuel is N65 while Kenya's is N2, 000.

Its like trying to raise the price of palm oil in Nigeria because palm oil is costly in America.

That is undiluted stupidity, economic idiocy and bombastic lunacy of the highest possible degree.

Emtol01:
Thank you. Even that haircut is not up to 1k in some states. Like myself, I've never barbed for 1.5k and I lives in one of the most serene capital cities in the Southwest.
We just hate ourselves in Nigeria for no just cause.

Softmirror:
It is cheap by Nigerian standard. You want us to continue subsidizing for fuel?!

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
How many of those countries are oil producers?

How many of them have the raw materials and human capital available to Nigeria?

Lithiumite:
It's still cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi,the highest producer of oil.

helinues:
Things are cheap in Nigeria, not just the oil. I read online yesterday that barbing in Ghana now is around 20GHC. Convert that amount to naira

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
You have not said anything.

Give specific examples, like the trillion-dollar highway that's currently collapsing into the ocean.

Realguyman1:
Them let the Nigeria government and other organisations in Nigeria start paying Nigerians the way the do pay in Saudi so that the Nigeria government can increase cost of living and development the way it is in Saudi. Enough of all this senseless comparisons wey nor follow road.

Okichi:
All you have stated does not make sense, all you need to do is compare the minimum wage of Ghana or any of the african countries listed here with that of Nigeria

Didijiji:
WE WERE IN PARADISE UNDER PDP

Before these SW demons came and destroyed everything good life in Nigeria

Lithiumite:
It's still cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi,the highest producer of oil.

sirray001:
before you conclude, always check out for the country minimum wage compare to Nigeria to know if things are cheaper in Nigeria or not

slimthugchimee2:
Most of those countries has more or as much mineral resources as nigeria

helinues:
Things are cheap in Nigeria, not just the oil. I read online yesterday that barbing in Ghana now is around 20GHC. Convert that amount to naira

WizardOfNG:
A lot of Nigerians blind themselves to reality hating one thing/person or the other. Ghana is terribly expensive and it is irritating ignorant and self-hating Nigerians keep referencing her as "economically superior" to shade Nigeria.

I remember earlier this year, with the usual talk of Ghana currency "superiority' to Naira, I had to factually prove that Ghana redenomination of her currency does not make the cedi more valuable than naira because removing zeroes does not increase a currency's spending power.

I showed, factually, a product sold in both nations, in real time, cost around 700 Naira in Nigeria whereas it's equivalent price in Ghana, converting cedis to Naira, is around 2,500 Naira.

As I said earlier, hatred of ourselves make us the biggest enemies of progress to each other.

Imagine the ignorance and self-hate making some Nigerians insist the worthless cedis is more valuable than Naira simply because the 20 cedis you mentions appears of greater value compared to her Naira equivalentof 2,816 Naira.

Yet inspect the purchasing power parity (PPP), the real determinant of a currency's strenght and measure of inflation, which shows a 20 cedis (2816 Naira) haircut in Ghana is 1500 Naira (10.65 cedis) in Nigeria.

Meaning Nigerians pay half of what Ghanaians pay for haircut. Yet self-hating Nigerians are still bashing their own nation.

Bro, shey you see why I push for regional autonomy daily? A country full of different ethnicities who hate themselves and act like enemies more than fellow citizens plus the biggest and most ignorant demarketers of each other, can never forge a great nation.

Much easier for ethnicities that love themselves to develop great regions of Nigeria instead once freed of 'one Nigeria' restrictions.

helinues:
Things are cheap in Nigeria, not just the oil. I read online yesterday that barbing in Ghana now is around 20GHC. Convert that amount to naira

creativejagaban:
The south south states like cross river, akwa ibom etc will disagree with your negative mindset.

You said collapsing into the ocean
Is that happening in your mind? Or you wish that it happens?

AmazingGenius:
Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/top-10-african-countries-with-the-highest-fuel-prices-in-august-2025/94mqses

helinues:
Things are cheap in Nigeria, not just the oil. I read online yesterday that barbing in Ghana now is around 20GHC. Convert that amount to naira

StoryHaven:
Even browsing data in Nigeria is so cheap that if you compare to other countries, it's like Nigerians are paying nothing.
I am not a fan of jagaban but Nigerians enjoy some things than many nations. I am rationing my data as I type. This month alone I have spent 7,500 cefas and checking the balance yesterday, I feel depressed. That is more than 20,000 naira and the month never end.

Lithiumite:
What's the population of Saudi compared to Nigeria? What's the ethnic diversity in Saudi compared to ours? What's the GDP of Saudi compared to ours?

Saudi is an absolute monarchy where you can never question the authority of the ruling al sauds......Can any president in Nigeria try that? There is so much economic disparity in Saudi arabia that there are also discontented people over there too but the reasons for the silence of mainstream media is the cover up of the US which still sees Saudi as an indispensable ally.

AmazingGenius:
Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/top-10-african-countries-with-the-highest-fuel-prices-in-august-2025/94mqses

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
Maybe you're not updated.

Give your own examples. Mine is for introspection, not for analysis.

Softmirror:
Our fuel is not only one of the cheapest in the world, but also the best because it is sulphur free.

anonimi:
Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC

January 19, 2015

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.

On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.

But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.

It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.

https://www.thecable.ng/petrol-never-cost-n70-per-litre-says-apc/