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Credit alert gives different kind of happiness
E get the kind money u will have in your account and you won't even feel hungry money gives you options and it allows you to walk away from situations you don't like

SmartPolician:
Nobody ever says that money is not important. People only say that money isn't everything, and that's a fact.

Money is everything guy, infact money is life. You don't have a single say or dignity without money, except you are among the broke people who keep deceiving you.

Money give freedom, open more opportunities and quality friends. Money give you respect withiout having to give one, and most time, peple help you genuinely withiout grunt or expectations. And most importantly, money prolong life and give you peaceful exist.

Nothing is good about poverty or lack of money.

SmartPolician:
Nobody ever says that money is not important. People only say that money isn't everything, and that's a fact.

Exactly, I guess that's the point many are missing.

Money is important but shouldn't be everything in this life.

Dpsychologist:
Mu At some point in life, many Nigerians stop chasing motivation and start chasing survival. At this point is when reality humbles all those sweet sounding quotes people post online.

“Money isn’t everything.”
“Just be happy.”
“Follow your passion.”
“Love is enough.”

This are Nice words but try hearing them when your rent is due, your mother is sick, your account balance is ₦842, your younger ones need school fees, and your phone is suddenly on airplane mode because too many people are calling for debt. Reality changes perspective very fast.

Let’s be honest with ourselves for once.
Money may not buy happiness directly, but lack of money can create a kind of stress that drains happiness from almost everything else.

Anybody that has stayed awake at night calculating bills understands this. Anybody that has entered a hospital in Nigeria without enough cash understands this. Anybody that has watched opportunities pass because transport money or application fees were missing understands this.

Even peace of mind behaves differently when money enters your life. Suddenly you eat better, sleep better, move better, think clearer, help more people, and breathe easier.

This is reality and no, this is not worshipping money. It is simply understanding the world we live in.

Even spiritual spaces run on finances whether people admit it or not. Churches need land, Mosques need maintenance and Outreaches need logistics.

Sound systems, generators, welfare, transportation, media equipment, all require money. Yes Prayer matters, faith matters and haracter matters. But pretending money is “not that important” is one of the biggest coping mechanisms people use against the pain of financial struggle.

In fact, many moral decisions people praise today become easier when basic needs are already covered.

Poverty pressures people psychologically. It can make intelligent people desperate, good people compromise, talented people abandon dreams, relationships become strained and Mental health suffers quietly.

This is why financial stability matters deeply. This is not because money makes someone superiorbut because survival itself has become expensive.

Want to eat healthy?
Money.

Want good healthcare?
Money.

Want stable electricity?
Money.

Want to relocate your parents from hardship?
Money.

Want to raise children properly?
Money.

Want freedom?
Most times, money is attached somewhere.

This is the painful truth many people avoid:

A lot of suffering in this country is not caused by lack of intelligence. It is caused by lack of financial breathing space.

So nobody is saying worship money blindly but stop romanticizing poverty. Stop acting like struggling endlessly is some badge of spiritual purity.

There is dignity in being financially stable.
There is peace in not panicking over every emergency. There is power in being able to solve problems without begging.

So yes, build character,have values,have faith,
have purpose. But also build income because in the real world, purpose without financial structure quickly turns into frustration.

Make money ethically, Learn skills, Invest wisely., Increase your value and Create opportunities for yourself because whether people admit it publicly or not, money quietly affects almost every part of adult life.

while I appreciate the fact that money is extremely important in our day to day adult life, I must say that your write-up has an undertone of mockery to faith. Paul said that he understands first hand what it means to be rich and what it means to be poor. It is okay to arrive at your lowest at some point in your life in order to appreciate what the homeless, destitutes, and less privileged pass thru everyday. See, sometimes, it takes your lowest to discover a hidden ability in your life and also discover an invisible hand that can provide. Hardwork, skillfulness and daily assertions cannot be overemphasized but a man can still hit his chest and tell you that if birds eat without working, he can also enjoy same grace. If all you think from morning till night is money and how to make it, there will be no space in your head for God. You can get all the money you want and still be suicidal. Money is an instrument meant to work for us and not be chased vigorously. So summarily, God(faith) first. Then money can come in and not the other way around.

Let's go back to barter system then

Anyone that says a valuable item is just N10,000 has not suffered at all

Exceed15:
I have suffered before and today the story has dramatically changed for better. I can still say money isn't everything. Go ask people living with terminal illness such as cancer.

Help a brother today.

Moral: We can manage with few . Can't survive with nothing

Dpsychologist:
Mu At some point in life, many Nigerians stop chasing motivation and start chasing survival. At this point is when reality humbles all those sweet sounding quotes people post online.

“Money isn’t everything.”
“Just be happy.”
“Follow your passion.”
“Love is enough.”

This are Nice words but try hearing them when your rent is due, your mother is sick, your account balance is ₦842, your younger ones need school fees, and your phone is suddenly on airplane mode because too many people are calling for debt. Reality changes perspective very fast.

Let’s be honest with ourselves for once.
Money may not buy happiness directly, but lack of money can create a kind of stress that drains happiness from almost everything else.

Anybody that has stayed awake at night calculating bills understands this. Anybody that has entered a hospital in Nigeria without enough cash understands this. Anybody that has watched opportunities pass because transport money or application fees were missing understands this.

Even peace of mind behaves differently when money enters your life. Suddenly you eat better, sleep better, move better, think clearer, help more people, and breathe easier.

This is reality and no, this is not worshipping money. It is simply understanding the world we live in.

Even spiritual spaces run on finances whether people admit it or not. Churches need land, Mosques need maintenance and Outreaches need logistics.

Sound systems, generators, welfare, transportation, media equipment, all require money. Yes Prayer matters, faith matters and haracter matters. But pretending money is “not that important” is one of the biggest coping mechanisms people use against the pain of financial struggle.

In fact, many moral decisions people praise today become easier when basic needs are already covered.

Poverty pressures people psychologically. It can make intelligent people desperate, good people compromise, talented people abandon dreams, relationships become strained and Mental health suffers quietly.

This is why financial stability matters deeply. This is not because money makes someone superiorbut because survival itself has become expensive.

Want to eat healthy?
Money.

Want good healthcare?
Money.

Want stable electricity?
Money.

Want to relocate your parents from hardship?
Money.

Want to raise children properly?
Money.

Want freedom?
Most times, money is attached somewhere.

This is the painful truth many people avoid:

A lot of suffering in this country is not caused by lack of intelligence. It is caused by lack of financial breathing space.

So nobody is saying worship money blindly but stop romanticizing poverty. Stop acting like struggling endlessly is some badge of spiritual purity.

There is dignity in being financially stable.
There is peace in not panicking over every emergency. There is power in being able to solve problems without begging.

So yes, build character,have values,have faith,
have purpose. But also build income because in the real world, purpose without financial structure quickly turns into frustration.

Make money ethically, Learn skills, Invest wisely., Increase your value and Create opportunities for yourself because whether people admit it publicly or not, money quietly affects almost every part of adult life.

Until you have a terminal disease...you ll understand that money can be powerless

SmartPolician:
Nobody ever says that money is not important. People only say that money isn't everything, and that's a fact.

.... money is almost everything in Nigeria

SmartPolician:
Nobody ever says that money is not important. People only say that money isn't everything, and that's a fact.

.... money is almost everything in Nigeria .....if you don't have money in Nigeria
Your Children will go to rubbish state school
You will go to state Hospital where they will use torchlight to operate on you
You wont be able to buy a car, do with wale pelu change oooo
If someone dies in the village you won't be able to go because no T fare
You will sleep in face to face mosquitoe and heat infested room
You can on buy okrika.
You can only buy pure unhygienic water
No money for data, dstv or Netflix
People will not want to socialise with you because they know you don't have Shi Shi.
Weekend if you go out you drink cheap beer not wine or brandy.

Oluwatobiloba07:
Till you get the money and have cancer

Good health then money

Pray to have the duo like you existence depends on it

....yeah poor people are more likely to go sick because they can't afford medical care

Mrchippychappy:
100% wrong. Sometimes a promise is much better than money.

#RenewedHope #4x4

... just like he promised us 24 hour light...tell me something else please

Wotowotoman:
You forgot to add the most important to Nairaland boys…you wan nack? Money

.....of course you can fvck any type and five different breeches in one week.
Birches and Benjamin go hand in hand in Nigeria

Adesarahshina:
What are you saying.. Does being wealthy automatically invites cancer?!

You can also be poor and have cancer.

The only difference is still money.. Poor ppl with cancer has no chance of surviving... Wealthy ppl with cancer has a chance of surviving, no matter how little it is.

....I concur rich people can afford chemotherapy, and because of regular medical checkup can catch cancerous growth early. A poor man can't afford medical checkup

SixSeven:
The OP says your mind will be at peace when you have money. You think Biggie's mo money, mo problems is a joke? He also says poverty will be making your heart do somehow. I don't think you've heard about contentment. Contentment is a powerful mindset that shields you from the endless cycle of chasing external validation or wealth. It shifts your focus from what you lack to appreciating what is right in front of you. A lot of Nigerians lack it, that's why they keep chasing the mullah and they see the man who is relaxed as muuugu. Travel and see those who are poorer than you in your paper money but richer than you in issues of life. It is the current structure of Nigeria that makes you think once you have money, you can solve your problems instead of us to think like a society. Look at our rich people, if you have a health emergency, don't you think before you jet out of the country to go to one foreign hospital, you will die? Or do you think even if you have the best Nigerian doctors with you, it will keep you alive while they are carrying your body upandan in the plane instead of you to have accessed a good quality hospital? Didn't you see the tomfooooolery of our elites during covid19 or how they keep making the same mistakes by spending so much money abroad when God has blessed our environment with free gifts but they refused to appreciate it and improve on it? Nigeria is a very classist and oppressive society so I just see people with their insecurities projected on others they think they are above. That's why they system may never work because the money helps them feel at least that all animals aren't equal. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM 🤡

One thing about being around rich people…
you either stay real or you start lying.

There’s no in-between. pic.twitter.com/3IbQJS7jR2

— Cattermole (@OtunbaSebotimo) May 2, 2026

When you understand the concept of money, you'll know why it is not everything. It is good in our current construct of life but only experience can teach you certain things. Maybe you have forgotten that your forefathers did not live with this current concept of paper money. Or the civil war did not teach you a lesson on how people who stored paper suddenly became poor? The current construct of society is deceiving you so much that you think to acquire all the gold in this world is everything but when you get it, you'll then learn the lessons of life. Anyway this conversation is more philosophical, experience is the best teacher. Enjoy your money. You don't teach a man how to enjoy his money. We came to this world with nothing, fought for everything, only to leave the things we fought for behind

.... this is a poor man talking trying to justify poverty

poweredcom:
True .....many of those people are people who had support from somewhere ......in Nigeria money is everything without money steady money you will be Living in hell

...I concur because Nigeria is hell on earth.

yemmit90:
Money is everything guy, infact money is life. You don't have a single say or dignity without money, except you are among the broke people who keep deceiving you.

Money give freedom, open more opportunities and quality friends. Money give you respect withiout having to give one, and most time, peple help you genuinely withiout grunt or expectations. And most importantly, money prolong life and give you peaceful exist.

Nothing is good about poverty or lack of money.

.....my brother the thing weak me when they say money isn't everything especially in Nigeria context.
Where there's no water, no light, no good hospital, no good transportation services etc.

A good example is this. If I wish to travel to Abuja from Lagos, as a rich Man I will fly. But a poor Man will take will take a bus, that will take a whole day, and be exposed to the risk of accident on the road, high way robbery and the baba of them all FULANI KIDNAPPERS.

Oluwatobiloba07:
Till you get the money and have cancer

Good health then money

Pray to have the duo like you existence depends on it

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Money provides solution.
Compare a cancer patient who is rich vs poor
People deny themselves appropriate medical attention because of N10k consultation fee. Go figure!

Nothing in life is EVERYTHING by the way. Good health combined with poverty can lead to frustration and that's when Third Mainland bridge starts calling.

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People know money is good but they try to say that don't be desperate or inhuman because of it.

uvie66:
.... this is a poor man talking trying to justify poverty

Okay.

femi4:
Until you have aterminal disease...you ll understand that money cant be powerless

Unfortunately that's the painful reality.

eagleonearth:
while I appreciate the fact that money is extremely important in our day to day adult life, I must say that your write-up has an undertone of mockery to faith. Paul said that he understands first hand what it means to be rich and what it means to be poor. It is okay to arrive at your lowest at some point in your life in order to appreciate what the homeless, destitutes, and less privileged pass thru everyday. See, sometimes, it takes your lowest to discover a hidden ability in your life and also discover an invisible hand that can provide. Hardwork, skillfulness and daily assertions cannot be overemphasized but a man can still hit his chest and tell you that if birds eat without working, he can also enjoy same grace. If all you think from morning till night is money and how to make it, there will be no space in your head for God. You can get all the money you want and still be suicidal. Money is an instrument meant to work for us and not be chased vigorously. So summarily, God(faith) first. Then money can come in and not the other way around.

You are misunderstanding me. I said categorically that this doesn't mean we should worship money or make money our A-Z. Denying the importance of money is the problem and it seems that's what you are still trying to do.

Wotowotoman:
You forgot to add the most important to Nairaland boys…you wan nack? Money

It might sound like a joke but to effectively nack on a steady you need money.

Minjim:
True that!

Ive nursing the scalable business idea for years. Even to sell it to an investor I cant find.
If I have the money I would have done for myself and be the full benefitiary

Exactly

SmartPolician:
Nobody ever says that money is not important. People only say that money isn't everything, and that's a fact.

Exactly. People like the op don't understand the saying that money is not everything.

Besides, I've never heard or seen anyone who claims that money is not important.

Money is important, but there are other things in life that are as important. You shouln't sacrifice your health and freedom for money.