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My own here in all this is that is this the job opportunities tinubu promised Nigerians while campaigning that made Nigerians vote him in?


Akara and kulikuli business? Is this the job opportunities that would transform Nigeria into a developed, competitive and industrialised country?

Where is the depth and intentionality in her comment?


Nigerians should learn to stop accepting mediocrity from leaders and those in the corridor of power.


To me nothing justifies such comment from madam first lady.

After sharing cars and billions of cash to those she wants she is telling those she feel doesn't matter to go and fry akara... almost sounds like saying go to hell!

They should start the grassroots from their lineage and their family members with this very proposal, na Ogun and Sango visit all of them for making life miserable for the common man

CharlesCNG:
One of the biggest mistakes in Nigerian politics is assuming that everyone lives in the same economic reality.

They don't.

The debate over Senator Oluremi Tinubu's comments about akara and kuli-kuli exposed something deeper than politics. It exposed a disconnect between many middle-class commentators and the daily realities of millions of Nigerians.

To someone earning a salary every month, ₦50,000 may look insignificant.

To a widow selling akara, roasted yam, boiled corn, kuli-kuli or cashew nuts, ₦50,000 can be working capital. It is the difference between buying today's stock with borrowed money and buying it outright. It is the difference between surviving and expanding.

Years ago, I personally experienced this.

I gave five widows ₦30,000 each to buy cashew nuts. They repackaged them into smaller bottles and sachets for resale. Within three months, every one of them had repaid the money. We then revolved the same capital to another five women.

That small intervention did not create software engineers. It created sustainable micro-businesses.

That is the point many critics miss.

Not every Nigerian needs a laptop before they can be economically productive. Nigeria's economy is layered. A graduate may benefit from digital skills and technology. A market woman may benefit more from affordable working capital. A roadside food vendor may simply need enough money to increase inventory.

As food prices have risen, another trend has emerged. Demand for lower-cost prepared foods such as roasted yam, akara, bread-and-akara ("akara burger"wink, boiled maize and similar street foods has increased in many communities because they remain relatively affordable. That, in turn, has created opportunities for thousands of small traders operating with modest capital.

This is not an argument against technology or digital empowerment.

It is an argument against one-size-fits-all thinking.

Successful social policy recognises that poverty is not uniform. The needs of a graduate seeking employment are different from those of a widow selling vegetables, or a hawker financing her daily stock on credit.

Politics is ultimately about understanding people where they are, not where we wish they were.

If the opposition wants to become electorally competitive, it must spend more time listening in markets than arguing on social media.

The grassroots are not asking politicians to solve every problem overnight. Many are asking for something much simpler: enough capital to take the next step.

Sometimes, the journey out of poverty does not begin with millions of naira.

Sometimes, it begins with one basin of akara.

The problem not solved by the Government is the several million graduates living from hands to mouth.
N50k is not the kind of help they are looking for.

Government failed to realise that the Olodo Uprising is caused by them

Dynamicboss:
How can 50k start akara business? Do you know how much it will cost to buy all the items to set the business up?

If you're saying that 50k is small, that's a fair comment. (It's small, but it's not useless.) The problem is you people saying that frying akara has suddenly become a bad thing or implying that they should focus on buying laptops for everyone.

joseph1832:
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.

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

geoworldedu:
Can 50k really do kulikuli and Akara business successfully? You gave 30k to someone some years back. Do you know that the 30k is the 300k of our time?

How can you give people 50k to start Akara and kulikuli business in this Tinubulation? You didn't even buy them the cylinder, the gas 12kg, which is 24k for a start, the wide pots used which cannot be less than 15 to 20k at the moment. The space for the akara business which in these days you have to keep paying and paying over again because of agbero and KAI that will keep chasing you about.

You didn't even factor in the umbrella they need to shield themselves from the sun. You gave them 50k and start saying, go and do Akara business.

If that's how cheap you can start Akara business, me and my guy for don run am tey tey when we were planning to do it some years back. Mtchew.


Please take note everyone, those people selling kunu and Akara by the roadside are far far richer than you doing 9 to 5 jobs o. And their starting capital no be the classmates of six months of your salary o. If you think say e easy, go try and na.

Atleast, if you are able to get a grant, add your own small money and start a business.

I never expect much from President Tinubu and his family!

@charlesCNG you and your likes are in no position to talk about The poor life, or school us 50k will give them a goodlife in these present economy 5k pepper can't last a family of 3 up to three 4 days

No matter how you guyz try to spin it or speak motivationally ior sweeten the narratives ..50k as falling short of what anyone can ascribe as capital

POS is a very snall busine, 50k dare not start it,how much is the machine
Grinding pepper for people is a very small business 50k can not start it

when last did you charles find kuli kuli .. or today kids that will cry mummy buy me kuli kuli

Now lets go to the feasibility study
1. Can 50k really setup a akara business fully ... 6kg gas with filled gas is already over 30k

she is left with 20k .. is it that 20k she will buy frying pot, gllon of oil, pepper, tray and big table to market

please lets be reasonable, you drive big cars, follow polticians enjoy goodies then you want to claim you know the struggles of the poor more than some of us

i have a place i buy akara, i know the woman, she can't change closes, i see her children one as started yahoo nd is that boy that is touching that family small smal @least the sisters now change clothes

iEverybody can not be rich we know, But if government or someone like the 1st lady will do an empower it should be giving people business that will lift them from the undesirable condition, not empowerment that resonate sustainability of theundesired condition

Lets no motivational speaker or suit boiz fool you, 50k capital what profit can cone of it max that can guarantee two standard meal a day from profit nd the business no go crumble ... i know these women selling akara, we have them around ..

With cost gas now, Most older women use firewood ...conern the health hazard to their eye n face

Govt should take people out of Poverty nii not coach people how to sustain in poverty.
do you know how mich hospital bill cost now? Trust Remi Tinubu, she will reply drink herb naw. They always have these responses to make poverty look good on you

Maybe she said it in a w way that make the populace feel bad. Mind u am booking 35 portion of Akara soon. It is 950 per portion. Do the maths.

CharlesCNG:
One of the biggest mistakes in Nigerian politics is assuming that everyone lives in the same economic reality.

They don't.

The debate over Senator Oluremi Tinubu's comments about akara and kuli-kuli exposed something deeper than politics. It exposed a disconnect between many middle-class commentators and the daily realities of millions of Nigerians.

To someone earning a salary every month, ₦50,000 may look insignificant.

To a widow selling akara, roasted yam, boiled corn, kuli-kuli or cashew nuts, ₦50,000 can be working capital. It is the difference between buying today's stock with borrowed money and buying it outright. It is the difference between surviving and expanding.

Years ago, I personally experienced this.

I gave five widows ₦30,000 each to buy cashew nuts. They repackaged them into smaller bottles and sachets for resale. Within three months, every one of them had repaid the money. We then revolved the same capital to another five women.

That small intervention did not create software engineers. It created sustainable micro-businesses.

That is the point many critics miss.

Not every Nigerian needs a laptop before they can be economically productive. Nigeria's economy is layered. A graduate may benefit from digital skills and technology. A market woman may benefit more from affordable working capital. A roadside food vendor may simply need enough money to increase inventory.

As food prices have risen, another trend has emerged. Demand for lower-cost prepared foods such as roasted yam, akara, bread-and-akara ("akara burger"wink, boiled maize and similar street foods has increased in many communities because they remain relatively affordable. That, in turn, has created opportunities for thousands of small traders operating with modest capital.

This is not an argument against technology or digital empowerment.

It is an argument against one-size-fits-all thinking.

Successful social policy recognises that poverty is not uniform. The needs of a graduate seeking employment are different from those of a widow selling vegetables, or a hawker financing her daily stock on credit.

Politics is ultimately about understanding people where they are, not where we wish they were.

If the opposition wants to become electorally competitive, it must spend more time listening in markets than arguing on social media.

The grassroots are not asking politicians to solve every problem overnight. Many are asking for something much simpler: enough capital to take the next step.

Sometimes, the journey out of poverty does not begin with millions of naira.

Sometimes, it begins with one basin of akara.

lordm:
You are the one bringing Obi to this conversation.

By the ways. The people have built houses with akara business

Since your favourite administration snatched and grabbed power,pla show us or mention the people that bought a land and builds in it with akara business .

geoworldedu:
A grant of 50k to 100k can't do anything sustainable. People who are using 300k to do businesses are even folding up , not to talk of someone with just 50k. The money won't last one week.

Sadly, Bayo Onanuga, APC chieftain and close confidant of Jagaban said that he “COULD NOT SEE THE LEVEL OF POVERTY THAT NIGERIANS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT “

Same man that probably sit at same table and advise Oluremi Tinubu.

maik:
Atleast, if you are able to get a grant, add your own small money and start a business.

It's like you don't know what the Nigeria of now has become. People can't even save 1k per month. Where will they see the money to add to the 50k? Let me tell you, majority are owing 20 loan apps already and they are on their necks. The 50k will only be useful to settle one or two of them. Nigerians are already neck deep into shit.

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?

geoworldedu:
Can 50k really do kulikuli and Akara business successfully? You gave 30k to someone some years back. Do you know that the 30k is the 300k of our time?

How can you give people 50k to start Akara and kulikuli business in this Tinubulation? You didn't even buy them the cylinder, the gas 12kg, which is 24k for a start, the wide pots used which cannot be less than 15 to 20k at the moment. The space for the akara business which in these days you have to keep paying and paying over again because of agbero and KAI that will keep chasing you about.

You didn't even factor in the umbrella they need to shield themselves from the sun. You gave them 50k and start saying, go and do Akara business.

If that's how cheap you can start Akara business, me and my guy for don run am tey tey when we were planning to do it some years back. Mtchew.


Please take note everyone, those people selling kunu and Akara by the roadside are far far richer than you doing 9 to 5 jobs o. And their starting capital no be the classmates of six months of your salary o. If you think say e easy, go try am na.

Wise people still dey nairaland. You're one of them. Kudos

The question we should ask ourselves is "is Selling Akara a bad business" is it not better than begging or even sleeping with strange men b4 food can be on the table . I am not a fan of Remi Tinubu, but come to think of it if you package your Akara biz with other sides like Kunu , bread, kponmo or even Akamu you will end up solving hunger problems, and financial issues. It can even be more packaged imagine a modern akara kiosk were they sell hot akara with bread like bugger . But the messenger herself have become so unpopular because of her previous intensiveness so the same Nigerians who will sell all their properties just to go wash dead bodies, watch white man yanch are coming against the message because of politics. A serious mind will look at the message with a rational mind and neglect who soever is the messenger

No amount of PR or damage control will fix the nonsense that happened some days ago. Try again. The utter disregard and disrespect for people and the weaponization of poverty by these wicked and oppressive group of people will never be forgotten.

I believe Nigeria's youths deserve a bigger vision.

There is nothing wrong with frying akara, roasting corn, or making kulikuli. Honest work should always be respected. But our national goal should be much bigger than that.

Our young people need opportunities to do research, build industries, create technology, and solve Nigeria's problems.

Many countries where people roast corn or run small businesses also invest in their citizens. They work to provide stable electricity, good roads, better housing, quality education, security, and support for businesses Those basic services help people and businesses grow.

Nigeria should do the same. Give our youths good education, research funding, reliable electricity, security, and an environment where businesses can succeed. I strongly believe they will create jobs, build companies, invent new technologies, and compete with the best in the world.

Let us stop thinking only about survival. Let us build a Nigeria where every young person has the opportunity to innovate, create, and prosper.

Ogunfeyitimi Tope Joshua ( Geocologist)

JuanDeDios:
If you're saying that 50k is small, that's a fair comment. (It's small, but it's not useless.) The problem is you people saying that frying akara has suddenly become a bad thing or implying that they should focus on buying laptops for everyone.

Go and ask those who started Akara business if 50k will be enough to begin with in this present economy . Where did I mention that the business is bad?

50k is not useless but cannot even sustain feeding a person more than a week (on manageable diet)

manmade:
you didn't make any sense with your fake statistics, Park well and let's see what is going on in the front

Very useless comment by you. Go and start Akara business with 50k. Wicked APC followers.

brain54:
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My own here in all this is that is this the job opportunities tinubu promised Nigerians while campaigning that made Nigerians vote him in?


Akara and kulikuli business? Is this the job opportunities that would transform Nigeria into a developed, competitive and industrialised country?

Where is the depth and intentionality in her comment?


Nigerians should learn to stop accepting mediocrity from leaders and those in the corridor of power.


To me nothing justifies such comment from madam first lady.

After sharing cars and billions of cash to those she wants she is telling those she feel doesn't matter to go and fry akara... almost sounds like saying go to hell!

The question we should be asking is Akara a bad biz, let's forget who so ever is the messenger. Nigerians sell their properties to go do this in SA or even go as far as washing gutters and dead bodies abroad. A well packaged akara biz is not just a biz but an enterprise. Imagine a modern Akara kiosk were you can get cold Kunu, Akamu, bread , roasted kponmo and even potato fries. A wise graduate will even consider this and package it well. Selling Akara or food is even better than most 8-5 jobs where most ppl work in a beautiful office with menial salary. We Nigerians hate the truth and reality and that's why most of our leaders can easily decieve us to voting for them

Can someone please tell the process for obtaining a contract to supply akara to Aso Rock Villa in Abuja?

Dynamicboss:
Go and ask those who started Akara business if 50k will be enough to begin with in this present economy . Where did I mention that the business is bad?

50k is not useless but cannot even sustain feeding a person more than a week (on manageable diet)

I think you're making the op's point: the elite don't get it. They don't know how far 50k can go for SOME people. The op already did a good job of explaining it though.

Trust me, I live in the economy. I don't need to ask anyone. I know the price of beans. Yes, 50k can start something for SOME people. Want me to break it down for you?

spiSeyi:
The question we should be asking is Akara a bad biz, let's forget who so ever is the messenger. Nigerians sell their properties to go do this in SA or even go as far as washing gutters and dead bodies abroad. A well packaged akara biz is not just a biz but an enterprise. Imagine a modern Akara kiosk were you can get cold Kunu, Akamu, bread , roasted kponmo and even potato fries. A wise graduate will even consider this and package it well. Selling Akara or food is even better than most 8-5 jobs where most ppl work in a beautiful office with menial salary. We Nigerians hate the truth and reality and that's why most of our leaders can easily decieve us to voting for them

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They is no truth and reality in what you just said.


Which wise and sane person sells his property to go fry akara and kunu in South Africa or Soweto if there was a working system in his own country? Is it everyone who washes dead bodies that like to wash dead bodies?


Whose responsible is it to make that system work if not our leaders? Remi is not and can never be a messenger in this particular case as a former senator and current husband of the highest position of president in this country.


These people have never provided significant job opportunities for people graduates included in this country. The best they can come up with is go and fry akara. Remi wasn't talking to those that want to invest in akara business and take it to the next level can't you see that?


Like I said stop accepting mediocrity when you can get/achieve better.


Know your worth is not a curse or an insult!

MarketDispatch:
This is Akara in motion...small biz to big biz

I am beginning to see why buhari said Nigerian youths are lazy, it's both in thinking n working n also using their brain

To u all it's all about content n not what the message is all about

geoworldedu:
A grant of 50k to 100k can't do anything sustainable. People who are using 300k to do businesses are even folding up , not to talk of someone with just 50k. The money won't last one week.

we know your type

Online billionaire

Nothing is ever enough, but people with less are making money with what u proud broke mofos look down on

The woman selling akara at my junction doesn't have up to 300k to start the business

1vandragon:
When Akpabio’s daughter wanted a job, why didn't he open akara business for her? Something that she could even do in a high class style? Why put her in a NNPC job she did not merit?

Akpabio's daughter is not in the NNPC. None of his kids are.

geoworldedu:
Can 50k really do kulikuli and Akara business successfully? You gave 30k to someone some years back. Do you know that the 30k is the 300k of our time?

How can you give people 50k to start Akara and kulikuli business in this Tinubulation? You didn't even buy them the cylinder, the gas 12kg, which is 24k for a start, the wide pots used which cannot be less than 15 to 20k at the moment. The space for the akara business which in these days you have to keep paying and paying over again because of agbero and KAI that will keep chasing you about.

You didn't even factor in the umbrella they need to shield themselves from the sun. You gave them 50k and start saying, go and do Akara business.

If that's how cheap you can start Akara business, me and my guy for don run am tey tey when we were planning to do it some years back. Mtchew.


Please take note everyone, those people selling kunu and Akara by the roadside are far far richer than you doing 9 to 5 jobs o. And their starting capital no be the classmates of six months of your salary o. If you think say e easy, go try am na.

There is nothing OP will say that would make sense to me as you have nailed it completely.

50k salary is not even enough to feed for a month and can’t start any business unless some persons brain here is under their feet trying to justify that insensitive statement from Remi.

Let me give you a scenario back then during the time of recharge card sales and phone calls my dad gave me 20k alongside umbrella and table to start the business. It was flourishing at a point but later it kept nosediving because it was not sustainable anymore as people kept complaining of the price (100 naira card for 110 or 120 naira sometimes).

Back then too akara was sold for #5 or #10 now it is #100 or #200…African leaders are just up there to let people remain in poverty nothing more.

BATified2023:
we know your type

Online billionaire

Nothing is ever enough, but people with less are making money with what u proud broke mofos look down on

The woman selling akara at my junction doesn't have up to 300k to start the business

Lol BATs don’t see during the day only at night.
Have you bothered to ask that woman in your junction how much she used to start that business?

Congratulations to the “youths” volunteering as Mrs. Tinubu’s damage control team. Nobel Prize for self-sabotage coming your way. It makes perfect sense why elites treat us like discount tissue — you fold fast, you wipe their mistakes clean, and you never complain about being flushed.

JuanDeDios:
I think you're making the op's point: the elite don't get it. They don't know how far 50k can go for SOME people. The op already did a good job of explaining it though.

Trust me, I live in the economy. I don't need to ask anyone. I know the price of beans. Yes, 50k can start something for SOME people. Want me to break it down for you?

Please do
I am curious

henrybomb:
Lol BATs don’t see during the day only at night.
Have you bothered to ask that woman in your junction how much she used to start that business?

use your head n understand that it's always less than 100k

In d evening I will go to d junction n snap d woman doing akara n we will all so the calculation here