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BBC Yoruba interviewed Iya Ibeji Oni MoiMoi who built a house, bought a car and trained her children up to university level from the proceeds of her moimoi business which she started with 500 naira.

Through my moin-moin business here in Ilorin, I have been able to build a house, buy a car, pay my employees, and sponsor all my children through university. — Iya Ibeji Oni Moinmoin, speaking during an interview with BBC Yoruba. pic.twitter.com/ViYsJb8zFO

— Inside Ilorin NG 🇳🇬 (@InsideIlorin_NG) June 28, 2026

May God bless all hardworking Nigerians.

I dedicate "Hustlin" by Rick Ross {Officer Ricky} to all hardworking Nigerians.

Oh ye indolent Nigerians, you go cry.

Very wicked people!

naptu2:
Very wicked people!

don't stress yourself on those hypocrite that call themselves opposition.

They know the truth but because of petty politics they ain't ready to tell the truth, imagine someone praising obi for giving people 10k but now Remi Tinubu giving vulnerable people 50k is a crime.

The funniest part is that the same people who are always quick to call people lazy for not doing anything are the same people condemning this move.

They will pride themselves as the most hard working people on earth n that they can turn anything to gold, same people are here looking down on petty trading.

Same people who will hail a boy hawking gala n malt in traffic are the same people now talking down on them

Politics will take u where u no know

It's well mama, May God continue to jless u and may you eat the fruit of your labour

The way some people reason eeeh! You're comparing the Nigeria of the 80s,90, until 2014 with Nigeria of nowadays right? Make una dey continue dey defend the rubbish remi had said.

Mid 90s when schooling in Ilorin, my 100L fees for a whole session were 1,663 Naira. The receipt is still with me at home till date. In same period, a kuli kuli or akara seller could conveniently raise her children, even build a house. I remember iyadunni alakara osu back in the days. When going to see grandma in ekiti, our vehicle would stop there and we'd buy akara. She built upstairs with the proceeds. In same period, my school principal was riding 505 evolution Peugeot car while his vice was driving 504GL. They bought it brand new.
In same period, pry school headmasters owned volkswagen beetle cars which they bought with their salary, cash. Is it same situation today? How much is a public university fee today and how many akara can you sell to garner that?

Na God, wey wan deal with remi and her husband make her spew that trash. Nowadays, not even a university professor could afford a used car, talk more of owning a brand new car. His entire life savings wont get him one except he received grants from outside for his research work or he's so lucky to garner some money during his sabbaticals overseas. In my undergraduate days, i knew profs who drove prado jeeps. Remi's comment clearly indicates how far and out of touch she and her husband are, from the masses. So sad. Her unfortunate statement would have made sense, had we been living in the 80s/90s. This is 2026 for crying out loud. This generation that met nothing but crumbs of the Nigeria's glorious past must not take her comment lightly, except they want to continue living with their parents after graduation due to government's failures. When China is empowering their youths and startups with huge sums of money with scholarship annually, someone is talking about akara empowerment in 2026? Hahahahahaha!!!

No wonder Nigeria is in such a disarray today. Even those selling akara today on the major parks in lagos, how much do they make daily? A lot of women quit that business for pure water cos of rising cost. Those commuters in lagos could bear a witness to this. Before, akara sellers would mob at you via the window but now, its pure water,soft and energy drinks sellers you'd see everywhere. What's the cost of cooking gas today per kg? What of ororo, beans...in fact nobody dey chop beans back in the days. They used to call those eating it prisoners because that's the majort meal for them. Nobody goes to farm nowadays for fear of bokoharam and Niger republic that used to supply us beans to compliment local production had shut their borders against us. The available few is so expensive. What of the frypan, nylon or leaves? It's so unfortunate where we've found ourselves today as a nation. Under Tinubu's watch, naira became tissue papers. The cfa that I used to exchange with naira and my pocket would look like someone who kept heavy stones inside it had left naira far behind now. We're now 5th largest economy in africa, from 1st but nobody is talking about that, only defending rubbish. Isokay.

Anyone defending remi's unfeeling post is worse than an enemy of Nigeria.

Please, stop this nonsense.

Your government should be trying to get us off oil and onto the path of industries, not doing giveaway for potential beans product producers.

And it should be the jobs of the states and NGO's not the federal government

Please, stop. Its getting too much.

Y'all should wrap it up with this Akara, Kuli kuli and moi moi nonsense jare

Pikin wey ashewo born for armrobber

Who business and 9ja favor go say everybody else na LAZY NIGERIAN

madamBBC carry that your camera 🤳🏻📸 go round the town interviewing akara and moimoi sellers make you for know say "one man meat na another poison"

Make Tinubu wife and kids begin sell Moi Moi.
They should stay away from our tax and resources money since moi moi is cool buisness.

See the extent they are going to just to justify the asinine statement of the first lady.
Let me ask Tinubu's data boys this questions

1. Aside the fact that the first lady has no known business, where did she earn 2 billion naira that she could give out in form of grants? The brand new buses and cars she bought for APC women leaders came from her purse right? What legitimate income source can she rightly point to as the source of that money?

2. Is it not a glaring admission of the piling economic failures of the APC that the wife of the president even has to be seen disbursing grants in the first place? And this outside the purview of established government agencies and ministries that already have grants included in their budget?

Anyhow it is looked it, it is a bad look that empowerment for the APC never goes beyond reinforcing poverty and hardship.

Should all of us start selling moi moi? Is that what you are saying indirectly?

People can say whatever in the social media, some people are making it big in the Akara, chin chin and in-formal food cooking business in big cities

This must be very popular moi moi. That attract large number of people.

I doubt this. Without programming and IT skills or any venture that involves the use of a laptop, you cannot make it in life ~ Obidient

Me and my siblings are beneficiary of the akara business both indirectly and directly. How I wished there was similar grant those days!

This can only happen in Yoruba land!

There was a time I posted a comment on this forum about a lady in my street that makes more than 200k everyday on akara. Some people thought I was throwing lamba.
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That Tinubu's daughter that's gay in the abroad should be encouraged to start this Moi Moi business since it is profitable

In fact all Bayo Onanuga's children should drop out of school or quit their jobs to start Akara business

There is nothing wrong in doing those businesses anyway, the problem here is the dishonesty of the person who passed the message

Remi Tinubu shouldn't be the one to say such!

We need more videos.

I am sure you can get us videos of over 2000 people selling akara and driving cars and traveling abroad.

Keep it up

Foolish set of people. How many moi moi sellers can pay for a one bedroom flat of 1m yearly. Cheap talk

Abokiijebu:
Should all of us start selling moi moi? Is that what you are saying indirectly?

If that is what you understand then I feel very sorry for you

Lovit:
That Tinubu's daughter that's gay in the abroad should be encouraged to start this Moi Moi business since it is profitable

Rainbow coloured moi-moi will really sell in the UK

Iya Stella oni moinmoin Ilorin. Iree oo.

And you think she'll be happy if her children ends up selling moi moi after training them upto university level?

The poor must not get any help, they must not get any assistance to start a business and grew, just because I am past that level.

Nonsense!

Anyway, it's simply because of politics, no rational person would think this way.

naptu2:
The poor must not get any help, they must not get any assistance to start a business and grew, just because I am past that level.

Nonsense!

Many have also achieved such a feat from frying akaea.

Question for her?

Was it very confortable doing all this with the business.

Tell us about the hurdles and other financial support you get doing the business?

How long did it take u to build a house and is it a house of your preference or a house you build to escape rent.

Finally, do you pray for ur children to take over and go thru the same labor as you did or they should follow another less stressful profitable career path?

N:B: Must Nigeria go through thick and thin to build a house, buy a car or afford goodies of life while some people sit and eat away the resources of everyone.