₦airaland Forum

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.

This is the exact point but their supporters won't see it.

I mentioned how this handout would later be used as an excuse to embezzle more and the real amount given out would add up to gods-help-us figures... Then they would claim they've empowered some ghosts.

Many of us grew from the streets of Lagos and our mothers sold some of these things (mine didn't though)... I had friends who even helped their mothers to hawk back then.

But the way it was dished out is improper. Coming from someone whose family is instrumental in the increase of the current hardship. Someone who buys cars for women leaders of their party of evil-doers.

Abeg, the masses can fight all they want but they should never pray a barbarian like my Royal Self gets his hands on the tools, else...


If this family is truly serious, they should first remove their thugs from the roads. Nurtw should only be stationed at specific parks and have a stated amount they take. The monies they collect everywhere don't even reflect on the roads. So what were the collections for? They trouble even hawkers and those who stand at bus stops doing POS operations.

What are all these collections for that we don't even have good roads?

Where the madam expect them to go even sell the akara? She dey send them to their thugs wey dey everywhere as she dey advise Farmers to go to farming when she, her husband and their entire party of evil-doers don put men with guns for bush.

If you see seunmsg, helinues, burob, and other robots here, then you know they haven't been paid for June

If the government is cutting down cost of governance and working in transparency, every meaningful Nigerian will volunteer to manage as long as even the president and his family and cabinet are going through the same magnitude of suffering the entire 248 million Nigerians are going through.

Nigerians are not gullible to the point of not wanting their country to grow but tribalism is the weapon your politicians have used to keep all of you in check...

After the backlash this OP recieved for praising Yekini when he generated 10.9m imaginary voters, he has decided to confuse us all a little with sweet and logical words.
When are we getting something like YouWIN from this bambiala APC? When?

Waiting for dan burob er to comment

The least they could have done is to monetize every ones account


The guy below just summarized Nigerias current devastating problem

The real problem is not those in power it is the olodos,the stupid low thinking ones whom those in power uses to massage their corruption

I want to ask if someone can be a mod on nairaland and be frying akara as side hustle?

I nor dey kukuma read all the many talk u write for there

All I am saying is if Peter obina Gregory was the president of Nigeria
You won't hear this kind statement
Wetin ona go dey hear na
How Nigeria go take better

Spot on...I keep sayint this...The government is weaponising poverty.....One day sha na one day....I rest my case.

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

@OP u go CHOW or NOT?
akara ojo mejo awon OLO-SHELU wa.

we can START attending their BVRIAL SERVICES of our POLITHIEFCIAN,

ALL FOOD VENDORS please NOTE; i like CUSTARD with VANILLA and milk flavoured 3 in 1

Excellent .
Front Page. Please .
Fergie, myndd

Sore losers and eight filled people would always wail

Point to one thing you bought in 2023 that is now x5.


Peter Obi gave 10k....Remi Tinubu gave 50k

Osiris12:
I want to ask if someone can be a mod on nairaland and be frying akara as side hustle?

Naptu can do that. I don't know what he/she is waiting for?

Millions for Fulani islamists. Akara and Kuli-kuli for you

The measure of success under Tinubu’s administration is how far citizens can cope with hardship.

Alliswell248:
Sore losers and eight filled people would always wail

Point to one thing you bought in 2023 that is now x5.


Peter Obi gave 10k....Remi Tinubu gave 50k

na your agbero chairman wife they advice you make you go they fry akara . from there you will have a bullion van manufacturing company like them. dont mind the op they have not paid him

I will go with this write up.
Weaponised Poverty

My brother... Leave these APC and Tinubu supporters jare.

When people that have sense are speaking, every wise word comes off as insults to these brainless people.

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

hope say you have started your own akara business . please add it to number 16 things you learnt from agbero chairman wife

Oga leave akara bullshit focus on your destiny stop being silly, Remi didn't force your a s s to do akara business if you don't like it then move to the next phase or f e c k off.

Akara business has been for time immemorial. My great granny used to do similar business, but she was never wealthy.
Iya alakara wa legbe st James.

Alliswell248:
Sore losers and eight filled people would always wail

Point to one thing you bought in 2023 that is now x5.


Peter Obi gave 10k....Remi Tinubu gave 50k

Okay... So, Peter Obi is now the universal standard by which you measure everything the President of Nigeria does in power?!!


Interesting!

The real issue is that Nigerians are tired of being told to manage hardship while those in power continue to live comfortably


The beginning and the end!

In my area there's only one successful akara seller and she sells only at night, you've to go far distances in the morning if na akara u dey fine.

Now 2 persons tried to FILL THAT MORNING OPPORTUNITY guess what they both closed shop few weeks later!

U use akara build house and pay tuition fees... Na woman dey tok oh woman wey get V junction that they can charge men for parking space ...

Make una continue dey accommodate nonsense

What many that are defending Tinubu's wife fail to understand is the level of inflation and economic hardship Tinubu's failed and thoughtless policies brought upon Nigerians.


NGN50,000 is not even enough to start the Akara business.


Maybe Remi Tinubu still thinks the value of NGN50,000 under Goodluck Jonathan and maybe Buhari is still the same under her husband's failed government.


Will NGN50,000 be enough to even buy the frying pan and firewood stove needed to kickstart in today's Nigeria?


The Tinubu family are not in tune with the reality of the economic disaster they brought upon Nigerians, they think it's a childsplay, that's why Tinubu still have the guts to be thinking of contesting for a second term in office, to do what? To bury the remnant of Nigeria that he already destroyed I guess?

tonididdy:
The real issue is that Nigerians are tired of being told to manage hardship while those in power continue to live comfortably


The beginning and the end!

Akara sellers have been in existence since 1900, they will remain till 2099 and beyond.

I haven’t seen one Akara seller that is against the grant. Na only bitter people dey complain about it since.

Not everybody will be doctors, lawyers and engineers, not everybody will be as rich as Dangote.

But in all you do, do not spite small beginnings. We all have different destiny. pic.twitter.com/wa63WAPPX5

— Tonybrainy Esq. (@Tonybrainy) June 29, 2026

We are truly not ready yet. It's not even about such business advise but about the person giving Nigerians such advise.

Coming from the wife of the president is so so low. How many Nigerians do yhu expect to start selling Akara, Corn and Kulikuli?

Even some of the few people selling those things are complaining of not selling because of low turn out of customers these days. Now, imagine having 10 Ankara sellers on the same street, what do yhu think will happen? If this was coming from any other person it will be understandable.

Our leaders seem to be very bereaved of ideas and it always shows in their speech and actions.

I am not surprised that we have some people defending the idea...

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.

words there above should be framed and hanged on Aso Rock gate, so Tinubu can read it every morning when coming to work

well done OP!

it is commendable this is coming from a Yoruba Man

Nothing wrong with akara and moi moi business but we know most people into such busines can barely survive only few are exceptions who get lucky.

Millions are women roasting corn are not smiling at all and barely surviving lets stop decieving ourselves. How many of them build houses or buy cars? They barely train their kids through school.

Thats the general reality. If not evrybody will be selling moi moi and akara.

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?

LegendHero:
Akara sellers have been in existence since 1900, they will remain till 2099 and beyond.

I haven’t seen one Akara seller that is against the grant. Na only bitter people dey complain about it since.

You said you haven't seen one akara seller that is against the grant... Meaning the person is already in the business and you supporting her with 30/50k extra... Why she go complain?

Anyway I modified my post, go back and read

Don't mind 30k warlords. ... N