GO TO HOSTEL AND SEE WHAT THIS ECONOMY HAS REDUCED STUDENTS TO ๐ญ๐
If you really want to understand how tough this economy isโฆ
Forget TV.
Forget newspapers.
Just visit any university hostel. ๐ญ๐
Hostel is not just where students sleep.
Itโs where survival skills are perfected.
Every room is a different documentary.
Every corridor has its own story.
And every student is fighting a different battle. ๐
This economy has humbled everybody.
Parents are trying.
Students are adjusting.
Allowance has been reduced.
Expenses have increased.
Everybody is calculating.
The first thing youโll notice?
Nothing gets wasted anymore.
Absolutely nothing.
I saw one guy adding water inside his perfume bottle.
I asked him,
โBroโฆ wetin you dey do?โ
He looked at me with confidence and said,
โMy brother, make e reach next month first.โ ๐ญ๐
I couldnโt even argue.
Another guy was brushing with salt.
Not because toothpaste finished that morningโฆ
Because he had already planned that toothpaste would last till next semester. ๐
One student bought one bathing soapโฆ
โฆand immediately divided it into two.
One half for this month.
The second half for โfuture emergencies.โ ๐ญ
I even saw someone squeezing toothpaste with the strength of an orthopedic surgeon.
When nothing came outโฆ
He cut the tube open.
Folded it.
Scraped the inside.
There was enough toothpaste for another four days. ๐
Cream container?
Donโt ever throw it away.
Hostel students will cut it into two,
use spoon,
finger,
or even cotton budโฆ
until every single drop comes out.
Nothing must waste.
Nothing! ๐ญ๐
Cooking oil has become laboratory practical.
One spoon.
Not two.
One.
Because tomorrow still exists. ๐
Milo and milk are now VIP visitors.
You donโt use them anyhow.
You only see them when visitors comeโฆ
or when examination stress is becoming spiritual. ๐
Indomie?
One pack can feed two people.
With enough water,
everything is possible. ๐ญ
Bread that was once breakfastโฆ
is now breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Pure water has become dessert.
Then transportationโฆ
Youโll ask someone,
โWhy are you trekking from school gate?โ
Theyโll reply,
โTransport is โฆ300โฆ my brother, my leg is free.โ ๐ญ๐
Youโll see students trekking distances that Google Maps itself will pity.
By the time they reach hostel,
theyโve completed todayโs cardio.
Gym membership? Free.
Then charging phonesโฆ
One extension box.
Fifteen chargers.
Everybody praying NEPA should not take light.
If your charger mistakenly disconnectsโฆ
You have lost your position. ๐
The hostel kettle has become public property.
The pressing iron now has appointment.
Even bucket has timetable. ๐ญ
And donโt be surprised if someone asks,
โAbeg, who dey cook? Make I join una.โ
Not because theyโre greedyโฆ
Just because survival is now a group project. ๐
Some students have mastered the art of managing money so well that โฆ2,000 can somehow survive for one week.
Till today, I still donโt understand the mathematics.
Itโs beyond Economics.
Itโs divine intervention. ๐ญ
The funniest people are those whoโll tell you,
โIโm fasting.โ
My brotherโฆ
You no dey fast.
Money dey fast. ๐๐
Honestly, I never truly understood how difficult this economy had becomeโฆ
Until I started living in the hostel.
Thatโs where I saw people managing things I never imagined could be managed.
Not because they wanted toโฆ
But because they had no choice.
Moral lesson:
Hostel will teach you that survival is an actual course in university.
Youโll learn patience.
Contentment.
Financial management.
Creativity.
And how to laugh through hard times.
Because sometimesโฆ
The only thing students still have in abundanceโฆ
Is the ability to laugh at their own situation. ๐ญ๐๐
On the 10th of June, 2026 I obeyed the clarion call to serve my father land ๐ณ๐ฌ๐
Swearing in on the 15th of June, 2026
After 21 days, I left camp after running through the 3 weeks orientation course of NYSCโฆCongratulations to me and I wish myself a successful service year. ๐ค
Please whatever you do, do EVERYTHING you can to avoid crime, the court and the Nigerian Prison. Take this very seriously.
You don't want to find out why.
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Graduate from secondary school
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Graduate from NYSC.
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