@aleem_oladimeji@chukaobi Olodo and all minimum wage Nigerias have free homes, transportation, healthcare and education. The minimum wage is just for food. I believe Nigerians will defend Satan if he is from their tribe
Here's a striking perspective:
When handed over power to in 2015, the exchange rate was about ₦198 to $1. The national minimum wage was ₦18,000, while a litre of petrol cost ₦87.
With an ₦18,000 salary at the time, one could reportedly buy:
- A bag of Thailand rice (₦7,500)
- A carton of Silver pasta (₦1,900)
- A carton of Golden Penny macaroni (₦1,900)
- 50 litres of petrol (₦4,850)
- A 6kg gas cylinder refill (₦1,200)
The total came to about ₦17,350.
The writer further claims that in 2015, Nigeria's total public debt was about ₦11 trillion, while Jonathan's final national budget was ₦4.5 trillion, which was widely viewed at the time as a very large budget.
According to the writer, ten years later, in 2026, despite the minimum wage rising to ₦70,000, it can no longer buy a bag of Thailand rice. Filling a car with 50 litres of petrol now leaves only about ₦2,000 in change from ₦70,000.
The writer also compares government budgets, stating that Jonathan's last budget was ₦4.5 trillion, Buhari's last budget was ₦17 trillion, and that the 2026 federal budget under President Bola Tinubu exceeds ₦56 trillion. The writer adds that the amount Jonathan budgeted for the entire country in 2015 is now roughly equivalent to what budgets in a single year.
The writer argues that subsidies on education, agriculture, healthcare, petrol, and cooking gas have been removed while public debt has continued to grow, and criticizes Nigerians who continue to celebrate despite these economic challenges.
The piece concludes with a strongly worded opinion that no other society would accept such economic hardship without greater public resistance, singling out Northern Nigeria for criticism.
— Salisu Yakubu RN RNT
@Benkive@ruth_iyanda D Job is alrdy hard for evy1 n rudely endin call for sum1 equaly screwd by d same system. We cn mak d job easier 4 each othr wit mutual respct. I recal callin Med team on call, he was attndin to sum1 n polytly requestd i record call n gave plan of action when he is don he documnd
@AsidanyaMiracle The reality is during the first shift with a new patient but after that shift, the patient is practically family, no formalities again😂🤣🤣
@Queenie4G@silverpenydr I can assure you when such happens it doesn't matter Doctor or student the fear, panic hits hard. Its usually more obsessive in medical practitioner because they have seen first hand what it can do to an individual