I bought fuel yesterday in Toronto, Canada, at $1.7999 CAD per litre, and it cost about $98.95 CAD to fill up my tank. This should ideally last me about a week or more.
Now, the minimum wage in Canada is $17.95 CAD per hour, which means someone who works an average of 8 hours a day will earn $143.60 CAD before tax. A day's salary is enough to fuel his or her car for 2–3 weeks. This means that even one of the lowest earners in Canada can afford to own and drive a car daily without the cost of fuel becoming an overwhelming burden. Public education for children is also free and of high quality.
In Nigeria, fuel is about ₦1,300 per litre. It would cost about ₦88,000 to fill up a similar tank. The minimum wage in Nigeria is ₦70,000 per month. This means that an entire month's minimum wage cannot even fill the tank once.
A minimum-wage earner in Nigeria cannot realistically afford to own, fuel, and maintain a car. The same person still has to afford food, rent, children's education, healthcare, electricity, transportation, and other basic necessities. The list goes on.
In fact, even a bank manager in Nigeria earning ₦1 million monthly could still struggle to maintain a decent standard of living after covering these basic expenses.
This is one reason poverty is so widespread in Nigeria. The cost of basic living is simply too high relative to what the average person earns.
You don't just have an income problem in Nigeria. You have an affordability problem.
For millions of Nigerians, simply living a decent life has become too expensive and increasingly impossible.
I have always supported Fiscal Federalism.
1. Scrap FAAC, States to remit a percentage of revenues to the center for Federation obligations like defense, foreign affairs, commerce, judiciary, etc
2. States retain 100% of revenues they earn, including excise duties and VAT. Then remit a percentage to Center.
3. States can incorporate and tax entities, meaning State Corporate Affairs Commissions. States set tax policy, PAYE rates, and CIT rates, set at the state level
4. Infrastructure, taken off the exclusive list, Ports, Airports, Roads, if within State boundaries, should not need Federal approvals, except for environmental assessment.
5. State and Local Government Police with State and LGA Judiciary
6. Full fiscal break of the States and the Local Governments
Of course, all slowly implemented, nothing rushed
America has 50 states.
And every single one of them operates under its own laws, courts, policing systems, and legal culture while still being bound by federal law.
That is the difference.
The United States understood something long ago that Nigeria still refuses to confront:
You cannot effectively govern hundreds of millions of people with completely different realities from one central authority.
In America, federal law handles national matters:
immigration
national security
constitutional rights
interstate crimes
currency
But individual states control much of what affects daily life:
policing
criminal justice
business regulations
education
taxation
property law
civil disputes
So what works in Texas does not have to be forced on California.
What works in Florida does not automatically become law in New York.
Each state adapts to its own people, culture, economy, crime rate, and social realities.
That decentralization is one of the greatest strengths of the American system.
It creates speed.
It creates accountability.
It creates competition between states.
It prevents dangerous levels of power concentration.
And most importantly, it allows local problems to be solved locally.
Meanwhile Nigeria calls itself a federation, but operates like an overprotected unitary state wearing a federal costume.
Everything leads back to Abuja.
Security? Abuja.
Policing? Abuja.
Major judicial power? Abuja.
Revenue dependence? Abuja.
Even governors that are called “Chief Security Officers” cannot fully control police operations in their own states.
Think about how absurd that is.
A governor can watch insecurity spread in real time and still wait for federal approval before meaningful action can happen.
That is not federalism.
That is administrative dependency.
Nigeria is trying to centrally manage over 200 million people across completely different ethnic, economic, religious, and security realities as if Sokoto and Port Harcourt experience the same problems.
They do not.
And the damage is obvious.
Our courts are overloaded.
Judicial processes move at a painful pace.
Security coordination is weak.
States wait for federal allocations instead of building real economic independence.
Every election becomes a war because too much power is concentrated at the center.
Control Abuja and you practically control the country.
That is why political tension in Nigeria is always explosive.
Too much authority sits in one place.
America distributed power intentionally.
Nigeria concentrates power dangerously.
And that difference affects everything from policing efficiency to judicial speed to economic development.
The American system is not perfect.
Far from it.
But one thing it understood correctly is this:
Local realities require local solutions.
Nigeria still governs like every state is the same country inside the same problem.
It is one of the biggest reasons governance keeps failing, institutions remain weak, and justice feels painfully distant from the average citizen.
Watched the whole session yesterday, I wish my country will get to this level of legislation, where the executive will be scrutinized for every action and inaction.
This is some absolute prime-ministerial fiery speech from Kemi earlier today. This was such a joy to watch.
In Nigeria,
Where you have Akpabio and his Gang of 100 morons running the National Assembly, this is what an intelligent legislature looks like.
Guys, if you have a successful marriage, it is grace given to you by God o. It’s not because you know how to do it. You can only do your part to be good. You can’t legislate for the other party. Just do your best to be a good guy and pray for grace.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Guys, always stand up to shake hands. If the other person is older than you, it shows respect. If they are younger than you, it shows humility. Either way, you win. People who sit to shake hands are bad-mannered.
When you shake hands, do not just offer a limp hand... even to an elder! Make sure that your handshake is firm. It shows confidence and fitness.
Then make sure that you look into the person’s eyes. It shows interest, attention and confidence. Don’t look away furtively like a liar and a thief!
Remember, as a man, there should be nothing limp or flaccid about you. You should always be polite and gracious, quietly confident (not arrogant, that is for inferior men) and erect. Always erect!
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Thank you, Mr. Daniel Bwala, SA to President Tinubu, for helping Nigerians understand exactly why Tinubu should not be voted for in 2027.
If you come across this video please repost🔄 let's appreciate Mr Bwala for speaking.
@Engr_Ashile I would advise next time just find your way to ibeshe ferry terminal, I use that route Mondays as ebute ferry terminal operators are fond of extorting passengers especially on Mondays.
Yesterday in the Abuja elections,
People were buying votes, selling votes, changing results and engaging in fraud.
All this was done while the Muslim Ramadan and Christian Fast is currently ongoing.
The same people who will convulse if someone eats during the day are very ok with stealing votes and electoral fraud.
A country of religiously delusional clowns.
Fathers, remember to validate your children. Tell them that they are unique. Tell them that they are special. Tell them that they will be great. Tell them that they are smart and can achieve anything they set their minds to. Tell them they are good natured. Tell them you love them.
Hearing it from you, their father, they will confidently go out into the world and live your words. They will work their hardest to become everything you professed them to be.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
When You Start Making Good Money, Do This:
1. Buy fewer clothes, but wear the highest quality.
2. Eat premium food, not junk.
3. Hire a helper for household chores. Buy back your time.
4. Upgrade your mattress. Sleep changes everything.
5. Invest in experiences, not just stuff.
6. Upgrade your financial adviser. The one who got you here won't get you to the next level.
7. Surround yourself with high-value people.
Small shifts. Big impact.
Guy, when your woman is telling you about a problem, they are not necessarily looking for a solution from you. They just want you to shut up, listen and empathise.
Your natural instinct is to default to a problem-solving mode. You impatiently ask: “So what now happened?” or “So, how do we fix it?” That is not what she wants. Just shut up, listen and show that you understand.
She is not daft. She has already considered the solution you are proposing and has even taken a step before telling you. She just wants to know that you are in her corner.
Just shut up and listen. It doesn’t come naturally to you but it is a skill that you can learn.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Corporate Rules for Happy Life In 2026
1. Trust nobody.
2. What happens in office, remain in office. Never take office gossips to home and vice versa.
3. Enter office on time, leave on time. Your desktop is not helping improvement in your health.
4. Never make GF/BF and/or brother/sister in office. It will always backfire.
5. Expect nothing. If somebody helps, feel thankful. If not, you will learn to know things on your own.
6. Never rush for position. If you get promoted, congrats. If not, it doesn't matter. You will always be remembered for your knowledge and politeness, not for your designation.
7. Never run behind office stuff. You have better things to do in life.
8. Avoid taking everything on your ego. Your salary matters. You are being paid. Use your assets to get happiness.
9. It doesn't matter how people treat you. Be humble. You are not everyone's cup of tea.
10. In the end nothing matters except family, friends, home, and Inner peace.
Someone would graduate with First Class. You would claim it is not by First Class that all the First Class graduates you know are suffering. Only Pass and 3rd Class graduates are making it.
When people celebrate marriage, you claim it is not an achievement. But when your friend gets engaged and married, excitement wants to kill you. When you get engaged and married, you shut down social media with celebration. When people don't celebrate with you on what is supposedly not a celebration by your own admission, you call them haters.
You find it easy using your uncle and father's friends' connect. You also want to marry a rich man. You want to be successful to give a solid foundation to your kids. But you are envious, jealous, and hateful of rich men's children, and people whose own connect are their own parents, who gave them a solid foundation.
Even on this app, you attack people that have big followers and question people who follow them. You accuse them of thinking they have sense just because they have large followers. But you're doing "follow for follow back" to grow your follower base. You hate influencers but want to become one.
I would have called it witchcraft, but I understand. Success has no real enemy. It is a natural victim of envy.
This is not a God forbid prayer. 😀 It happened to me before in Monday January 5, 2020. I was an assistant manager in the bank. I came back from Christmas and New year holidays and I was asked to resign immediately. I did and resumed in my yoghurt company the following day as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer. Aka - Dragon Lord 😎. Thank God the business was on ground. It would have been a disaster and de@d sentence. My pension is N65,000.00 till date. 😃😃😃.
Aside the yoghurt business, I have another 70 multiple skills that can easily be converted into money making venture.
I tell everyone that cares to listen, create multiple streams of income while you are still are working. You have opportunity and time to experiment your ideas. Make your mistakes and rise.
Tomorrow by God's grace, I will narrative two major events that happened within a month of my leaving the bank.