Saw that Okwuluora Kidney failure video in Enugu and I just thought;
1) Beans - Sniper or dangote cement.
2) Palm oil - Red dye + water.
3) Fried Plantain chips - Either transformer oil to save cost or vegetable oil + nylon to make it shiny and hard.
4) Fufu - Klin i.e detergent to ferment cassava in hours instead of days.
5) Kpomo - formalin to preserve it further.
6) Fresh fish - Industrial dye.
7) Unripe pineapple and banana - ripening in hours with chemicals.
8) Mango - ripening overnight by pouring inside smelly gutter waters.
These are but a few, meanwhile, Nigerian yam, beans are banned across parts of Europe for containing excess pesticides used by farmers without proper measurements.
We virtually consume these on daily basis, and result today is unprovoked kidney and liver damage.
Nigeria removed subsidy like a man removing his roof because thieves were stealing the zinc.
Now rain is beating everybody.
Fuel is expensive. Power is expensive. Transport is expensive. Production is expensive. Life is expensive.
The problem was never subsidy tbh. The problem was and has always been corruption.
Bring back smart subsidies for power, transport and production. Target them. Audit them. And most importantly, ensure bad actors end up in Jail.
You cannot tax, tariff and reform a poor country into prosperity.
First you need to make it cheaper for Nigerians to build, produce and grow.
Then talk to us about economic stability.
There must be something odd as to why the military is not known to kill the Fulani Islamist militia but turn their energy against the very victims of this genocidal killings.
"In 2027, Nigerians will decide whether the country belongs to politicians or to all of us. Those supporting President Tinubu are busy selling the future of our children for money and personal gain" - Prophet Odumeje
Every flight ticket out of a Nigerian airport includes a Passenger Service Charge (PSC), typically around ₦2,000 for domestic flights and up to $100 for international flights.
Passengers are literally paying for functioning conveyor belts, cooling systems, and clean restrooms.
So yes, 'rushing to social media' is well within their rights.
"When a nation's growth rises on paper but its people sink in hunger, that is not progress, it is polished poverty wearing a mask of statistics."
- George O. Sylvester
The funniest thing is that the Yoruba Omoluabi Virtues we were taught while growing up are the things I see in H.E Mr Peter Obi.
I have never seen those virtues in Bola Tinubu.