If ₦53 trillion is the excuse for every failure, then Nigerians should ask one simple question: where is the benefit of all the money saved from subsidy removal?
You can't tie what u want to anything when the pyramid of the whole organization falls on a single person. That's the main issue with many Nigerian bizs. Let personnel be fully in charge of their functions, & don't micromanage your staff, especially those in leadership positions.
After removing the Fuel Subsidy, what is the clear, independently verifiable evidence that the savings are reaching ordinary Nigerians through cheaper transport, food, healthcare and other essentials?
This is a special kind of betrayal:
I kept half of my Coke in the office fridge, came back two hours later and it was gone.
Someone in that office is hungry enough to finish half of another person’s Coke.
Oga, this is your sign to increase staff salaries.
You people need to stop seeing every critique as an attack. How is asking to see an academic’s publication portfolio condescending? Show me one serious academic anywhere in the world who has no publicly verifiable publication record. Just one.
Don’t have a first class degree but I have a personal sentiment for those who do. If I do own a company and someone with first class applies with you… I am sorry. They are leading you in my head with 50% already.
It takes discipline, hard work, dedication and sheer determination to get one.
Why do you think they share rice , bread and garri if they believe there is no hunger in Nigeria and their policies are working ?
The poverty was intentionally created by APC.
The population of the UK is 70 million.
And there are about 140 million extremely poor people in Nigeria.
That is double the population of UK.
There are 35 million acutely hungry people in Nigeria. That is half the population of the UK.
There are 90 million people in Nigeria without access to power supply. Way more than the entire population of the UK.
That same country calls you Superpower and your Olodo brain chose to call it good news?
As of today, 9th August, 2026
- a KG of gas is 1,400
- a crate of egg is 6,600
- a bag of cement is 12,500
- a litre of fuel for 1,300
- a family sized bread is 1,400
But I am supposed to believe Bola Tinubu has “stabilized” the economy & Nigeria is on the path to sustainable development.
The real measure of economic prosperity is on the masses not on paper!
You are a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. That means you have a minimum of 2 degrees.
A senior public officer comes to hire you to argue that he does not have to go to primary school.
You take the brief & start asking people to go to court to prove that your client didn't go to primary school. Are you ok?!
TINUBU DID NOT JUST REMOVE SUBSIDY. HE REMOVED AFFORDABILITY.
And before you rush into my replies screaming “reforms,” answer one simple question:
How many things have become CHEAPER for the average Nigerian since May 2023?
Because Nigerians have received at least 10 different economic bills.
Let's count them.
1. FUEL.
“Subsidy is gone.”
Petrol skyrocketed.
Transportation followed.
Food followed.
Production followed.
Everything that moves eventually sent Nigerians an invoice.
Government saved subsidy money.
You became the subsidy.
2. THE NAIRA.
They “floated” the currency.
Beautiful economics.
Except your salary remained on the ground while the cost of imported goods flew.
Same ₦200k salary.
Different purchasing power.
They floated the naira.
Your salary sank.
3. ELECTRICITY.
Petrol became expensive.
So naturally you'd expect electricity to provide relief.
Wrong.
Band A tariffs jumped dramatically.
Generator expensive.
Grid expensive.
Diesel expensive.
Solar expensive.
Where exactly should businesses run?
4. DATA AND CALLS.
Then telecom tariffs were allowed to adjust by up to 50%.
Imagine building a “digital economy” while making digital access more expensive.
Your salary didn't rise 50%.
Your data could.
Welcome to reform.
5. EDUCATION.
Institutional charges increased across various universities.
Then came NELFUND.
Government's answer to increasingly unaffordable education?
DEBT.
Borrow.
Graduate.
Find employment.
Start repayment.
We are gradually normalising young Nigerians beginning adulthood owing money for education.
6. ATM WITHDRAWALS.
Your money.
Your account.
Your card.
But use another bank's ATM?
Charges.
Apparently, even accessing your own money is now an economic activity.
7. CASH WITHDRAWALS.
From 2026, exceed prescribed weekly cash-withdrawal limits and excess-cash charges can apply.
Imagine being charged because you wanted too much of YOUR OWN MONEY in cash.
Read that twice.
8. PASSPORTS.
32-page passport: ₦100,000.
64-page passport: ₦200,000.
Even proving you're Nigerian became more expensive.
Citizenship apparently has a premium package now.
9. IMPORTS.
Devalue the naira.
Imports become costlier in naira.
Raw materials become costlier.
Businesses transfer the costs.
The government doesn't send you the devaluation bill.
Relax.
Your pharmacist, mechanic and supermarket will deliver it.
10. CREDIT.
Then monetary tightening made borrowing brutally expensive.
So the Nigerian entrepreneur gets:
Expensive fuel.
Expensive electricity.
Expensive transportation.
Expensive inputs.
Poorer customers.
Expensive loans.
And somehow we're shocked businesses are struggling.
Here's the part that annoys me:
Every hardship has a sophisticated name.
Fuel increase = reform.
Currency collapse = market liberalisation.
Electricity increase = tariff adjustment.
Expensive borrowing = monetary tightening.
Higher charges = cost recovery.
But when you remove the economic grammar, one reality remains:
THE NIGERIAN IS PAYING MORE TO LIVE.
For three years we've heard:
“Be patient.”
“Necessary sacrifice.”
“Reforms take time.”
“The fundamentals are improving.”
Fine.
Then answer this:
WHEN DOES GOVERNMENT JOIN THE SACRIFICE?
Because Nigerians cannot continuously sacrifice purchasing power, savings, businesses and opportunities while political elites continue operating one of Africa's most expensive governments.
Maybe the reforms are working.
Maybe tomorrow will vindicate everything.
But Nigerians are entitled to ask today:
WORKING FOR WHOM?
Don't tell me Tinubu's best policy.
Quote this post and tell me the ONE Tinubu policy that has personally dealt the biggest blow to your pocket.
Fuel?
Naira?
Electricity?
Education?
Data?
Bank charges?
Let's compare everybody's bill.
Today, I proudly wear the rank of CAPTAIN.
The journey has been nothing short of a blessing, and I’m deeply grateful to God for every opportunity that has brought me to this moment. 🙏🎖️🪖🇺🇸
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