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[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I have been thinking about something lately, and the more I think about it, the more disturbing it becomes.

A lot of Nigerians became poor without doing anything wrong.

They didn’t stop working. They didn’t become lazy. They didn’t suddenly become irresponsible.

They simply woke up one day and realised that the money they had worked for could no longer buy the things it used to buy.

Think about someone earning ₦100,000 a month.

The person still wakes up early every morning, goes to work, puts in the same hours, probably works even harder, gets promoted occasionally and does everything society says a responsible person should do.

Yet every year, that person seems to be able to afford less.

At some point, ₦50,000 could buy a reasonable amount of food for the house. Today, you can enter the market with the same ₦50,000 and genuinely wonder where the money went.

Nothing happened to you.

The economy happened to you.

And I think this is something we don’t talk about enough.

Imagine working hard for years, only for circumstances completely outside your control to quietly reduce the value of everything you have worked for.

You didn’t lose your job.

You didn’t lose your salary.

But somehow, you lost your standard of living.

That is poverty too.

And this is why I struggle with the way we sometimes discuss palliatives.

Of course, when people are hungry, you must find ways to help them immediately. There is nothing wrong with providing temporary relief.

But surely, the bigger question should be:

Why did millions of working Nigerians suddenly need palliatives in the first place?

If a man could comfortably buy a bag of rice from his salary a few years ago and today he needs government assistance to buy that same bag of rice, giving him rice may solve today’s hunger.

But it has not solved the actual problem.

The real problem is that his labour has lost value.

And perhaps that is what we should be obsessed with fixing.

How do we make the Nigerian worker’s income valuable again?

How do we make ₦100,000 buy more next year, rather than less?

How do we make food cheaper by producing more?

How do we reduce the cost of energy and transportation?

How do we build an economy where salaries can actually keep up with the cost of living?

Because when I think deeply about it, perhaps one of the greatest things a government can do for its people is not to keep giving them money.

It is to build an economy where the money they earn has value.

There is dignity in being able to take care of yourself from the product of your own labour.

There is dignity in a teacher being able to feed a family from teaching.

There is dignity in a nurse being able to pay rent from nursing.

There is dignity in a young person working an honest job and gradually seeing life improve.

People should be able to look back after five years of hard work and say, “My life has become better.”

Not, “I earn more money today, but somehow I can afford less.”

That is the part that keeps bothering me.

Millions of Nigerians are not asking to become millionaires overnight.

They just want hard work to make sense again.

And maybe that should be one of the simplest ways we measure whether our economy is actually working:

Is the ordinary Nigerian who works hard becoming progressively better off, or progressively poorer?

Everything else is secondary.

[Channels Television @channelstv]

“Where professors are aiding illiterates to rig elections... and people sing 'On your mandate we shall stand', whether stolen or not.”

Speaking at the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Democracy Dialogue in Bauchi State, NDC Presidential Candidate Peter Obi decries the decline of democratic integrity and judicial independence in Nigeria, calling on citizens to reject the normalisation of electoral malpractice.

[A Dr @echmaz_]

@davido Using your influence to ensure that the good people of Osun State get better is a welcome development. You've consistently shown up when it matters the most.
I pray and hope Accord wins the election.

[Davido @davido]

Omo this influencer budget choke oooo! But I ready for una bastards 😁 my one tweet cancel all of una at once fools !

[𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑵𝑶𝑾 🇨🇮 @GeneralSnow_]

"Professors are now aiding illiterates to rig elections"

- Peter Obi

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

From Islam to Christianity, her joy is inexpressible.

[A Dr @echmaz_]

@DrJoeAbah Assigning an age limit on some of these accomplishments could cause hypertension and unnecessary depression. In Nigeria, where securing a good job is as hard as catching a live lion, how could a young man or woman achieve that at 40 if he's not a biz person or a thief?

[A Dr @echmaz_]

@GuyMr10 @davido The reason for this Tufiakwa is what I don't know. You could have said that I'm Yoruba, and don't drag Igbo into your conversation.

[Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso @KwankwasoRM]

I am deeply concerned by the comments made by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir at an event in Kano this weekend.

At this critical moment in our nation’s history, statements that promote division and disunity must be firmly discouraged. It is particularly troubling to hear such rhetoric from a religious leader of Sheikh Jingir’s stature and influence.

Let it be clearly stated: the good people of Kano do not endorse or support these divisive remarks.

Political and religious leaders alike carry a solemn responsibility to uphold truth, foster unity, and advance reconciliation. We must not lend our voices to utterances capable of undermining the very foundation of our nationhood.

The 2027 general elections will be an opportunity for Nigerians to reward good governance with resounding support and to reject poor performance at the polls. This administration has earned the latter.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. - RMK

[Sean Nelson @Sean_ADFIntl]

BBC not only promoting Islamic morality police here, but ignoring the real news of this mass wedding that is causing an uproar in Nigeria 🇳🇬, where a top Sheikh called Christians “infidels,” promoted Muslim dominance over Christians & the governor of Kano laughed.

Disgraceful.

[🇽🇰 @we_are_unityy]

@Admiral_Cyborg So True!!

[Cyborg Warlord @Admiral_Cyborg]

Tajikistan is 95-98% Muslim, yet their government is cracking down hard on radical Islam.

They've shut down 1,938 mosques and converted many into tea shops, clinics, hair salons, and schools.

They banned the hijab, banned kids from mosques, and completely outlawed the call to prayer on loudspeakers...

But this is Nigeria. Anything goes.

[Alexander Ehanire @HrhKingAlex]

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.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

If true, this is a deeply insensitive statement.

But to answer the question of what I would have done differently, I can just look at the UK’s Andy Burnham who is trying to tackle the cost of living.

In just 19 days, he has:

- removed the 5% VAT on domestic electricity (it is 7.5% in Nigeria)
- capped bus fares at £2 per ride by reimbursing private sector operators of the difference in real costs
- pledged a 20% cut in business rates for pubs and clubs (an important part of British social life)
- maintained and adjusted Universal Credit to favour the poorest and most vulnerable.

So, I would have used the increasing tax revenue to tackle the cost of living. That is what I would have done differently at my own level. Hope that helps.

I am Ezemmuo. I know things.

[A Dr @echmaz_]

@fifss__ Your baby is such as beauty.

[A Dr @echmaz_]

I never believed a day like this would ever come.

Bread is now used as an election manifesto.

Could you imagine this is happening in a state with highly educated peoplel?. There's hardly a family in this state with no relation abroad and a professor.

This is beyond pathetic.

[A Dr @echmaz_]

@timmosion The difference is in perspective one judge government performance. When the first group views government performance essentially on the principles of Arabic religion, the other judges government performance on the principles of economics principles that emphasis general welfare.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Don't watch if your IQ isn't higher than the level of a slack-jawed TikTok shitposter👇🏾

[A Dr @echmaz_]

@The_Umdazz Na wah oo.

Some semen is dysfunctional to woman body. If not, what is this damage.

[Harmless @HarmlessHQ]

And the worst thing here is that these Catholic bishops don't have wives, nor children.

They have all submitted themselves to the Holy Church and nothing moves them again.

They are not GOs who are running churches as an enterprise and may be needing government's favour in their business.

Of course, you can't even bribe them. The Catholic bishops are contented with what the church gives them. Their only care is the welfare of the general public.

I really do understand the reason behind the meltdown in the Villa.