Sometimes I wonder if Nigerians actually understand the amount of responsibility this country has transferred from the government to ordinary citizens.
You pay taxes, yet you generate your own electricity.
You pay taxes, yet you drill your own borehole for water.
You pay taxes, yet you contribute money to repair your street.
You pay taxes, yet you employ private security to protect your family.
You pay taxes, yet you pay private hospitals because public healthcare is unreliable.
You pay taxes, yet you send your children to private schools because public education has been neglected.
You pay taxes, yet you pay for waste disposal, drainage, streetlights and sometimes even transformers.
At this point, what exactly is the government providing?
Now, look beyond Nigeria.
Ghana operates a National Health Insurance Scheme and subsidises public education, including secondary education.
Burkina Faso, despite its economic and security challenges, has programmes providing free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five.
In the United States, public primary and secondary education is tuition-free. Roads, public libraries, emergency services and several social welfare programmes are funded through taxation. Healthcare and other essential services also receive enormous government subsidies.
These countries have their own problems, but nobody seriously argues that America is poor because it subsidises education, healthcare or social welfare.
Yet in Nigeria, almost every discussion about government subsidies eventually becomes a lecture about how the country cannot afford to help its citizens.
We removed petrol subsidies because they were supposedly unsustainable;
-Electricity tariffs have increased. -Public universities charge more then the same government gives you loans and celebrate it as a milestone achievement.
-Healthcare remains expensive. -Transportation costs keep rising.
Meanwhile, Nigerians are repeatedly told to endure the hardship.
My questions to the Federal Government are simple.
If citizens must provide their own electricity, water, security, healthcare, education and basic community infrastructure, what exactly is the purpose of collecting taxes from them?
Why is subsidising the welfare of ordinary Nigerians constantly presented as an economic burden, while government expenditure on political offices and official privileges continues?
Why must the Nigerian citizen make sacrifices before the government demonstrates the same discipline?
Why is government support for citizens treated as charity rather than a legitimate responsibility?
And why do we celebrate subsidy removal as economic progress without demanding measurable improvements in the services those savings are supposed to finance?
Nobody is asking for everything to be free. We are asking what Nigerians are getting in return for the money they surrender to the government.
Because there is something fundamentally troubling about a system where citizens finance the government, finance their own survival, and are still told they are not making enough sacrifices.
If Nigerians are responsible for providing nearly everything they need to survive, what exactly are we paying the government to do?
To my darling BBN Twitter community, thank you for making me laugh yesterday💕
It was such a stressful day for me and I’m so glad to have stressed you all too….. see you when next I’m stressed 🫂 😍
Una Dey craze well well
A Muslim pilot stabbed a copilot in an attempt to crash a plane flying over 80 Israelis from Dubai to Israel.
This is another Islamic terrorism. Islam is the biggest threat to world peace in the 21st century.
God didn’t create ANY gender to cheat.
you cheat because you lack discipline, you lack common sense, you’re not trustworthy, and most importantly, you have no fear of God.
stop justifying cheating. if you want to cheat, stay single.
A cheating man is bad enough. But you know what's even worse? A man who pretends to be a good person, when in reality he's a pathological liar, a lustful manipulator, and an expert at playing the victim.
“If a woman leaves you for the sake of her mental well-being, not because of another man, I hate to tell you this, but you failed in your role as a man. That’s simply the truth.”
Your wife is supposed to be the woman you are most kindest to.
Not your coworkers. Not your boss. Not strangers on the street.
Your wife.
But somewhere along the way some men forgot this. They will be patient with everyone outside and come home and give their wife whatever energy is left. Usually the worst of it.
You are polite to strangers but rude to the woman building a life with you?
She is not your emotional punching bag. She is not someone you can mistreat because she loves you too much to leave.
Marriage does not make kindness optional. It makes it more important.
Because she sees you at your worst and still chooses to stay. That loyalty deserves more than neglect.
this man on tiktok said “youcannot repair a relationship with a man who believes the problem is always your reaction, never his behavior” and that’s real shit.
If I later find out no be consistency una dy use build plazas, buy house, buy cars and go on vacations, e no go funny for this app o..
For the last time, wetin dy give una money?
Every1 ws angry at Sultana even her fans wn d incident happened, she apologised.
When she came out of #BBNaija hse, I guess she ws cautioned abt her shortcomings & truly she bcm a better & lovable person.
For u pple to still hold her by d neck fr dat pee issue is witchcraft
All of you wailing on this post, continue to be shameless like your miserable fave who got nothing but pictures in thrift outfits to post for you guys to wow. Imbeciles.
Continue wailing cuz you have nothing on Sultana. Y’all might keep talking about pee till your last day on earth. And since y’all haven’t healed, may your chest keep burning meanwhile she’s out there soaring and winning. But you’re still here crying over pee in 2026. And oh! I’ll still say it. It was the biggest highlight cuz till now you still talk about it. Your fave who begs for Chanel bag and looking for gold to steal not dig cuz she can’t work. Begging for 50k PR job. But it’s Sultana who’s still your problem. Long may or forever may it take you to heal. Unfortunates 💀
#BBNaija
Nigerian @nigimmigration we are collectively imploring you to intentionally deny Tyla and her team visas as well. They can’t do this to our own and we welcome their own. Madness must match madness.
At this point, this wee issue is irritating. U jobless fans want her to be indebted to Dede 4eva cos of a Pee situatn dt most of us ve moved pass. I won't care again if I was Sultana too
If ur Fav really made u proud after d show, u all wl care less abt Sultana
A diaper product would have been better aligned
But scarves can still be used to hold d bladder…..
@_sultanafarida discount must dey for fans of owner of box wey you wee inside na 🤣
#bbnaija#BBNaija
Now that the Reunion has ended,
The Most fashionable at d #BBNaijaReynion goes to SULTANA
Best Makeup - Sultana
Best Facecard - Sultana
Best comeback,& defence- Sultana
Queen of Reunion- Sultana
U did well this Reunion, I never expected it. #BBNaiha
"Something big is coming before the end of this month, and I cannot wait to share it with all of you. 👑✨"
That 🖕 is the part I Love Most
Keep soaring high Sulty cos the Sky is ur starting point. Cheers 🥂
#BBNaija#BBNaijaReunion
As the Big Brother chapter comes to an end, I have found myself reflecting on this journey and, more importantly, the people who stood beside me through it all. ❤️
To Big Brother & Multichoice , thank you for the opportunity , experience, the memories, and for allowing me to be part of something that has meant so much to so many people over the years.
But today, my heart is with the people who carried me through this process.
To the Team : Big Mac, Rashida, Felcy, Hauwa, Momo, and Elfreda...thank you feels far too small for everything you have done. Thank you for the countless phone calls, sleepless nights, endless encouragement, prayers, check-ins, and for believing in me every single day. Thank you for carrying this journey on your shoulders and giving it your all, even when you had your own lives and responsibilities to deal with.
I saw the effort.
I saw the sacrifices.
I saw the love.
And I will never forget it.
To my incredible Sultans, where do I even begin?
You showed up for me in ways I never expected. You rooted for me so fiercely, celebrated every milestone, defended me, promoted me, prayed for me, and reminded me every day that I was never walking this journey alone.
There were moments when I would see the messages, the posts, the excitement, and I would just sit quietly and smile because it was impossible not to feel overwhelmed by the amount of love being poured into me.
Whether you voted, reposted, prayed, encouraged me privately, or simply wished me well, thank you.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
While this chapter may not have ended the way many of us hoped, please know that your efforts were never wasted. Your support was never in vain. If anything, this journey reminded me of something far more valuable than any outcome: how blessed I am to have people who believe in me so wholeheartedly.
Before I sign off, I want to say a special thank you to Najite and Kim.
Najite, thank you for standing in the gap whenever it was needed, for your unwavering support, your loyalty, your consistency, and for showing up without hesitation. Your contribution to this journey means more than words can adequately express.
Kim, thank you for your belief in me, your encouragement, your support behind the scenes, and for being such a steady presence throughout this process. Your kindness and dedication did not go unnoticed, and I am deeply grateful.
As I close this chapter, I do so with gratitude in my heart and love for every single person who stood with me.
Thank you for riding with me.
Thank you for believing in me.
Thank you for being my village.
And thank you for being my Sultans.
This chapter may be over, but my appreciation for all of you will last a lifetime. ❤️
And to everyone who has supported me through this journey, don't go too far...
This may be the end of one chapter, but it is far from the end of the story.
Keep your eyes on me.
Something big is coming before the end of this month, and I cannot wait to share it with all of you. 👑✨
With all my love,
HRH Sultana Auduson 👑❤️
#SultanaAuduson
Na Big Soso fit Thelma
See how she embarrased Rooboy who went all out for her son saying he cldn't spell. Haba now!
She wldnt ve said that though
#BBNaija#BBNaijaReunion