Nigeria Is Now Hell: I Wonder How People Earning N70k, N150k Survive — Singer Orezi Laments Over The State Of Nigeria

Nigerian singer Orezi posted on Instagram questioning how people survive on monthly salaries of seventy thousand or one hundred and fifty thousand naira, placing the blame squarely on corrupt leadership for destroying the middle class and driving skilled workers to emigrate in search of better opportunities abroad.

The post, shared by Instablog9ja, included a reflection on what would have been his late father’s birthday and a conversation with his brother who now lives in Canada. Orezi noted that Nigeria’s conditions are not just damaging individuals but are tearing apart family units as members scatter across the globe in pursuit of survival rather than remaining together in a country that cannot provide for them.

The question is not rhetorical. It is one that millions of Nigerians are asking themselves every day as they try to stretch salaries that were inadequate before the current inflationary spiral and are now borderline meaningless in terms of purchasing power.

Seventy thousand naira, the approximate minimum wage in some sectors, does not cover rent in most urban areas. It does not cover transportation to and from work for a month. It does not cover feeding a family. It barely covers existing, and even that requires sacrifice, creativity, and a level of deprivation that no one should have to accept as normal.

One hundred and fifty thousand naira, a salary that would have been considered middle-income just a few years ago, now places a worker in a position where they must choose between paying rent and buying food, between sending children to school and keeping the lights on, between maintaining some semblance of dignity and simply surviving day to day. The middle class that Orezi referred to, the layer of society that could afford modest comfort, plan for the future, and invest in their children’s education, has been hollowed out by inflation, currency devaluation, subsidy removal, and an economic environment where costs rise faster than incomes and savings lose value faster than they can be accumulated…. See More