adedotun eyinade

I woke up this morning thinking about how hard things have become. We're not living anymore. We're just existing. Things that should be basic, like food, rent, transport, light and school fees, have become luxuries. You work twice as hard just to prove you're trying, and at the end of the month there's still nothing left to show for it. Drive through any street and you'll see grown men and women begging. Some of them once had jobs, dreams and dignity. I can't blame them. The system that was meant to protect them failed them. Every day, prices go up. Every day, we're told to be patient, that the reforms will work, that we should wait a few more years. But how long can a hungry person wait? As someone who talks about money every day, this one hurts me the most. I tell people to invest from the little they have. But for millions of Nigerians, that little isn't even enough to survive. You can't invest money that has already been eaten by rent and food before it lands. Go anywhere in the world and you'll find Nigerians working harder than anyone in the room. We are not lazy. We are not unserious. Life here has just become unfair, and the wealth sits in the hands of a few. Our brightest minds keep leaving. Doctors, engineers, creatives, builders. They didn't leave because they hate home. They left because home stopped making room for them. And if you choose to stay and do things the right way, the system frustrates you until it breaks something in you. To those who benefit from this, who loot what was meant for millions and think it will last forever, remember this. Everything in this life is vanity. The pain you've caused doesn't disappear. One day it comes back to the same table you're eating from. But I refuse to give up completely. Things can still change if we become intentional and stop accepting this as normal. The 2027 election is coming. Please, vote with your conscience. Don't sell your vote for a bag of rice and ₦5,000. That money finishes in a day. The suffering lasts four years. Think about your children. Think about the generation coming after us. They deserve a country that doesn't punish them for being born here. We deserve better. Nigeria deserves better. Shalom.