A conversation between X user (@it_Rutie) and Michael Achimugu, Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection at Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Nigeria’s affordability.
Responding to @it_Rutie ‘s tweet, Achimugu said, he is yet to visit a country that is as “affordable” as Nigeria.
The NCAA Chief said, after a few months staying in Dakar, his eldest daughter told him, “Daddy, I will NEVER say that Nigeria is expensive again”.
@it_Rutie tweeted: “Naira has a better purchasing power than cedis. Naira better pass cedis.”
Achimugu quoted @it_Rutie ‘s tweet and commented: “I have yet to visit a country as affordable as Nigeria. This is not even patriotism. It is my reality. After a few months living in Dakar, Senegal, my eldest daughter said to me, “Daddy, I will NEVER say that Nigeria is expensive again.”
“The value of most African currencies seems to be merely by taking some zeroes out of the way, but their purchasing power, compared to the Naira, is nothing to write home about.
“I often wonder how the poorer people of Sierra Leone, Togo, Senegal, Ghana, Morocco, Kenya, the USA, Canada, etc, manage to survive given the high cost of living I experienced in all of those places.
“Nigeria has its problems, but I see no reason why some of these nations are more expensive to live in, considering the lack of basic amenities, jobs, etc. A most basic hotel room in Lome, Togo, cost me more than a quality standard hotel room in Canada.
“In Montreal, I was shocked to see beggars in traffic, just as they are in Nigeria. In Miami, the sheer number of drug zombies and homeless folk was staggering.
“May Nigeria keep getting better.”
The Convo
