Nigerian Professor On N400K Salary Laments After Buying N40K Worth Diesel For Her Car
Category: Nigeria News
A Nigerian Professor, Joy Ezeilo, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, has lamented the hike in the price of diesel amidst other costs
of living.
In a Twitter thread, she revealed she bought 50 liters of
diesel for N40,000 and that it would only sustain her for a week.
She tweeted, “Which way is Nigeria headed? I bought 50 liters of
diesel for my car at the cost of N40, 000 in Enugu. I’m wondering how we will
all survive this hardship. As a Law Professor that has reached the last step and
stage in promotion at a Federal University, I’m paid about 400k per month after
taxes so if I spend forty thousand conservatively for fueling my car on a weekly
basis that’s if I remain within my city times that by at least 200 liters per
month, it means 40 per cent of my salary in fueling.
“What about
other utilities, electricity, water, rent, food, children’s school fees,
medical, phone and internet etc. Cooking gas is up by over 200 per cent? Do we
resort to firewood?
“World Bank’s prediction that millions of
Nigerians would be driven to the poverty level is real. We’re in troubled waters
with crippling inflation!”
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