The Senate invited Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to appear and discuss how a dollar from the United States of America gets converted into N710 in the black market.
A number of soldiers were reportedly ambushed by terrorists on Thursday night at an Army checkpoint near Zuma, the boundary between Abuja and Niger State, adding to the security issues.
Some of Nigeria's best entertainers were obligated to express their concerns and urge voters to cast ballots in order to restore the country's seemingly hopeless situation.
Nollywood actresses Ini Edo and Mercy Aigbe, comedian Debo Adedayo (also known as Mr. Macaroni), and rapper Sodiq Abubakar are among those who have expressed their outrage on social media.
On Friday morning, via his verified Twitter handle, @mrmacaronii tweeted, “The high level of insecurity in the country should concern everyone. Every other day, Nigerians are being attacked or kidnapped. Families are under undue pressure and mourning because the Government has failed to safeguard the lives of the People. This Madness must End!!!”
@mrmacaronii had written, “Political jobbers will lie to you that your preferred candidate has no “electoral value” or that you will be wasting your votes for such candidates. They want you to believe your votes won’t matter. Do not derail people!!! Come 2023, your votes will make a difference!!!”
Ini Edo, via her verified Instagram @iniedo called on Nigerians not to be indifferent in the 2023 general elections, while adding that they should get permanent voters cards to vote.
“Don’t sit on the fence! Get involved. Get your PVCs for the Nigeria we hope for. Ok bye and goodnight,” the actress wrote.
Mercy Aigbe on her verified Instagram handle @realmercyaigbe said: “$1 as of this morning is now 635!!! My fellow entrepreneurs, how are you coping? Gosh, this country is draining.”
According to Sodiq Abubakar, some days back, on his verified Instagram @cdqolowo, “Are we going to ignore the fact that things are really getting difficult for the masses day by day in Nigeria? People are getting tired already. Pure water #5 is now #20. Egg of #30 is now #120, (a loaf of) bread of #200 is now #1,200, diesel of #164 is now #800, yet no increase in minimum wages.”
He added: “The only question is: How did we get here? What happened to our currency that it got so depreciated even below the Ghana cedis? Where the developments all the money borrowed are spent on? All these people ruling us, do they have heart and conscience at all? Are they really humans?”
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