Are We Making Progress or Just Struggling to Pay Bills?

[Eldestyoung]

Sometimes I sit down and wonder what the average Nigerian is really working for, Is it to build a better life and enjoy life or just to make sure there is food on the table and pay bills?

Honestly, things are becoming tiring, people wake up early, go to work, run businesses and do different side jobs just to make money but at the end of the month, after paying for food, transport, rent, electricity and other bills, there is hardly anything left. What makes it worse is that even when you try to earn extra money, the cost of living keeps going up, you plan to save but another expense comes up, you try to move forward but somehow you keep finding yourself in the same situation. Sometimes it feels like people are no longer working to enjoy life, they are just working to survive another month and honestly, life shouldn’t be this way.

I’m not trying to turn this into a political discussion, I just want to hear from people who are going through the same situation. I always hear that hard work pays but what happens when you work hard and still struggle to afford basic things?
Are we really living or are we just trying to survive?

[gracreavix]

This should be a political discussion because whether we like it or not, our lives revolves around politics. We can keep quiet and brush off the discussion, but we are still going to find ourselves talking about it. Politics is a game of a country. That is how i see it. And the people playing that game are the politicians. They hold the keys to how our lives will function. And if we don't get involved, they will ruin us. As it stands now, we are just living for living sake. Make them no think say i done die. Like? Me sef done tire. My brother was reading something to me and he was like someone was tired of this no light issue because he paid for Band A and he still doesn't have light. He got dressed and matched to Nepa office only for him to see them using hand fans. What the hell? He reach to vex ooh. Just Lagos alone and it's ridiculous high transport and the suffering it gives just for you to board one. We are paying heavily for suffering. Chia. I weep for this country. MAKE WE SHA VOTE FOR A BETTER LEADER. If una like vote for the same werey. We all go dey the same boat.

[Umulala-alala]

An average Nigerian is working to survive, hardly for them to achieve anything as the way the country is, our works are going from hand to month most time we couldn't pay bills unless we borrow money, its really hard on every average Nigerian now, the money we work out for wouldn't afford anything better, an average Nigerian is struggling to survive working tirelessly morning and night so they could feed and pay their children school fees, Nigerians has need a better governance, if the price of things comes down an average Nigerian can make a better life.

[Eldestyoung]

This should be a political discussion because whether we like it or not, our lives revolves around politics. We can keep quiet and brush off the discussion, but we are still going to find ourselves talking about it. Politics is a game of a country. That is how i see it. And the people playing that game are the politicians. They hold the keys to how our lives will function. And if we don't get involved, they will ruin us. As it stands now, we are just living for living sake. Make them no think say i done die. Like? Me sef done tire. My brother was reading something to me and he was like someone was tired of this no light issue because he paid for Band A and he still doesn't have light. He got dressed and matched to Nepa office only for him to see them using hand fans. What the hell? He reach to vex ooh. Just Lagos alone and it's ridiculous high transport and the suffering it gives just for you to board one. We are paying heavily for suffering. Chia. I weep for this country. MAKE WE SHA VOTE FOR A BETTER LEADER. If una like vote for the same werey. We all go dey the same boat.

Honestly, it’s difficult to separate our daily struggles from politics because the decisions made by those in power affect almost everything we do, your brother’s experience with the electricity issue is a good example, Imagine paying for Band A and still having to visit the NEPA office because there is no light

[Eldestyoung]

An average Nigerian is working to survive, hardly for them to achieve anything as the way the country is, our works are going from hand to month most time we couldn't pay bills unless we borrow money, its really hard on every average Nigerian now, the money we work out for wouldn't afford anything better, an average Nigerian is struggling to survive working tirelessly morning and night so they could feed and pay their children school fees, Nigerians has need a better governance, if the price of things comes down an average Nigerian can make a better life.

What worries me most is that people can work almost every day and still struggle to meet their basic needs, some even have to borrow money before the next salary comes. It’s painful when hard work doesn’t translate into a better standard of living

[fredericktaylor]

In Nigeria, ordinary people are working tirelessly to survive. The money they earn throughout the month is barely enough to meet their almost needs. As time goes by, the price of goods is increasing, as a result of which they have to borrow money to pay their bills at the end of the month. Most of the money they earn is cost, as a result of which they have no money left at the end of the month. Ordinary people in Nigeria are living their lives by working hard. I really don't know where this bad time will end. To end the bad situation in the country, we need to create a good governance system through which the law and order of the country will be properly managed. As a result, good times will gradually arrive in Nigeria and the ordinary people will be able to lead their lives normally again.

[Spaceman1000$]

Sometimes I sit down and wonder what the average Nigerian is really working for, Is it to build a better life and enjoy life or just to make sure there is food on the table and pay bills?

Honestly, things are becoming tiring, people wake up early, go to work, run businesses and do different side jobs just to make money but at the end of the month, after paying for food, transport, rent, electricity and other bills, there is hardly anything left. What makes it worse is that even when you try to earn extra money, the cost of living keeps going up, you plan to save but another expense comes up, you try to move forward but somehow you keep finding yourself in the same situation. Sometimes it feels like people are no longer working to enjoy life, they are just working to survive another month and honestly, life shouldn’t be this way.

I’m not trying to turn this into a political discussion, I just want to hear from people who are going through the same situation. I always hear that hard work pays but what happens when you work hard and still struggle to afford basic things?
Are we really living or are we just trying to survive?

The situation a Nigerian finds himself has a lot to do with policies and implementation of government policies. Take this administration for instance, the first thing they did was to remove fuel subsidy, that singular act brought a shocker to the Nigerian economy, automatically every aspect of the Nigerian economy skyrocketed, expenses where skyrocketed transportation and every other aspect.

Another thing the government did as policy implementation was to float the naira, allowing market forces to determine the value of the naira in the international market, according to them, formally we were paying billions of dollars to support the naira, so they now allowed market forces to decide whatever flow the market price has, this particular aspect made the exchange rate drop in value when exchanged to other currencies.  So when you find yourself in an economy that has poor and unreasonable economic policies, the citizens will always struggle to survive.

[Mayor of ogba]

An average Nigerian was doing so well and making progress gradually in life but everything changed the moment Bola Ahmed Tinubu became the president of Nigeria. Now an average Nigerian is just working to make an ends meet to pay his or her bills making progress isn't in his or her agenda because the cost of living has made it so difficult for an average Nigerian to use his or her money to start up something meaningful that will increase his or her income.

[Yeesha]

Sometimes I sit down and wonder what the average Nigerian is really working for, Is it to build a better life and enjoy life or just to make sure there is food on the table and pay bills?

Honestly, things are becoming tiring, people wake up early, go to work, run businesses and do different side jobs just to make money but at the end of the month, after paying for food, transport, rent, electricity and other bills, there is hardly anything left. What makes it worse is that even when you try to earn extra money, the cost of living keeps going up, you plan to save but another expense comes up, you try to move forward but somehow you keep finding yourself in the same situation. Sometimes it feels like people are no longer working to enjoy life, they are just working to survive another month and honestly, life shouldn’t be this way.

I’m not trying to turn this into a political discussion, I just want to hear from people who are going through the same situation. I always hear that hard work pays but what happens when you work hard and still struggle to afford basic things?
Are we really living or are we just trying to survive?

The fact is that, despite the situation of our country, we still find a way to survive without depending solely on the government. This alone is a great achievements, because if we were to depend on government for everything, I believe most of the Nigerians must have been dead by now. Either out of hunger, and anxiety, or frustration as a result of inability to fulfill their basic needs and requirements. Our hard work is never a waste, because at least at the end of the day we're able to put food on the table and also paid the necessary bills. Due to inflation whatever we earn is never enough, but we still manage to get the necessary things done.

[Princess Leah]

The fact is that, despite the situation of our country, we still find a way to survive without depending solely on the government. This alone is a great achievements, because if we were to depend on government for everything, I believe most of the Nigerians must have been dead by now. Either out of hunger, and anxiety, or frustration as a result of inability to fulfill their basic needs and requirements. Our hard work is never a waste, because at least at the end of the day we're able to put food on the table and also paid the necessary bills. Due to inflation whatever we earn is never enough, but we still manage to get the necessary things done.

Despite the hardships the government has kept the lower and some middle class citizens in, there's something you said that impressed me and it's a fact. People has always survived and would still continue to survive without the government, i know the OP said we shouldn't make this political but i have to say the only way we can try change the situation is to vote out these incompetent government.

 Nigerians are very hardworking people and would individually strive to make things better for themselves, people would complain at first but they'll still adjust and find other options for survival, thanks to social and freelancing jobs, many Nigerian youths are surviving despite the hardship.

[Sticky Bomb]

Sometimes I sit down and wonder what the average Nigerian is really working for, Is it to build a better life and enjoy life or just to make sure there is food on the table and pay bills?

I have stopped waking up to these thoughts bro, it is crazy but I think every Nigerian should take responsibility of their own destiny. If you want to enjoy life, desire it and put in the extra work needed to make it a reality. We need to get out of our comfort zones, manage our time better, learn digital skills and get more productive to get a better income dividend. The government is not coming to save us, they're only there for their selfish interests and we're left to our own fate.

It is heartbreaking that our complaints solved nothing, protests were politicized and the country is going from better to worse everyday so it is better we own up to the situation and put in more efforts that would give us financial stability at any rational cost.

[SDS11]

I’m not trying to turn this into a political discussion, I just want to hear from people who are going through the same situation. I always hear that hard work pays but what happens when you work hard and still struggle to afford basic things?
Are we really living or are we just trying to survive?

Honestly right now in this country most average Nigerians are not working to enjoy life again, we are just working till night, do side jobs but at the end of the month after food, transport, rent, nepa bill, data, nothing remains. You even try to save small then one emergency will come and wipe everything. So you start again next month from zero.

For many people, it’s just surviving because living means you work and you can still afford to enjoy, travel, save, invest and take care of ourself. But now people work hard and still struggle to afford basic things, so where is the enjoyment? It’s tiring and many of us are going through the same thing daily. We just keep hoping that with consistency things will turn around little by little.

[Promocodeudo]

The fact is that, despite the situation of our country, we still find a way to survive without depending solely on the government. This alone is a great achievements, because if we were to depend on government for everything, I believe most of the Nigerians must have been dead by now. Either out of hunger, and anxiety, or frustration as a result of inability to fulfill their basic needs and requirements. Our hard work is never a waste, because at least at the end of the day we're able to put food on the table and also paid the necessary bills. Due to inflation whatever we earn is never enough, but we still manage to get the necessary things done.

The good thing about an average Nigerian is that we are not lazy in thinking which I think is the reason why we will always survive in any situation, some of us are no even bothered about the government from day one cause we have never benefitted from anything that has to with the government.

I'm very much proud of fellow Nigerians, we are strong and smart people, we don't give a fuck about the government that's why there has not been problem in this country considering how the government has been treating the poor masses, why there's still this level of peace among the youths presently is because, we already know that the government has no plan for anybody, so we device a means to survive, if Nigeria were to be some other west African countries, there would've been serious chaos in this country cause the government has failed, perhaps our overbearing nature is the reason why we been taken for granted by the Nigeria government.