Ṣé owó oṣù rẹ ti pọ̀ sí i ní tòótọ́ nígbà tí àwọn nọ́mbà náírà bá ń ga sí i?
Mo ti sọ pé ìhín ni ẹ̀tàn yìí ti ń hàn kedere jùlọ nínú ìrírí ojoojúmọ́ ti òṣìṣẹ́ ará Nàìjíríà. Owó oṣù lè ti pọ̀ sí i ní ọ̀rọ̀ náírà, ṣùgbọ́n iye gidi rẹ̀ àti agbára rẹ̀ láti ra ọjà ti bàjẹ́. O kò lè fọ́ owó orílẹ̀-èdè náni, kí o jẹ́ kí afikún owó jẹ agbára ríra jẹ, kí o sì tún máa gbé àwọn nọ́mbà náírà tó tóbi sí i yọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀rí ọrọ̀ tí ó pọ̀ sí i.
Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.
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In 2019, FAAC distribution was approximately ₦7.85 trillion, worth about $25.6 billion at the prevailing exchange rate. By 2025, FAAC had risen on paper to approximately ₦21.9 trillion, yet its dollar value had fallen to roughly $14.6 billion. So while government parades almost three times as many naira, the underlying dollar value is more than 40 per cent lower. “That is not an economic miracle. That is money illusion. You cannot batter the currency, allow inflation to ravage purchasing power and then wave bigger naira figures before Nigerians as evidence that the country has become richer. Bigger numbers do not cancel smaller value.”
Atiku said the deception becomes even clearer when translated into the everyday experience of the Nigerian worker, where salaries may have increased nominally while their real value and purchasing power have deteriorated.