What do you mean when you say you will make life affordable again?
For me, affordability means cheaper transportation, lower pressure on food prices, and more manageable energy costs. It means your purchasing power is stronger, so your income can once again meet the necessities of everyday life. That is the measure I hold the economy to: not bigger figures, but whether life is actually easier for you.
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Bigger figures do not mean bigger value. When supposedly record allocations coexist with weaker purchasing power, enormous debts and outstanding obligations, government cannot simply shout ‘FAAC’ and expect Nigerians to stop asking questions.”
Atiku said the entire argument ultimately comes down to affordability and the quality of life of ordinary Nigerians. “This is the contrast at the heart of the economic debate: Tinubu made life expensive; Atiku will make life affordable again. Affordability must mean cheaper transportation, lower pressure on food prices, more manageable energy costs, stronger purchasing power and an economy in which the income of ordinary Nigerians can once again meet the necessities of everyday life. “The test is brutally simple: what is the money worth? What has it delivered? What obligations has it settled? And are Nigerians actually better off?