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  • How do people that earn 30k cope – Comedian Yaw laments over high cost of food prices

    How do people that earn 30k cope – Comedian Yaw laments over high cost of food prices

    Popular stand-up comedian and on-air personality, Steve Onu popularly known as Yaw has taken to social media to express concern over the high cost of living in the country.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Yaw via his verified Instagram on Wednesday night lamented the cost of food prices after buying a tuber of yam for over five thousand in the market.

    The media personality further quizzed on how people with low source of income are coping in these times, after which queried the lawmakers for changing the National anthem to old anthem yet unable to do same for the rising cost of food prices in the market

    “How do people that earn 30k cope?‘’ he asked..

    Continuing, he said, “Fellow Nigerians where i go fit see food cheaper, because see one paint of garri way i buy four thousand naira. See plantian way i buy 6000k,meanwhile, food way i dey buy 7/8k now na 19k, i bin wan buy tuber of yam, they todld me 5k, see the cucumber i bought, 400h for one.

    “Abeg before you find me come, make sure you eat in your house before coming, i dont have food. Chop before you come my house. no more coming here to et. now they said they want to change the national anthem, cant they carry the food prices to go back to the old prices? Na national anthem dey them important to change. Nigeria we hail thee.”

  • Juliet Ibrahim laments high cost of living in Ghana, says she spends N72,000 to fuel her car weekly

    Juliet Ibrahim laments high cost of living in Ghana, says she spends N72,000 to fuel her car weekly

    Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, has lamented the high inflation rate and cost of living in Ghana, saying she has been spending so much to fuel her car on a weekly basis.

    The beautiful actress made this known via a post on her verified Twitter page where she described Ghana as the most expensivewest Africa  country to live in at the moment.

    Her post reads “Ghana most expensive West African country right now.”

    She stated that the amount she spent weekly on fuel was more expensive than what will be spent in the United States or Nigeria.

    She tweeted, “Ghana is officially the most expensive West African country right now! No joke! Someone driving a car of 3.0 / 3.5 fills their fuel tank to use within 5-7 days with fuel worth 1300/1400 cedis.

    “Currently, $100 = 1,400 cedis. Even in the USA, to fuel the same type of car can and will NEVER cost that much! Yet we are all going through the same economic crisis.

    “$100 = 1400 cedis; 1400 cedis = 72,000 Naira. Is there any Nigerian on my timeline that spends 72,000 Naira to fuel his car and use it for a period of five to seven days?

    Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer and singer of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards for her role in 4 Play.

    She has been referred to as the “Most Beautiful West African Woman” according to A-listers Magazine

  • Hundreds of Moroccans protest against high cost of living

    Hundreds of Moroccans protest against high cost of living

    Hundreds of Moroccans on Sunday stormed the streets of Rabat  to protest against the high cost of living in the North African country.

    The protest was organized by the country’s main trade union, the UNTM, which is close to the Justice and Development Party on Sunday in Rabat the state capital.

    The rally, outside parliament and witnessed by AFP journalists, came after several protests already this week in Rabat and other Moroccan cities.

    The PJD was routed in legislative elections in September 2021, when the liberal RNI party — led by Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch — performed well.

    “Prices are rising and the government is asleep!” protesters chanted, before dispersing peacefully after about 90 minutes.

    Consumer price inflation was 8.3 percent year-on-year in September, due in large part to surging food prices, which were up 14.7 percent.

    Fuel prices have also risen sharply, making Akhannouch a particular target of ire, given that he is a billionaire local oil distribution baron.