The prices of nearly everything have skyrocketed in recent years, from regular staple food to the rising cost of entertainment.
The populace continue to bemoan the unprecedented times. But it might be the very people who contribute to their own plight.
At what point do we come together as a society to recognise the harrowing impacts of our classist attitudes fueled by ignorance, inferiority complex, and globalisation on the present inflation rate?
Maybe it will be difficult to come to terms with such a reality because it might require us to confront our own demons. And we are just not ready yet.
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Still we persist, falling victims to the traps enabled by our willful inattention. It’s right there staring at us.
That’s because you people love classism a little too much. I can package basic crepe material from Balogun market and sell it as dress “Ashake” for 120k https://t.co/ifyJiB2IFD
— ADA (@Ucheyyy2) March 20, 2025
Our movies imply it; musicians harp on it in their lyrics; the privileged tech professionals feed into the narrative. It’s almost as though we need a garment of self-importance to cover the shame we carry deep within us.
It’s a shame so deep-rooted that we cannot imagine existing any other way without it. We must prove our own worth through the prices of items we buy.
Yet we moan ‘everything is so expensive’ at every turn, failing to recognise the role we also play in it all.
If you want set up ur house (standard level)
Sitting room :
Tv – 500k plus
Tv console : 300k plus
Speaker – 250k plus
Rug – 50k plus
Chair : 400k plus
Center table – 70k plus
Rechargeable fan – 80k plus
Ac – 400k plus
Curtain – 200k plus
Total – 2,250,0000
Nah just… https://t.co/2wJXPItdBd
— M.K.O ♠️ (@MkoTheComedian) March 20, 2025
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At the very least, we can become aware of our (sometimes unconscious) participation in the ridiculously over-inflated prices of items, services and products that should ordinarily be affordable.
Them fit slap am one indigenous name for effect.
The ‘Kẹnimani’ chair
The ‘Olojukokoro’ bag
The ‘Igi imu jina sori’ cap https://t.co/3yw1LtE5kF
— Ayo of Ibadan (@theayoadams) March 19, 2025
Again, it needs to be said that the problem isn’t always ‘the government’. Sometimes, the people should also take accountability for their (in)actions.
While it won’t be easy to look inwards and accept our own shortcomings and complicity, it would get to a point where we might need to accept the uncomfortable truth whether or not we like it.
It could just be the crucial liberation we need from the self-imposed shackle we may have un(knowingly) entangled ourseves in.
Unless we state the stinging obvious and set delusion ablaze, it may remain, sadly, one long tiresome road that really leads to nowhere.
This classism around Opay reminds me of the time a media personality said, if you call her on WhatsApp and not mobile call, you’re broke.
Products that provide essential services are just that, ESSENTIAL.
Everything equalises in the end.
— Fatu (@fatuogwuche) March 26, 2025
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