Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor of Lagos State, claimed that a Senegalese friend had informed him that costs in his nation were 15 times higher than those in Nigeria.
This was said by Hamzat on Thursday during a briefing for the media.
Hamzat’s Senegalese friend thinks Nigerians are among the least patriotic people in the world, according to Hamzat.
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He continued by saying that according to his Senegalese acquaintance, Nigerians whine far too much.
However, the deputy governor of Lagos claimed he wasn’t sure if he agreed with his friend.
Hamzat said, “I have a Senegalese friend. His father a Senegalese. His mother a Nigerian. He said — I don’t know if I agree with him —; he said, ‘My brother, it seems Nigerians are one of the least patriotic people in the world.”
“I said, ‘Why did you say that?’ He said, “Prices of things in Nigeria is about three times but in Senegal it is about 15 times, but you people keep complaining,” he added.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in June, reported that Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 22.41 per cent amid increased food prices.
In addition, a recent report by the World Bank said “high inflation between December 2022 and April 2023 is estimated to have pushed four million more Nigerians into poverty.”
