Think back to 2014. If you were a 13-year-old kid then, you probably remember your older brothers or cousins graduating from university with big dreams. Back then, Nigeria was the talk of the world - Top 3 fastest growing economy. Our "National Cake", the GDP, was huge. If you shared that cake equally among every Nigerian, your personal slice (GDP per capita) was worth about $3,200.
Fast forward to 2026. You are now 25 years old. You’ve finished school, you’re looking for a job, and you’re wondering why life feels like a constant wrestling match. Here is the painful truth: The APC government has stolen your slice of the cake.
Under the combined leadership of Muhammadu Buhari and now Bola Tinubu, your slice has shrunk from that $3,200 down to a miserable $835.
To put it in "market terms": Imagine a mother who used to buy a giant loaf of family-sized bread for her children in 2014. Today, under Tinubu, that same mother is coming home with a small "slice" of bread, yet she spent five times more money to get it. The bread didn't just get expensive; the bread itself got smaller.
What makes this even more insulting is who we are being compared to now. Because of the APC’s "Yahoo-Yahoo" economics, Nigeria’s wealth-per-person has dropped below $1,000. For the first time in history, we are now neck-and-neck with Somalia.
Think about that. Somalia has been fighting a civil war for over 30 years. They have had bombs going off and no stable government for decades. Nigeria hasn't had a world war, yet Buhari and Tinubu have managed to make you just as poor as someone living in a literal war zone. While they fly around in new presidential jets and spend billions on renovated mansions, you are being told to "endure" a life where your hard work is worth four times less than it was ten years ago.
In 2014, a 25-year-old was living in an economy that was growing and full of "single-digit" hope. In 2026, the APC has "changed" your life into a survival movie. They didn’t just mismanage the country; they devalued your very existence. They took the "Giant of Africa" and turned it into a "Scavenger of Africa."
The next time you see a ₦1,000 note and realize it can’t even buy a proper meal, remember the names: Buhari and Tinubu. They didn't just break the economy; they broke the future of every young Nigerian who was 13 when this nightmare started.