BBC OS Conversations: The cost of living crisis in Nigeria

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Nigeria is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation. Over the past year the price of the staple food, rice, has more than doubled and a litre of petrol now costs more than three times what it did. Host Kupra Padhy hears what this means for people trying to make a living, feed their family or run a business. We bring together two women who run food businesses in the country. Onimba, a chef in Port Harcourt, tells us how on a recent visit to the market the price of a bag of sugar had doubled overnight. Plus, three health workers tell us how rising prices are not only having a direct effect on their families, but also their patients.

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0:00.0	Hi Namalanta Combo here with some very exciting news.
0:04.0	Dear Daughter is back for a new series.
0:07.0	I'm putting together a handbook to life for daughters everywhere
0:10.0	full of stories and advice to help navigate life.
0:13.0	That's Dear Daughter from the BBC World Service.
0:16.0	Find it wherever you get your BBC podcast.
0:20.0	Hello, I'm Groupapardi.
0:22.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:26.0	In BBC OS Conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences,
0:31.0	and this time, it's conversations on the cost of living crisis in Nigeria.
0:37.0	Prices in Nigeria are increasing at their fastest rate for nearly 30 years.
0:41.6	A chef and a baker share their experiences of the rising
0:44.6	costs of food and fuel. We also bring together three health workers concerned
0:48.6	that health care is becoming unaffordable and we discuss the pressures on young people.
0:53.6	Sometimes you aren't able to reach your highest potential because of this financial
0:58.4	struggle. It's honestly unfair on an African child to be having to deal with that as well as trying to be the best
1:06.5	vision of themselves and to survive in life.
1:11.3	You may have seen pictures and the videos of the process that have been held across Nigeria
1:16.4	as the country experiences its worst economic crisis in a generation.
1:20.8	Over the past year, the price of the staple food rice generation. Inflation, which is how much more expensive goods are becoming, is running at some 35%
1:36.1	and the currency the Naira has plunged in value against the dollar, pushing up the price of imported
1:41.5	food and goods.
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