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Gina Hinojosa says she'll declare a cost of living emergency on day one and freeze electricity rates

This is an example of natural water filtration. Most of the drinkable water our ancestors consumed in our villages passed through this type of filtration.

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"Let me begin with a plain description of where we are, because Nigerians are living with two economies at the same time. The first is the economy of the national accounts. Our external reserves, the country’s savings in foreign currency, have risen from about US$33 billion in May 2023 to about US$55 billion at the end of October 2026. Inflation has slowed to 14.63%. The economy grew by 4.43% in the second quarter, and tax collections more than doubled between 2023 and 2025. Refining and fertiliser exports are also growing. These are real achievements that came from difficult decisions. The second is the economy of the kitchen table, the economy of the trader, the teacher, the pensioner, the artisan and the small business owner. Here the picture is harder. When inflation slows, prices are still rising, only more slowly. A kilogram of local rice cost about N757 in September 2023 and about N1,862 in November 2025, according to NBS. The new minimum wage of N70,000 buys about 51 litres of petrol at a recent Lagos pump price, while the old N30,000 wage bought about 126 litres in May 2023 at the national average price. The comparison uses two different price bases, but every household recognises the pressure it describes. The World Bank estimates that 63% of Nigerians were poor in 2025. Between these two economies sits a transmission gap, and I see four leaks in the pipe. 1. The government’s improved revenue goes first to interest and recurrent costs, leaving little for investment. 2. Factories pay too much for power and credit to produce cheaply. 3. Food leaves the farm at one price and reaches the market at a much higher one because of insecurity, poor storage and transport costs. 4. Wages are reviewed only every few years while prices move every month. The manifesto addresses each of these leaks. It promises more power and metering for industry, conditional support for manufacturers, storage and secured farm corridors for food, a larger social register, wider health insurance, and a quarterly cost-of-living basket within the first 100 days. That is the right map. What it still needs is costing, dates for 2027 and 2028, and clear targets for real wages, food prices, and poverty. Most of its dated targets fall in 2030 and 2031, while households will judge the next government by what happens to their incomes in the next two years. My assessment is constructive, as Nigeria has recorded meaningful macroeconomic and selected productive gains. Spreading those gains across enterprises, employment and household incomes is the task of the next four years." READ MORE>>> proshare.co/articles/from-st… via @proshare The Manifesto: proshare.co/articles/apc-man…

“Mummy, help your son. Mummy, help us. Our mummy, please.” -Akwa Ibom youths shout as they beg for money from Senator Godswill Akpabio’s 28-year-old daughter, Miss Iniabasi Akpabio.😭 This is what Nigerian youths have become. So heartbreaking!💔✍️

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"Before I assumed office, Anambra had over 1,000 active gully erosion sites. We cannot solve this alone — we need collaboration. And despite giving him just 5,000 votes in 2023, President Tinubu has shown us love Imagine what more we could achieve with stronger support in 2027?”

One of the biggest obstacles to the development of Nigeria's electricity sector is government price control. When price ceilings for consumers are set below the levels required to attract investment, investment tends to decline unless a third party bridges the gap. This is not an issue of morality or affordability. It is simply how markets work. If consumers do not pay the economically sustainable cost of electricity, including the costs associated with inefficiencies in production and distribution, someone else must foot the bill. That responsibility falls on the government if it chooses to keep prices artificially low. Owners of capital across all sectors invest to earn returns, not to provide social subsidies. Investors may tolerate short-term losses or accept lower returns, but they will not indefinitely commit capital to businesses suffering persistent losses, regardless of how socially valuable their products or services may be. If the government wants consumers to pay less than the prices required to sustain electricity supply and attract investment in electricity infrastructure and gas feedstock, it must finance the difference. It cannot transfer that social policy obligation to private investors and expect investment to flourish. Here’s another way to look at Nigeria's power sector. If government removed restrictions that prevent cost-reflective pricing, allowed investors to earn market-determined returns, and focused on enforcing safety, competition and service-quality standards, the industry would likely attract more private investment. This could mean higher electricity prices and reduced affordability for some consumers in the short term. But keeping prices artificially low also has costs, such as inadequate investment, unreliable supply and persistent electricity shortages. The choice is between an electricity market that attracts investment and expands supply, or one that keeps prices artificially low at the expense of investment and reliable electricity.

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