BBNaija celebrity, Doyin David, has admitted to being disconnected from the daily cost of living in Nigeria and confessed that she depends on others for tasks like shopping. Speaking on media personality Olufemi Daniel’s podcast, Doyin disclosed that she is not familiar with the prices of goods in Nigeria. Despite not personally going to the market, she expressed sympathy for Nigerians facing economic challenges. She shared a poignant experience of visiting the market and being deeply moved to tears by the hardships faced by ordinary Nigerians.
Doyin on why she doesn’t know the prices of anything in Nigeria
“I am the most detached Nigerian you can ever meet. I don’t even know what is happening. I don’t know the price of anything. I don’t go to the market. I send my chef, and they don’t tell me what the price is.”
“I hear there’s hardship in the country, and I sympathise with Nigerians. I’m sure that it’s tough. I know because wigs are more expensive. Makeup, nails, cars, houses—everything is more expensive. Those things I know. But I’m not really into tomatoes. I’m sure food is expensive.”
Speaking of hardship in Nigeria
“It’s sad because people are suffering. I also went to the market one time in Ogba, and I cried that day because I saw how people were suffering. People were reacting to N50,000 like it was N5 million. That shows how badly people are suffering,”
“It’s very sad. We hope that we’ll have a country one day where the average Nigerian can at least feed. That should be the basics. But we are not there yet. I hope we get there one day. I don’t want to talk about politics because I don’t really know much about politics.”
“I just think Nigeria is a shithole with this kind of leadership. The issue is that the people that are obligated to care about us don’t care about us. I don’t know that there would be a solution anytime soon. So I tell people ‘Do your best to fend for yourself and family and if you have the opportunity to relocate abroad, do,’”