"It's Cheap": Nigerian-American Living in Nigeria Shows How Much She Spent in One Day, Many React
- A Nigerian-American lady has sparked a debate on social media after giving out a breakdown of her expenditure in one day
- The lady, who now resides in Nigeria, started off her expenditure breakdown by putting her cleaner's bill at $5 (N7,675)
- Her total expenses for a day were met with mixed reactions, as many people refused to believe it was so cheap
A Nigerian-American, @m2toofly, who now lives in Nigeria, has gone public with how much she spent in a day.
In a TikTok post, she started by stating that her cleaner gets paid $5 (N7,675) for a day.
Source: TikTok
Next, she showed when she bought a drink, which cost $1 (N1,535).
She also bought a doughnut for $0.60 (N921) and visited the Lekki Conservation Centre for $2 (N3,070), and finally, her last expense was a pina colada for $2 (N3,070).
This brought her total expenses to $11 (N16,888). Some netizens argued that her total expenses looked cheap because she did her calculation in naira. The lady's post went viral on TikTok.
Source: TikTok
Watch her video below:
Netizens divided over Nigerian-American's spending
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the Nigerian-American's spending below:
Sensei Uche said:
"Nigeria is not cheap for Nigerians. if you earn in USD or BP, you're good. Also note that having money doesn't completely isolate you from the madness here 😂 but it makes things easier. welcome to Naija."
benji_jr88 said:
"It’s cheap because we going there with $$ but for locals that don’t have $$ trust me that’s not cheap at all."
jalynn mcnair said:
“Nigeria is not cheap” we are in America. We have American money. So yea FOR US which the poster is also AMERICAN it’s cheap if we go over there with AMERICAN money. Nobody is talking about Nigerian ppl that don’t earn American money."
Vivi_yann said:
"How much is your rent though? That’s where the money is at. Food is always affordable."
AketiaOnile said:
"Bless the maid with more money if she does a great job beautiful."
Who’sthat👸 said:
"It works for us because we go with American currency…if we lived & worked there we wouldn’t be doing any of that."
Idara said:
"For everyone saying the want to move there, you need to be earning usd for it to feel cheap."
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a lady who moved back to Nigeria after relocating abroad had opened up about the business she now does.
Lady who relocates to Nigeria from Finland
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a lady had packed her bags and relocated to Nigeria after one year in Finland.
On her decision to leave Finland, she explained that it was really difficult living far away from family and friends, as she was lonely and cried every day.
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She said she missed seeing familiar faces in Nigeria and food that reminded her of her childhood. The Nigerian lady added that she missed Nigeria's weather, meals and communal living.
Source: Legit.ng
