- A Nigerian man expresses frustration over economic hardship on social media after Redeemer’s University Vice Chancellor urges parents to improve child feeding.
- @Adheydayor, a Twitter user, shared a statement from the VC during a virtual meeting with parents and guardians, stating that many students are experiencing hunger on campus.
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to voice his deep frustration over the harsh economic conditions in the country, following a concerning remark from the Vice Chancellor of Redeemer’s University about students not getting enough to eat.
The man, identified by his handle @Adheydayor on X (formerly Twitter), recounted a virtual meeting held between the university’s Vice Chancellor and parents or guardians, during which the VC reportedly stated that many students were struggling with hunger on campus.
“Bruh, Nigeria is so bad that you should cry,” he wrote in a now-viral post.
“My sister is in Redeemer’s University. The VC hosted a call with parents/guardians and told them that their kids are hungry, they don’t feed well. Do you understand how bad it must be for a VC to bring this up as an issue?”
He explained that the situation left him deeply saddened, especially as parents on the call also expressed their frustrations over the rising cost of food and general living expenses.
“I am not joking. I was so sad after the call. The parents on the call kept complaining about how the economy is bad and campus food is too expensive,” he said.
He further questioned how students are supposed to cope if even expensive campus meals are no longer sufficient.
“Were they not feeding well on the expensive campus food before? The parents are helpless too,” he lamented.
The post sparked widespread reactions, with many Nigerians sharing their own stories of economic hardship and expressing concern over how inflation is affecting students’ welfare across the country.
Reacting to the post…
@Onsogbu: “So gov’t willl feed them in a private university abi?”
@Ybnl_comedian: “Person go dey go redeemers university go still dey pay for food lol so what’s the benefit of the title and offering they all get?”
@ONyerho: “RUN is not serious. How will they feed well when they don’t allow them to cook. Only God knows how much food is now, as at 8/9 years ago, the prices of food there was ridiculous.”
@okekecc: “A neighbor has stopped buying water of any kind and installed a filter to a tap in the house, that’s the source of drinking water at the moment. She has a daughter studying in the UK, one at Nile university in Abuja and one who just left secondary school.”
@dmayornoni: “People don’t understand that parents are coming out of retirement to be able to survive. They are literally looking for consulting jobs to take care of themselves and their kids, the pension is not helping anymore.”
@KenKings317800: “Yorubas are the only people defending this demonic government. Let it be documented in our history. Yoruba never stood for any good governance since the history of our nation.”
@ComedyClinix: “The lowest tuition fee is 587k for someone doing CRS. A parent that can send their children there should be able to feed their children well.”
@Iwillbecandid: “Private university o, not government. Let all of us continue playing dump, by the time Tinubu is done with us, maybe by den we would have, decided what we want to use the particles remaining to do.”
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