…and invest the money from them in stocks, bonds, shares, cooperative schemes, etc. if we are serious about a post-Covid-19 economic revival
10 Wasteful Habits Nigerians Need To Abandon In 2021:
- Paying 10% of their earnings as tithes and zakat. All you are senselessly doing is breeding a clique of millionaire clergymen
- Spraying money at owambes. It is actually very inflationary
- Bankrolling the tourist industries of Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican by going on needless religious pilgrimages
- Owning more than two cars per household
- Having a traditional monarch in virtually every town and village
- Consuming luxury goods we do not consume like Gucci and Lui Vitton fashion products
- Owning private jets. It should shame all such people that Nigeria has no national carrier. This is pushing selfishness beyond acceptable bounds
- Acquiring all these endless titles with the accompanying pageantry that goes along with them. We are no longer in the feudal 18th century. In 2021, over 90% of the human race are content to be just Mr or Ms
- The constant use of skin bleaching products. If anything, that should be made a criminal offence at least on a par with cocaine or arms trafficking
- Importing all these Brazilian and Mexican hair. We have to get into the habit of only consuming what we produce
Written by:
Ayo Akinfe, born in Salford, Manchester, is a London-based journalist who has worked as a magazine and newspaper editor for the last 20 years. Ayo attended Federal Government College Kaduna and obtained his first degree in history from the University of Ibadan.