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“Petrol is more expensive in the UK!”

My reply to Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo

Yes, if you simply convert the price to naira, UK petrol is currently around ₦3,000 per litre, while petrol in Nigeria is around ₦1,400–₦1,450.

But is that the right comparison?

Let's compare petrol with the minimum wage.

UK Minimum wage: £12.71 per hour
40 hours per week = about £2,203 per month
Petrol: about £1.72 per litre

That means one litre of petrol costs only about 0.08% of a UK minimum-wage worker's monthly earnings.

Nigeria Minimum wage: ₦70,000 per month
Petrol: about ₦1,430 per litre

One litre of petrol therefore costs about 2.04% of the Nigerian minimum wage.

Put another way:

A litre of petrol consumes roughly 26 times more of the minimum wage in Nigeria than in the UK.

And look at a 50-litre tank:

UK: about £86 — roughly 4% of monthly minimum wage.

Nigeria: about ₦71,500 — more than 100% of the ₦70,000 minimum wage.

So when comparing fuel prices between countries, simply saying “fuel is ₦3,000 in Britain and ₦1,400 in Nigeria” doesn't tell the whole story.

The real question is: how much of the average worker's income does that litre of petrol consume?

By that measure, petrol places a far heavier burden on a Nigerian minimum-wage earner.

Numbers matter. Context matters even more.

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“I came to a wedding and saw this young couple getting married. When I saw them, I decided to bless them with a house, with no conditions attached.

I didn’t give Peller the house because I wanted him to promote my son’s music. I gifted him the house from my heart.

As I speak to you, the house is still under construction, and I’m doing everything possible to hand the house over to them.

I saw a lot of bloggers saying all sorts of things about the house. Have you ever seen anybody gift someone a house without any commitment? No! It has never happened before.

Peller is promoting my son willingly, from his heart. Because of that, I will also willingly furnish the house for him with any furniture of his choice.”

— King Ochacho speaks after bloggers, including Carter Efe and Ghe Ghe, m0cked the house he gifted Peller for not having a roof yet.

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