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THE TRUTH ABOUT NIGERIA’S IDPS

I've been here for 15 years plus. And the problem has made other IDPs arrive as recently as two, three weeks ago.

SOMETIMES THEY THREATEN TO LOCK ME UP

But I'm happy about the new tax reform. It's going to really help a lot of people who are in the low-income bracket.

EXCESS TAX IS A BURDEN ON US

I don’t have a problem with paying, but this is becoming unbearable. Four different people come for four different things.

I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ADJUST PRICES

These requests are usually verbal. Nobody gives you a written document for such payments. They just tell you, “Oga, settle us.”

YOU JUST PAY AND MOVE ON

Some identify themselves as local government officials, some as sanitation task force officers, while others simply say they are “in charge of the street.”

THE STRESS OF UNCERTAINTY

You are selling, attending to customers, arranging your goods, and suddenly someone appears asking for money.

LIKE THEY KEPT MONEY WITH ME

Some people come with printed papers like tickets. Some come with nothing. But both of them demand money.

GETTING A BUSINESS LOAN IS A BIG PROBLEM

When the government collects taxes from us, the question is: what do we get back?

CLOSED MY SHOP IN LESS THAN A MONTH

They were like, oh, they are giving me two days. If I don't make my payment in two days, they are going to close the place.

SURVIVING SUMMER ’25 WITH PES

MY EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN NIGERIA AND THEN CANADA

MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THREE WORDS

I ALREADY DREAM OF JAPA

CHURCH WITH NO WORDS: HOW THE DEAF WORSHIP IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

“And on that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book … Isaiah 29:18.”

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