Chimamanda Adichie, the award-winning author, says the level of suffering in Nigeria has deepened to a point where “middle-class citizens are now struggling to survive”.
Speaking in a recent interview on Channels Television, Chimamanda lamented the “harsh economic realities” that have pushed many Nigerians into “hardship, hunger, and desperation”.
The author disclosed that food has become very expensive, adding that the “biggest political judgment one can make is about the lives of ordinary people”.
“Life has become so hard in Nigeria, and I can see it. For example, people who were formerly kind of securely middle class, not that life was rosy for them, but they got by, are now people who beg and are in need,” Chimamanda said.
“That worries me greatly. The level of suffering and how expensive food has become. I think the biggest political judgment one can make is about the lives of ordinary people.
“People talk about the stock market. Personally, I don’t really care about those sorts of things. What I care about is: that person earning minimum wage, how is that person getting on in this economy? It’s the suffering that worries me the most. And it’s terrible.
“It’s not to excuse crime, but I think when life gets very hard, even people who before would not have considered certain things suddenly are willing to, and that’s dangerous to society.”
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