To the middle class:Before, you were comfortable.
Now you are just managing.
Salary earners, professionals, small-business owners, civil servants, landlords with one flat. You did everything right. Twelve years of APC quietly moved you down a class.
Create additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners in our first year in government.
The housing programme had finished about 2,000 units by 2021. Cement went from ₦1,750 to ₦12,000 a bag.
Your balance sheet
Your savings lost 85% of their dollar value. The stock market went up nine times in naira, but only 24% in dollars. Most of the “rally” is the naira falling, not your wealth growing.
Your doctor left. Your children’s school fees went up. Your staff asked for raises you could not give. Your friends japa’d, and you are thinking about it.
In 2015, ₦1 million a year was about $5,090. Today it is about $750. The middle class did not disappear. It was pushed down.
They promised 2 million new home owners in their first year. Cement went from ₦1,750 to ₦12,000 a bag.
You decide the margin
The middle class talks, argues on Twitter, and then too often stays home on election day. In 2023 only 26.7% of registered voters turned out.
Your staff, your drivers, your church group and your estate WhatsApp listen to you. If you bring 20 voters, you move more than 20 votes.
The middle class tweets. This time, the middle class votes. 16 January 2027.
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₦1 million a year was $5,090 in 2015. Today it is about $750.
The middle class did not disappear. It was pushed down.
Your savings lost 85% of their value. You did nothing wrong. The government did.
Lagos to Abuja flight: ₦23,715 in 2016. ₦150,000 in 2024.
Band A light at ₦209.50 a unit, and we still run generators.
They promised to lower interest rates. They raised them to 27.5%.
The stock market rose 9 times in naira. Only 24% in dollars. The rally is the naira falling.
Before, we were comfortable. Now we are just managing.
The middle class argues on Twitter and stays home on election day. Not in 2027.
Your staff, your estate and your church listen to you. Bring 20 voters.
