A Nigerian lady living abroad has condemned the country’s poor electricity supply, education system, and economic conditions, saying Nigerians have become used to hardships they should not accept as normal.

In a lengthy account of her experiences, she compared everyday life abroad with her experiences in Nigeria, highlighting differences in access to electricity, educational facilities, and the cost of basic services.

She said, “You don’t realise how bad things are in Nigeria until you leave. Obviously, I knew we had it bad in Nigeria, but I didn’t realise how bad it was until I left.”

Using electricity as an example, she explained that reliable power abroad allows people to charge their phones at home, in school, and at other public facilities without worrying about outages.

She recalled attending a Nigerian school where students could not carry out practical computer lessons because there was no electricity and the computers were not working.

The lady also described how students at her current school can print assignments using a shared printer by simply tapping their ID cards, without paying.

She contrasted this with the high printing costs she faced in Nigeria, where businesses often charged extra to cover generator fuel expenses.

The lady further recounted losing two years of her university education due to strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

She also questioned why Nigerians were praising President Bola Tinubu’s administration over student loans, arguing that economic hardship had made school fees difficult for many families to afford.

She said, “They’ve made you so poor that you cannot afford school fees, and then they give you a loan to pay for school fees that are not expensive to begin with, and we are praising that person?”

Her remarks have sparked wider conversations about electricity, educational opportunities, living standards, and political accountability in Nigeria.