of the treasure map for modern globetrotters describe it as some of us wriggled, bragging sites on youtube and also into the space as the of the news africa coming up on a program africa's largest economy. nigeria is facing its whereas the comics crisis in a generation. the thousands take to the streets across the country at the inflation skyrockets. the cost of living has become unbearable as many nights and struggles to make ends meet. 301 and some are trying to address the hardship to laughter. nigeria and committee and basketball brings the shop tongue came on to you. pretty special for 4 months.

karen bell in class, the escalating fights and eastern dmc sports and people from their homes in the mid roll rich region. as un forces of styles withdrawing. we look at whether new tops come bring peace. the i am eddie micah julia and you are welcome to the program. nigeria is africa's largest economy and it's the most populous country. and my geri ends are suffering the worst economic crisis in a generation widespread. how ship is triggering and tough economic medicine prescribed by precedent. black tindle, he only took off his last me and among his fast that's where the scrubbing of the popular bath, expensive fuel subsidy, and allowing the chiron see the myra to float about it promptly. sunk hits and on

all time, low against the us dollar. oh, that's translating into high cost of living for ordinary citizens. headline inflation had 30 percent in january as the highest in nearly 3 decades for the inflation is even worse. but the minimum wage hasn't changed for the last 5 years. the economic pain is triggering days of protests and nationwide strikes by government employees. and i union members. people across my day as largest city still to the streets, demanding the politicians change cost to reduce the suffering. most people in nigeria come to open markets like this one to buy food and other are essential for their daily lives. this is one place where you can easily see the economics crush. who wants to go this 5009 route, which is the privilege of about 3 us so that would have been enough to prepare if

parts of 90 rounds to you for my so many of 32, it's for a whole week. now i would have been able to get this much tomatoes prep her on the, on. i need one kilo of she can. but today, the same $5000.00 arrow con only gets me this much on about half kilo of chicken, which would be a know for just 2 days a foot where people was feel free. no, good morning. very well monday. i'll watch those who got the what is happening now is too hard. if i could speak directly to the president, i would have back him to have mercy on us. things are too hard. wood on the valid box. when i do, the government calls that i will will to do for that it's not only for the stuff

that has become very expensive, the costs of all die. so shelves have also shuttled this role of tissues used to cost $400.00 an hour. now it's $700.00 on this, on the 3 pods. we may use this every month used to cost $250.00 narrow. now it's $750.00. this price hike is particularly effective and middle class was suddenly found themselves poor. things like clothes and shoes have become a luxury acacia or luckily is a freshman design whose company has been. he's hard for the cost of the to allow for important materials. he says people often kinds of force. he's ready to wear boots anymore. and today he's struggling to stay afloat. almost everybody here. almost be this one of import. oh yeah. so either way, what did or did, what did he die or do you understand me by phone?

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there's early to get $69.00. jerry asked, feeling you call them was one of the main promises made by reset. the less said president, while i met, but less than one year after he's taking office. things a point in the opposite direction. from on this, let's bring in profit, cool people. he's a policy analyst and social interpret that based in a boot. jot nigeria. hello, patrick, welcome to the program. the cost of living and nigeria is unbearable for many inflation is the highest in decades out of africa as loud as the economy. get to this very low point as well. several challenges. i mean, obviously son does goodness by globally on inflation, but as inflation dropped off across the globe, it did not drop off in nigeria. and that's the reasons for that. one is just the money supply into the economy. you know, in the last year we had about the 76 percent spike and money supplied. and this is

like real money. you know, it's what we call ways and means, you know, the way to the central bank printing money to support the government in running its program. so lots of money. and since if you are goods and that's what price would be inflation. wow, yeah. the money in charge president would like to move from east to address economic challenges after winning elections. why is his economic policy not making people's lives better? i think he's thought i'd touch in on the key issues. i mean, he's touched on this a customer on spies to, to the paul big challenge here would be, how do you design the program to ensure that it's the right people who get, you know, he's trying to deal with the issues around fx, a foreign exchange. you know, so again, the baton, it just how do you police that? how do you guys so that it was but hearing 30 said they really deep bull and the,

you know, it's going to be a bit of a challenge to log those goals. but i think he's already started on the, on the right foot. i mean, is probably easy for you to say you in a suit and tie, you know, maybe not facing estimated challenges as the or 90 night day. and you know, because the cost of living as the saying is, is very high and policing is on record levels the night arise, losing its value more people are using the us dollar due to its stability box. isn't that the recipe for disaster as it is because the us dollars shouldn't be a sofa? right. what has happened is us as my dear and make money in myra, the rest of the market, black markets and the by dollars. so that's put a lot of pressure on the dollar, big quantum of dollars. we knew that in the past trade internationally is you don't have to click that now because you know, people are storing the dollar and on the page on the pillows, etc. now, how to deal with that is to bring back the level confidence and they kind of,

you know, and when people trust that he's coming up with the right policies and programs, then they would trust that they're coming to be robust and the dollar will cease to be as thorough finally, but you don't want to exchange that fees that he's doing. that's right. yes. is it gonna, is gonna be under the nice success i dialed it and i think it's for him to communicate with major and that it's going to take you to a time, for instance, big, big challenge. i have a needs for these based on right. um the foot price of spike. uh what happens. it's the insecurity in the country. farmers couldn't go to the farms, you know, so we don't have food. what's it going to do to that to solve that is to solve the security problems and also to drive some print runs. that enables the commercial banks to fund the real sector or a quarter to the central bank to continue with its development programs. okay. i mean, if i can, i agree with you on anything is a fact that people don't feel that he's doing enough to address the, the current issues because people are hospitalized and you know, to put it in

a very typical and i there in time for people to understand, we're already seeing people protesting against the high cost of living. what impacts cool the ailing economy have on political stability in the country or wherever the living and precarious things. um, anyone who is full of nigeria from over at daycare. the good news that we've got finally comes to be delivered by the country, you know, used to be in the most easy book around now it spread across the country that is most pits in madrid. i sped violent call. now can we add the honda riots that we're beginning to see in states across nigeria with the real challenge that we have with the and security? that's a recipe for disaster. now the big telling the government has is to review and confidence. you know, there's a massive trust deficits. there are some people who do smoke smoking, the fact that they lost the election to name up. but i think the government has all

the tools to rebuild confidence to explain to and i do as i continued to explain. and i do, and you know what, it's going to address the problems. right. um, how optimistic are you that sooner than later, things will turn around. we've been here. ok, so we've kind of been here before. uh, in 1999 we went and see me last situations. and what happened was we had a government that continues to come to communicate with the people and build trust . i believe that if this government is given the opportunity to assess without, if they're able to come up with policies that seem to people who have knowledge of what it's rigorous and evidence based, it will when they come through this on the days you missteps already. but i think it's all part of setting it into the office. yeah. i expect that those new steps would that was the less of them. and i also think that would see more confidence in the building with the people. okay. i guess only time well tell pantries or

people policy analyst and social interpret now. thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you very much. you know, nigeria, economic goals may be national tragedy, but some people can still see the humorous side of things. one of them is my dear and stand up comedy style basket mounts. he's just been hearing breland on hazy will be until during the crowd with his social political commentary on a range of topics, including this country's ongoing crisis. in that countries stuff. you know that the sale a 300 and that i for one big oh you know a 300 a small egg. the the team lead that in the hospital. was it? yes, i don't enough time. scuffles bring it out. then this is 300.

how do these get these by you can be forgiven. if you think this is lagos nigeria as commercial, a copy to it is billings popular and cinema. so i'm 7500 kilometers away. when i drew and stand up, comedian baskets mount best, named bryce of which i is on the 5th. so of you have been told i'm going to travel for christmas christmas event because you guys are happy having to get advantage of done night full night right now. right now, is it a why you always want each $1800.00? yes. 19 now, and he's always hungry basket smiles has been a stand up comedian for 25 years. he's a style in the african committee scene where he's able to live field halls while often talking about difficult subjects in a digestible way. there's

a lot of people out there, they've got a lot of people out the big 90 my own country that can be heard. so they have to the pain, but they can speak up because they don't have the platform or the medium to do so. so what i do that seems that have these platforms. i want to use it for you to be able to use wise. they want to use it for, to pass that message. and that's why i even do i'm doing comedy of travelers as possible to plug in messages in the so that's my own way of spreading knowledge awareness and for us to understand what we're dealing with. and if you have a friend who really, that's how you all know that as i've come, pop culture continues to spread worldwide african comedies or format that still has room for growth. it is but to also open in. so like, uh, just looking into a place is best ways here and uh, thing. so we have a huge black community and uh, apart from music. for me it is another thing that we can actually look into. i would say that he did

a very good job to signify and all that is happening and then, you know, creates a few miles of it for us to just have phone. if he was like home, then for those spots um we do is african. it's actually read see us together in a place at the same time, but to day and a lot of us came out to to see him to so with less asylum, thought it was fun. if i was also a little afraid that it was the pigeon. english, but i am happy that it wasn't and i it was hilarious. i'm so heavy that i was. yeah . so well, boss, skip miles the spine in charge of comedy in economic hardship. his funds can only hold that denied you any economy discovery on top to potentially out just like african committed to the democratic republic of congo, where precedents palace to security has agreed to meet his rwandan. council pops polk academy for adults and gold, which is mediating between the 2 sites. as the aim is peace and eastern,

the see where heavy fighting between the commodities on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacement onregional tensions contessa and novice of accused. rewind, child supports in the m 23 rebels. that's obligations that the galle do nice. the seas east is ration resources from gold and diamonds to cold time. but there are now for us that the situation could escalate further. as the united nations peacekeepers begun withdrawing this week, the government says that you and forces have been done enough to protect civilians from groups on malicious in the area that it has fighting broke out close to the main city goma in the neighboring towns of the 2nd session, but the amount of hundreds of thousands of people headed for gamma in the hope of finding food, water and shelter. when claudina arrived, it had 2 children at the discount on the outskirts of goma. she felt relief, but only briefly. she's one of the newest,

internally displaced persons here. the un estimates of the fighting has driven 800000 people to seek refuge in this city alone. the despite claudine being a fresh face that's come. the 20 year old is not a new tool. she was born into the conflict and it continues to rob her, her loved ones. i saw them killed my friend. we were on our way to my saucy, and there was a lot of gunfire. that's when my friend got shot in the head. keith. so he says claudine is running from the m $23.00 rebels, whose resurgence in recent years has fueled violence and humanitarian crises in the area. with the ripples gaining more and more brown inland becomes further east of buckling under the pressure and the advanced mixed fluid in fearful that it's only a matter of time before the conflict catches up with me know, i'm scared when i hear that m. 23 is getting closer. i feel that things are not ok

in my body. in the capital case, shesta, the focus is on diplomacy of to previously accusing rundle backing up tend to see rebels. kimberly's president felix just security has extended un only branch saying he's now open to meeting the runtime counterpart to gandhi has consistently denied any links to m. 23 talks between the 2 sides have failed before a civil society. it's a not optimistic that diplomacy can do much to change the end. you see that it guy, you see here in the come, every day there are 6 deaths for either because of the war like is the or famine as such. but do you want the congolese people to keep dying is really critical. would be sometime in the bottle field or some guy because they have nowhere to sleep. i'm sick, you may have others are dying because they're in become, you know, but yep, they're fleeing therapy because they're afraid of me to ask you to about it. but here too, i think it's the same thing. the most base you'll see. so the presidential was the

you in studies ation mission, one new school admits that the dsp crisis is one of the most neglected in the world . the mission will leave the country by the end of the year and leaving most security questions open for the school. is it for picture an up cvn hotter? beach mondays is greg your departure would certainly have an impact on you. many tell you on a variations, especially internal boxes, for those into come, the biggest challenge is a clear way out of the conflict either through diplomacy or military action. the empty tray rebels seem determined to take over more type retreat, meaning one thing for clothing and have family things could get even with here. joining me now is deed of use isaac meal, gabby, who has been closely following developments in the d. c for years otherwise it thanks for joining us. fighting in the d. l. c has been going on for years about what's driving the reasons i've said in the conflict as well. i think the number of

factors that have led to the recent upside been fighting in eastern congo, but to point out the main one is that the lack of commitment from the government in case just to deliver much needed services. close of the tip of income. good, they feed to have been, i mean isolated, have been left out the needs and of being a side effectively by the government and the case as a and also on this side of those fighting the governments of like the m for the 3. they see the image of this as a lead by president phillips. that could be as luck and commitment to 4 feet on the many promises it's dev. agreed on for many times a basic ticket, the bug tracking or not even a, implementing them like that. the grid and so the left to defend themselves amid a tax from the government. so they say, look, this is one person wants us to talk or to impress based. but at the same time, we're getting a text from the government. and again,

we've got to the fact that now the many plans coming into the conflict from regional regional countries and you know, blocks. yeah, we'll, we'll get some more of that in a bit. uh, but you mentioned that the m 23, which is a name we keep hearing who i be and why the fights in the communities ami. well, the answer to 3 get the name from the fatal disagreement of much. it went to said 2009, and they cut it short and for the 3 but mississippi, they'll coded national congress for the protection of the people. however, this day submitted posting that the input to 3 is that it will group separated by run that which is a sort of the drunk. it's a group that is fighting for the interest of come goal is to it says corporate government authority can narrow to speaking and are with the group itself. former the, the fight as was supposed to have been integrated, international police. and i mean, under what it's going to of the national congress of the people that give but, and for that city, what's supposed to be given posts and positions in the government. so the 1st for

the government case as a deed, implement this agreement, that's a lot of countries that the me, that a m 23 is being funded by one that you're saying that's not correct. or what are you saying? we did many countries on outside of the you and, and it's reports i said, so of course allegations or accusations that the government and rhonda has always denied. but whether or not the governments suppose the emphasis very, it shouldn't be the point because the empathy itself says it's fighting for its own existence, just like the existence of its people. just like many countries into wide so far as a viable, we need to fight for what the right to the belongs to us where we belong to. and of course, even run that, but it has interesting st. support them so that they're not kicked out of the territory to come in to run that because rather since then, of course the school is talking about addressing the root cause. and the presidents

for the security says he would accept a meeting with his rewan done counter pods. polk a guy me to resolve the crisis, cause such a meeting actually bring peace to eastern. the assay, the way to build a mistake is that could be the starting point because he only said that to resend you've got to post office indicates just about log has been saying he would never talk, took a government even if they made any have it is a real good thing that so i think now your thing is under so much pressure. that's pretty much saying, hey, you have to meet with the run. the idea that that's part of this illusion that to run to has to meet with the run to us, to sit down to google and or neighboring countries, including uganda, to really my pope. if this one way, if this is allusion, i'm not trying to say to do with the input deputy, but also to the ripple groups. who of rick trouble in the country. what brought so much misery? tip of google, who i really have no plans really to live don't to do. i do many,

many as they keep on fighting. so i think it would be a starting point for the tool really does to sit together and genuinely address the issues affecting to come. right, because we're talking about of a fight thing that has been going on for decades, right. he has what i want to find out briefly from you before you go, how is the ongoing fighting aspect and the stability of the d. c. and of course, the region as a whole. i don't my city wouldn't elephant slights is the growth of that so far. as we're seeing, an influx of google is, you know, going across the internet, but in countries rhonda, you've gotten the ortho sauce in zambia and all the countries that they they've been doing with. and by the way, the price is of quantity is included for the price is of so it also, it makes, it is like, is that so you can imagine it tone that was relating or the instant come, go to deliver food, go what it is like irish what does like audience they have to import such bisk foods. really? that's the way to go. i think it does the coffee because the fighting has affected

all countries in many, many ways, especially the references the ordinary people have to run for their life every day . every night without top for retaining. and that's the big question. indeed. that's the big problem with the every time the holmes is just you and i to watch and see whether indeed because you provided the combo. right. did i use? i think with abby, thank you very much for your insights. frontier id and that's it for now from all of our stories go through data view comes west africa or visit us social media platforms will leave you with these pictures of africa's largest mosque that open to this week in old jerry to see you next time. i put off the

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