My people, make we gist about naira, dollars, and how dem dey affect our students wey wan go school abroad. You sabi say as dollar dey rise, so our naira dey fall like say e wan faint? Back in 2006, when I first set my eyes for US land, na just 120 naira for one dollar. E no too tight, but we manage am. Fast forward to 2026, na which kain wahala we dey face now, as naira don climb reach 1,490 and e fit touch 1,600. My brothers and sisters, this one no be joke o!
Students wey dey hustle hard, dey study smart, and dey take scholarship, dem still dey find am hard to carry their school fees chop. Imagine you go school with 50-60% scholarship and you still dey struggle for the remaining 40%? Plus living expenses wey dey charged in dollars, no be small wahala. Long story short, if you no get koko or person wey go sign for you, na so you go dey look future wey no dey bright.
But make we no forget say progress dey for the loan side. Dem don create some loans wey no need co-signers before, but as 2026 don show, some don dey withdraw back. Na here we go see say many students dey hold admission letters wey dem no fit use. Just because of where dem dey come from, no be say dem no fit study!
You fit ask, wetin dey really happen to this global education matter? E be like say education dey cost more for some countries for no reason. Why student wey dey Switzerland go pay the same fee as student wey dey Mali? Na equality we dey talk or na just wahala?
This dey show say the system dey work for those wey get plenty money, while those wey dey hustling for better life dey suffer. Weytin go happen if our students just stop to apply to foreign schools all together? Na serious tori…
The thing wey dey pain me pass na say all these problems no go disappear if we no tackle am head-on. We fit change the way tuition dey calculated for different countries or review the scholarships to fit our currency. If we no take this matter seriously, na so we go dey lose talented people wey fit change the world.
Me, I dey find solutions wey go fit help all the students wey wan travel for education matter, because e no suppose be by who sabi person or who dey rich. Education suppose be for everybody, not just for the elites. So make we dey tighten our belts and face the matter well-well, because if nothing change, na to dey look dollar we go dey do, while dem dey carry our dreams waka.
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