The economic realities of my country are as heart wrenching as they are amusing. To be succinct, I'll employ a simple language during the description in order not to paint an ambiguous imagery of my  situation.

In this country, anytime we earn more[in figures] a twist is birthed. The twist is that because we now earn more[in figures] than we did yesterday, today's purchasing power must be decreased. This is often attributed to the country's currency constant fall in value against the dollar.

The word ‘Forward Backwardness’ perfectly encapsulates the economic status quo of my country. The Paradoxical phrase employed above isn't absurd because we are indeed moving forward but literally zooming backward. Our case can be likened to that of a snail which crawls 7 meters up a wall in a day and then falls asleep, and upon waking up it has slipped 6 meters down the wall. As painful as it's hilarious!

In 2020, my father needs to uproot 200 heaps of matured cassava tubers to fill up the boot of a car. A liter of Fuel was enough for to and from trips to the market. These cassava tubers when sold produce a net profit of N45K. This money was enough to simultaneously pay my school fees, afford a 50kg bag of rice and 10kg semovita. Fuel wasn't even up to N200 per liter yet, Dad always complained of the country’s unfavorable economy…….

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