Title: From ₦80K to ₦150K—The Rent Hike That Shattered a Student’s Dreams
Tears streamed down Lily’s face as she clutched the crumpled rent notice in her hand. The numbers blurred before her eyes. ₦80,000 was now ₦150,000. Just like that, her tiny student apartment had become a luxury she could no longer afford.
Her fingers trembled as she opened her phone and hit record.
"I don’t even know what to do anymore," she said, her voice cracking. "I hustle every day like a family woman just to survive. And now this?"
The video spread like wildfire, sparking an outcry across social media. Students, workers, and even struggling families flooded her comments. She wasn’t alone.
Her landlord? Unbothered.
"If you can’t pay, pack out," he had said, his tone as cold as the cement walls of her soon-to-be former home.
And he wasn’t the only one. Another landlord, speaking anonymously, justified the hike. "Everything is expensive now—rice, eggs, even water. I have five children to feed."
Lily wasn’t angry. She was exhausted. Her early 20s had become a battle for survival.
Rent. Bills. Food. The weight of an entire economy was crushing her dreams.
“How is this even fair?” she muttered, scrolling through comments. Some students paid ₦400K, even ₦500K, just for a single room. Others were forced into wooden shacks, where the stench of poverty clung to the air. One girl even lost her kid brother because of the harsh living conditions.
Yet, amid the chaos, one question echoed louder than the rest:
"How did we get here?"
And more importantly—who was going to save them?
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