{"id":89625,"date":"2022-07-20T11:41:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T11:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=89625"},"modified":"2022-07-20T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T11:41:33","slug":"rapper-cdq-laments-the-rising-cost-of-living-without-a-rise-in-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/07\/20\/rapper-cdq-laments-the-rising-cost-of-living-without-a-rise-in-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper CDQ laments the rising cost of living without a rise in minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rapper Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf aka CDQ has taken to his Twitter handle to lament the daily rise in the cost of living of Nigerians.<\/p>\n

The rapper stated that things are getting more costly<\/a> while the minimum wage is not rising correspondingly. CDQ who recently knocked colleague, MI<\/a> tweeted:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAre we going to ignore d fact that things are really getting difficult for d masses day by day in Nigeria. People are getting tired already. Pure water #5 is now #20 Egg of #30 is now #120 Bread of #200 is now #1,200 diesel of #164 is now #800 yet no increase in Minimum wages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe only question is : How did we get here\u00a0what happened to our currency that it got so depreciated even below Ghana cedis. where are the developments all the money borrowed spent on. all these people ruling us do they have heart and conscience atall? Are they really human.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CDQ is not the first celebrity to complain bitterly over the hardship in the country<\/a> due to the constant rise in the cost of living in Nigeria. Others like Davido, Kate Henshaw, Aremu Afolayan<\/a>, RMD, Rita Dominic, Adeniyi Johnson, Waje, Ifu Ennada, Chinonso Arubayi, TBoss, have all been vocal about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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