00:0080 copper was $1.
00:01He left Nigeria with $500, landed in New York, and got $700.
00:06Today, that same $500 is almost worthless.
00:09There was a time the Naira spoke with authority.
00:11Now it whispers, yet Nigeria is still the giant of Africa.
00:15This is the Naira story they didn't tell you.
00:17Who do we blame?
00:18Government?
00:18System?
00:20Ourselves?
00:20Are we progressing or just surviving?
00:23Drop your thoughts.
00:24But at that time, just before we graduated, the Naira became devalued.
00:27We left, 80 copper was $1.
00:30When I left Nigeria, an uncle of mine gave me $500 on my way to the airport.
00:36When I got to New York, I changed that $500, and it was $700.
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