"Nigeria is good": Man Living UK Shows Half Tuber of Yam He Bought N4,000, Video Goes Viral

"Nigeria is good": Man Living UK Shows Half Tuber of Yam He Bought N4,000, Video Goes Viral

  • A young Nigerian man who went to buy yams in the UK has been left in deep shock due to the high cost
  • The shocked man posted a video on Saturday, December 3, to show the half tuber of yam he bought for N4,000
  • The video has elicited funny reactions from Nigerians at home and in the diaspora after it went viral and got over 3k likes

A 29 seconds video has shown a Nigerian man who went shopping for yam in the UK.

The video posted by @mc_2mic on Saturday, December 3, has gone viral after the man said he bought a half tuber of yam for N4k.

Photos of a young man showing off yam.
The man said the yam cost N4,000 in the UK. Photo credit: TikTok/@mc_2mic.
Source: UGC

The man held out the half tuber picked from a bowl and lamented that it cost 5 pounds, an equivalence of N4000 in the official rate.

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He went ahead to say in the video that Nigeria is a good country. He was trying to say that yams are cheaper in Nigeria as against the UK.

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His assertion, however, did not go down well with some people who said he also receives good pay in the UK.

Different reactions trailed the video as TikTokers proceeded to the comment section to have a say.

Some of his followers told him in no uncertain terms to come back to Nigeria since he said it is a good country.

Watch the video below:

Reactions from TikTok users

@owolabi said:

"But you dey collect better salary abi come back."

@Stanley commented:

"Come back na. Shey dey Nigeria good. Why you go."

@Crownstar said:

"Normally e no cost na Naira no get value."

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@user167205270314 said:

"Come back make I replace you for there abeg."

@user5935539424898 asked:

"They force you to eat yam."

@Opeyemi Ojoare855 said:

"Okay come back we are waiting for you."

Lady makes hair for N99k in USA

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a lady living abroad lamented that she made her hair for about N99,000.

She posted the video of the hair on TikTok and lamented the high cost of braiding in the US.

Many people doubted her sincerity, but others agreed that getting a braid in the USA is quite expensive.

Source: Legit.ng

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.