AY’s Crib, a sitcom created by AY and co-directed by Ay and Patrick Ovoke Odjegba, stars Ay playing himself, Alexx Ekubor as JJ, Bucci franklin as KC, Justice Nuagbe Ushbebe as Ush and Venita Akpofure as Mimi, tells the story of a younger version of Ay who lives in a house with two of his university friends and a distant cousin from Warri who serves as his gateman while dating Mimi, his rich, spoilt girlfriend.

AY’s Crib is described as “satire of contemporary issues and events webbed in wholesome comedy” and in the premiere episode of the series titled ”Subsidy Palava” it manages to set that very tone.

Nigeria was hit with a major strike action that affected the economy when the government subsidy was removed from oil price in the nation. ”Subsidy Palava” is set in a similar period when the price of fuel increased by a wide margin affecting the price of goods and services.

AY, in a bid to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal on himself, decides to stage his own subsidy removal which he announces during an Executive council meeting. What this means is that the way his flatmates (JJ, KC, Ushbebe aka Ush and Mimi) have been living would have to be altered as he would be cutting back on some expenses such as amount of fuel being bought which indirectly affects ability to use a Blackberry device in that house or “Crib”. With the new subsidy removal laws in place, the flatmates decided to gang up against AY and make him revert to the way things were before, only AY isn’t listening to anyone.
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