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Ex-vp Atiku Abubakar Insists He Bought A House For His Mum At 14 Years by Nobody: 2:04pm On Sep 17, 2013 |
Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, posted a series of tweets defending his earlier statement in his blog post that he bought a house for his mum at 14 years old. Apparently, this statement by Atiku gave one commentator (Mr. Kayode Ogundamisi) a headache. I think the comment by Kayode only shows how jaded and cynical we have become as a people. Infact this personal story by Atiku, which I believe is highly commendable is what the youth need to hear more often. Atiku's response is just on point. Read below: http://9jaflave..com/2013/09/atiku-abubakar-insists-he-bought-house-for-mum-at-14.html 1 Like
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Re: Ex-vp Atiku Abubakar Insists He Bought A House For His Mum At 14 Years by ladel(m): 4:31pm On Sep 17, 2013 |
about that age l also bought my mom a beautiful wrist watch!!!!! |
Re: Ex-vp Atiku Abubakar Insists He Bought A House For His Mum At 14 Years by Segadem(m): 4:38pm On Sep 17, 2013 |
I was in JSS 3 at that age. |
Re: Ex-vp Atiku Abubakar Insists He Bought A House For His Mum At 14 Years by AkinDavid2: 5:34pm On Sep 17, 2013 |
Well I bought a lot of things for my mum in my teen but substantively buying a house NO. We should not rubbish others people feat especially those that we can not achieve in a comparative sense. If Atiku claim he bought a house for his mother as a teen and you didn't buy a matchbox for yours, just move on and think beyond the box. |
Re: Ex-vp Atiku Abubakar Insists He Bought A House For His Mum At 14 Years by wirinet(m): 5:54pm On Sep 17, 2013 |
The story by Atiku sounds incredulous. Even if the total cost of the thatched house including land was £9, in the 1930s, you would still have to discount it to todays value. Todays value for a two bedroom thatched house including furniture and fittings would be nothing less than N500,000 ( approximaterly £2,000), without the cost of the land. it also meant Akiku was earning the equivalent of N166,000 at 14. Also it means if a 14 yr old could afford to buy a 2 bedroom thatched house with a 3 months vacation job, I wonder what a full adult on full time employment would would buy after 5 yrs of working. |
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