Actor Aremu Afolayan of Nollywood has expressed his dissatisfaction with the nation’s current economic situation, saying that a layman cannot be supported by legal forms of employment alone.
He expressed on his Instagram page how he regretted not being a part of the online scam known as “yahoo yahoo” and how operating a respectable business felt pointless in this day and age. Eyes Of Lagos reports,
He wrote:
“All of the days wey dem dey talk about yahoo yahoo, na today I regret pass say I no do am. Legitimate hustling never felt super useless #aremuafolayan.”
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Afolayan’s post sparked reactions from Instagram users who commented in agreement with his stance as some begin to share their experience. See comments beow:
One @samuel_oshodipe wrote: “I legit said same thing today! Nigeria will make you drift away from God but God no go shame us.”
blissfamily_ wrote: “No matter what, I’ll never do Fr@ud. Ole lo ba omo je.”
plutustrilli777 wrote: “Aremu, Blessings wey go come with peace of mind na em be the koko Brotherly ✊🏿.”
r_weight1 wrote: “This year is the last year of my legitimate hustles. If nah illegal bring money make we follow one way abeg 😢😢😢🤟🏻😏👨🦯”
bonjazy007 wrote: “One Pablo Richie don oppress baba today…. Baba God bless our hussle ❤️.”
orizhoo wrote: “If someone that loves business this much could say this.. who am I? Nigeria is about to burn. This is too much for us.”
thereal_oluwabukola wrote: “Na this morning I know say, na bad government the push plenty people into crime… Imagine if your salary is 100k and your transport is 70k per month for this country and you have family to take care of! Legitimate hustle is difficult in this country. Nevertheless, we go survive legitimately 😭❤️.”