Social activist and media personality, Just Adetoun, has cried out bitterly over the soaring cost of food across Nigeria.
In a passionate video shared online, she described her recent shopping experience as shocking and heartbreaking.
“It is not funny anymore. There is fire on the mountain,” she declared.
Adetoun said she went to the Mile 12 market in Lagos expecting prices to have dropped after the Muslim festival.
But to her surprise, things were worse.
“A bag of Tatashe ₦55,000, a bag of pepper ₦47,000,” she said, showing frustration over the price surge.
She added that she visited the market several times during the festival, hoping for better prices.
“I went to Mile 12 more than thrice so they won’t say we who are enjoying should keep quiet,” she said.
Tinubu, Ministers, Politicians—Are You Listening?
Adetoun didn’t hold back in calling out those in power.
She questioned why the government was silent while food became unaffordable.
“President Tinubu! Minister of Agriculture! Minister of Welfare! Politicians! There is fire on our mountain,” she cried.
“There’s a serious problem in Nigeria right now. The APC is already campaigning for 2027 while Nigerians are sûffering, some people can’t even afford to eat. How can someone earning 70k buy pepper for 55k?”
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“Are they bringing tatashe for me from Bourdillon? Am I receiving Federal allocation for tatashe?” she asked.
She criticised the silence of people who support the current administration.
“Some people think because Tinubu is your father you should not talk. There is problem!”
Minimum Wage Cannot Feed a Family
Adetoun broke it down with simple math.
“If minimum wage is ₦70,000 for a family of four, and they use ₦55,000 to buy Tatashe, what is left?”
She argued that the suffering was not just numbers—it was about real hunger, malnutrition, and stunted growth in children.
“Food is principal and key. Go to the hospital and see the treatments for poor nutrition,” she said.
“An average Nigerian child cannot eat food of ₦1,000,” she added.
The activist said she had received calls telling her to stop speaking out.
But she rejected the pressure.
“Somebody will call me and say, ‘Adetoun don’t talk!’ As if I am not affected,” she said.
She said she could only imagine what the poorest Nigerians were going through.
“I can imagine what the minorities are going through,” she said, her voice heavy with emotion.
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