Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised alarm over the growing trend of young Nigerians selling their kidneys to survive amid the country’s cost-of-living crisis. He recently had his say via a post on X, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Blaming President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies for the sad development, Atiku claimed that it is depressing to hear that Nigerian youths are being driven to sell their kidneys for as little as ₦1.7m, a figure he did not attribute to any specific report or agency.
Stressing that young Nigerians should be selling dreams instead, the former VP added that everything required to live with dignity is becoming more expensive under Tinubu.
His words, “I have heard disturbing stories about the extent to which young Nigerians are being driven simply to survive.
Perhaps the most horrifying are the growing reports of young people selling parts of their bodies: kidneys in particular, in desperate attempts to raise money.
Young Nigerians ought to be selling dreams, ideas and innovation, not their body organs. The trend should offend the conscience of every Nigerian.
In Tinubu’s Nigeria, almost everything required to live with dignity is becoming more expensive by the day: food, transport, rent, school fees, medicine and electricity.
Yet young Nigerians are reportedly being driven to sell their kidneys for as little as ₦1.7 million.
That should break the heart of a nation.
Young Nigerians should be building careers, starting businesses, raising families and pursuing their dreams, not calculating how much parts of their bodies can fetch simply to stay alive.
When young Nigerians begin to see their kidneys as emergency savings, we are no longer talking about ordinary economic hardship. We are talking about desperation at its most frightening.
Laws alone cannot cure the poverty and desperation that make vulnerable young people easy prey for criminal networks.”
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