Nigeria’s sandwich generation: stuck in the middle
14 November 2019 |
11:36 am
It's pay day in Nigeria and for many young professionals that means one thing: they need to give their parents an often substantial chunk of their earnings. In a country with no functioning social welfare coverage, older generations look to their children for money to cover their food and other costs.
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