By Ayobami Okerinde
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed concern over reports that some young Nigerians are selling their kidneys to raise money amid the country’s worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Atiku raised the concern in a post on X on Friday, saying young Nigerians were being pushed to desperate measures simply to survive.
“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,” he said.
According to him, “Young people should be selling dreams, ideas and innovation, not their body organs.”
