National cake

🇳🇬 Nigeria
Added August 02, 2025
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A metaphor for the nation's wealth or resources, often used to discuss corruption. The idea is that Nigeria's wealth ("the national cake") gets sliced up and everyone in power wants a piece.
"Politicians dey fight for national cake, ordinary people no see anything. (English/Pidgin, meaning "Politicians are scrambling for the country's wealth, and ordinary people see nothing of it.")"
by Khulekani Dladla August 02, 2025
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