It is the irony in its name that first strikes you when you get to the area called Kings and Queens in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
There is nothing royal about the area as you will find a cluster of crowded houses too congested for cross ventilation on a rocky, slovenly path that if the bike man carrying you is not careful enough, both of you may fall off the bike.
In this community is a single mother of about 31 years old, who stays in a single room with no kitchen and where she shares a toilet with her neighbours.
Ms Omi Ede is a single mother from Benue State in her early thirties, who works as a waitress in the Wuse area of Abuja and also runs a personal business.
She is a graduate and earns an average of N120,000 monthly from her regular job as a waitress and her aside business as a crocheter.
In a country battling with high inflation where many Nigerians spend most of their income on food, it is not surprising to find her staying in the Kings and Queens area of…