by Steve Ogbujah
Seven things you lot must non create inwards Nigeria...
1. Don’t set your telephone inwards your dorsum pockets spell walking inwards a crowded street, or to a greater extent than or less the market. You should know why.
2. Don’t brand total payments for a trace of piece of occupation organisation transaction that has non been sealed. Even if it’s been signed, facial expression until delivery time.
3. Don’t plough to answer when you lot surprisingly listen your mention beingness called, unless the someone walks upward to come across you. It could hold out an unassuming risk.
4. Don’t rest to a greater extent than or less an expanse where the Police Force is parading to arrest law-breaking suspects. They could claw upward everyone around.
5. Don’t forget to bow or prostrate to greet Yoruba parents/elders. It’s a cultural sign of abide by to them.
6. Don’t e'er incertitude the rumors that ring. Nigerian rumors are rarely false.
7. Don’t view Nigeria through the lenses of Nollywood, CNN, BBC, in addition to etc…
We are non every bit dark every bit we’re painted. Not darker than our peel color. Not in addition to thus uneducated or ill-mannered or fraudulent or destructive or hopeless every bit the Media oftentimes portrays us.
Some Nigerians are some of the most wonderful in addition to most intelligent people you’d hold out privileged to meet, or operate with, or fifty-fifty marry.
That’s why we’re amid the most successful in addition to abundant immigrants inwards most every nation. Nigeria is 1 of the most amazing places you’d see inwards a lifetime.
***
Worthy Mention:
a. Don't mess amongst our armed forces at the route blocks:
Seriously, those guys stimulate got zip chill. Legend has it that they punished a driver for disobedience in addition to thus difficult he grew half dozen packs from the exercises inwards merely 2 hours.
b. If you lot stimulate got value for time, don't debate amongst autobus drivers, autobus conductors or the agberos (touts): They don't heed the company.
c. Don't assume everyone you lot come across wants to help you:
One time, a friend visited Lagos in addition to needed to acquire somewhere from where he was staying, a seemingly harmless ready-to-take-you-there-for-a-small-fee wheel human being took him to a remote bush in addition to robbed him inwards wide daylight.
d. Don't ever steal:
The police powerfulness non grab you, but street boys will. And their sentence is every bit minute every bit it is gruesome.
Feel costless to add together yours!
***
Steve Ogbujah is a spoken-word poet, lifelong learner in addition to a passionate creative.
Read his opened upward missive of the alphabet to Africa here or here. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/
Seven things you lot must non create inwards Nigeria...
1. Don’t set your telephone inwards your dorsum pockets spell walking inwards a crowded street, or to a greater extent than or less the market. You should know why.
2. Don’t brand total payments for a trace of piece of occupation organisation transaction that has non been sealed. Even if it’s been signed, facial expression until delivery time.
3. Don’t plough to answer when you lot surprisingly listen your mention beingness called, unless the someone walks upward to come across you. It could hold out an unassuming risk.
4. Don’t rest to a greater extent than or less an expanse where the Police Force is parading to arrest law-breaking suspects. They could claw upward everyone around.
5. Don’t forget to bow or prostrate to greet Yoruba parents/elders. It’s a cultural sign of abide by to them.
6. Don’t e'er incertitude the rumors that ring. Nigerian rumors are rarely false.
7. Don’t view Nigeria through the lenses of Nollywood, CNN, BBC, in addition to etc…
We are non every bit dark every bit we’re painted. Not darker than our peel color. Not in addition to thus uneducated or ill-mannered or fraudulent or destructive or hopeless every bit the Media oftentimes portrays us.
Some Nigerians are some of the most wonderful in addition to most intelligent people you’d hold out privileged to meet, or operate with, or fifty-fifty marry.
That’s why we’re amid the most successful in addition to abundant immigrants inwards most every nation. Nigeria is 1 of the most amazing places you’d see inwards a lifetime.
***
Worthy Mention:
a. Don't mess amongst our armed forces at the route blocks:
Seriously, those guys stimulate got zip chill. Legend has it that they punished a driver for disobedience in addition to thus difficult he grew half dozen packs from the exercises inwards merely 2 hours.
b. If you lot stimulate got value for time, don't debate amongst autobus drivers, autobus conductors or the agberos (touts): They don't heed the company.
c. Don't assume everyone you lot come across wants to help you:
One time, a friend visited Lagos in addition to needed to acquire somewhere from where he was staying, a seemingly harmless ready-to-take-you-there-for-a-small-fee wheel human being took him to a remote bush in addition to robbed him inwards wide daylight.
d. Don't ever steal:
The police powerfulness non grab you, but street boys will. And their sentence is every bit minute every bit it is gruesome.
Feel costless to add together yours!
***
Steve Ogbujah is a spoken-word poet, lifelong learner in addition to a passionate creative.
Read his opened upward missive of the alphabet to Africa here or here. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/