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WHAT I THINK OF ABUJA
Around this time last year, I moved to Abuja from Ibadan after spending 3 years there, I’m an original Lagos babe, born and bred. And after spending one year in this city, I have penned somethings I have learned so far in the FCT.
A Thread.
Around this time last year, I moved to Abuja from Ibadan after spending 3 years there, I’m an original Lagos babe, born and bred. And after spending one year in this city, I have penned somethings I have learned so far in the FCT.
A Thread.
Abuja people can greet the life out of one another, like you'll literally have to greet people when you board cabs, keke& when walking on the streets, if not, you'll be seen as disrespectful. In Lag/Ib, when u greet inside danfo/micra, every1 starts checking their bags& pockets.
If you leave your house 1 hr before an appointment, you’ll still have enough time to polish your shoe or buy food before your meeting, because no traffic
. PS: this is for those staying inside town and doesn’t apply to outskirtiers or townliers.
. PS: this is for those staying inside town and doesn’t apply to outskirtiers or townliers.
If you stumble on traffic, get ready to die of hunger because traffic hawkers sell shit like keychains, slippers, biscuit, nothing for stomach infrastructure like gala, puffpuff, bread, etc.
Learn to speak small hausa, it will come in handy when you want to buy stuff.
Learn to speak small hausa, it will come in handy when you want to buy stuff.
The whole of Nigeria has representatives in Abuja, especially the minority tribes.
Some of these minority tribes are CONFUSED as hell, which one is “I am Idoma from Benue-Kogi-Enugu” “I am Taraba-Igbo” Ogbeni choose one?
Some of these minority tribes are CONFUSED as hell, which one is “I am Idoma from Benue-Kogi-Enugu” “I am Taraba-Igbo” Ogbeni choose one?
The people in the North are not all Hausa, I was talking to one mallam who sells pepper and he told me to buy tomatoes from the Fulani man in front, like what’s the difference?
You will miss Agege bread every day, cos breads here suck.
You will miss Agege bread every day, cos breads here suck.
There is only one type of banana, the ones the Igbo sell in Lagos.
No sherry/Ogbomosho mango
, but the big sour mango and a weird looking yellow mango specie that looks like large cashew nut.
No sherry/Ogbomosho mango
, but the big sour mango and a weird looking yellow mango specie that looks like large cashew nut.
The boiled groundnut is rubbish, did you know the lilac ones you would throw away is what they have here, I remember walking gleefully to the groundnut seller at Apo under bridge hoping to find the indigo sweet groundnut, Omo! I trashed the whole nylon ni o.
Oh! Here they call nylon/polythene bags; leather, yeah like LEATHER that is made from hide & skin.
Most parastatals are headed by northerners who aren’t qualified, some of who can’t even construct simple sentence in English.
Most parastatals are headed by northerners who aren’t qualified, some of who can’t even construct simple sentence in English.
The roads are good.
Some things are cheap too.
Lastly, if you don’t have a car in Abuja, you go suffer small o, cos, the transport system here is whack. You must learn sign language to hail cabs
, if not OYO is your case o.
Thank you
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Some things are cheap too.
Lastly, if you don’t have a car in Abuja, you go suffer small o, cos, the transport system here is whack. You must learn sign language to hail cabs
, if not OYO is your case o.Thank you
You can add yours
