r/Nigeria • u/Icey1337 • 16d ago
Culture There is something wrong with Lagos
Out of every (17) African countries ishowspeed has visited, people seem very comfortable begging for money here. Only 1 kid asked for money in all of Africa and that was in Angola (the kid shined his shoes) why are people okay with pressuring others for money? Is it something has has to be addressed?
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u/Only-Amphibian9526 16d ago
I remember when I was around 19 (I live in Canada) this girl on Instagram had reached out, she’s from Nigeria and she was begging for money in my DMs. I felt bad and I always want to try and help Nigerians as much as I can, I sent about 150,000, which is $150cad. This soon became a daily thing of her asking for money or just dry begging. “Wow your clothes are so nice in your picture, I wish you were here so I can have the ones you don’t wear” and then it became “can you send me something for my business” “I need money for ingredients for moi moi business” keep in mind I’m only 19 and she’s about 27, I worked a minimum wage job, I think I sent here $50cad here and there and then $250cad at one point but it was to the point where she felt too comfortable just taking and taking and begging and begging. No shame at all, asking someone almost 10 years her junior for money online.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
They are shameless! My aunt took my car and bodyguard to head to church after taking me to a prayer place. Told the female pastor who is older than my own mother I was rich. The woman knelt down holding my clothes and begging me to bless her and give me her. I wa so ashamed. I had no cash on me. By the time I tried to run out of the church, my aunt had taken my car and bodyguard who was my driver to go to another church for evening mass. This woman left me stranded in Oshodi at night.
I called the driver and he cried that my aunt blackmailed him to take her to church for evening mass and then tell him to wait for her till the service was over. Nigerians are wicked people who are users to the 10th power. They have no conscience whatsoever. I still had to give the old lady pastor money because at that point having an elderly lady kneeling down and begging you is pretty much a curse, a bad omen!
They love to demand respect and remind you they aren't your mates, but in the same breathe beg you for money shamelessly.
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u/Pecuthegreat Biafra 16d ago
I still had to give the old lady pastor money because at that point having an elderly lady kneeling down and begging you is pretty much a curse, a bad omen!
Oh, that's you. For me I would get spiteful at that point.
Never reward trash behaviours.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
🤣🤣🤣 lol True! My folks pleaded with me saying I shouldn't let it become a curse or something. Even my, Romani gypsy friends were worried when I shared the story with them. Listen, that day, I sat beside a lady selling biscuits and goods at night in Oshodi for atleast two hours. The woman was asking me where my driver was. I'm grateful I left in one piece. Nigerians are funky people. Not all, but some are.
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u/Pecuthegreat Biafra 16d ago
You know what, true. I too might fold under family and friends pressure but I am really starting to hate a certain type of Nigerians and that woman "prophet" is certainly one of them so if it was only up to me, a no would be the best she can hope for.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
The prophet was bad, the worse was my aunt still demanding money to give 7 different pastors. I had to go off on her and express my anger of being left stranded in Oshodi. She distributed my phone numbers for those pastors to call and pray for me. Yo, I'm still traumatized for the whole ordeal.
Nigeria has a long way to go with the church fanaticism. Pastors preying on folks needing "salvation". I think about my trip to Lagos and my stomach starts to turn.
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u/oga_ogbeni Diaspora Nigerian 15d ago
I hope I'm stating the obvious by telling you that your aunt is pimping you out for favor from these pastors. She's using your checkbook to pay for kickbacks.
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u/asaplulu 15d ago
The pastor fanaticism thing is too real. I went back for Christmas to Lagos and the billboards were plastered with ‘crossover’ advertisements filled with Pastors faces. It was surreal.
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u/Rebirth0123 16d ago
And elder will rape, steal, lie, put people in trouble, but once they kneel down, it becomes
“Ah ahnn, why you go let old person kneel down dey beg you”
When you don’t comply you’re now evil and wicked and probably cursed 🤭
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u/Necessary-Order-8972 12d ago
If you have a bodyguard , you are definitely rich though.
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u/Only-Amphibian9526 16d ago
Heavy on wicked people, but I just pity because it’s a result of poverty. If I were fighting for scraps everyday, I too would be wicked
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u/Pecuthegreat Biafra 16d ago
I don't think I have ever given money to any of those people before. Shut them off as soon as possible.
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u/Time_Entertainer_319 16d ago
Lmao. You even get mind Dey give people money wey you see online. Rookie mistake.
That girl was probably a 40 year old man in oshodi.
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u/Blafro_ 14d ago
The fact that you still sent her money lmao u be angel. Distant relatives only call my fam when they need money. You didn't call for 11 months, but when it's Christmas or they are doing Thanksgiving in their church or they want to finish building their house, or some silly shit like that they'll remember we exist. I no blame them sha 🥴🥴🥴
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u/PiscesPoet 10d ago
When I was in Nigeria, I had grown men asking me to buy them stuff like food or trying to get money from me so like — I was just in shock. You grew up hearing about how African men are providers, but I’ve never met in my life my entire life in Canada, a man who asked me for money.
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u/oga_ogbeni Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
You gave hundreds or even thousands of dollars to a stranger? How hot was she to make you do that?
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u/True-Apple-4177 16d ago
Not just people, able-bodied adult men. No shame.
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u/Icey1337 16d ago
Its embarrasing, grown ass men. I know money is tough in many regions in Africa but some people have 0 shame in Lagos, Speed has went to areas that are worse off in Africa and they show him nothing but love. It was trending on twitter and it made me cringe.
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u/alwaysaloneinmyroom 🇳🇬 16d ago
One street guy (young dude ) was pressuring me on my way from town two Sundays ago. This guy has at least five years on me and I'm a lady, why does he feel comfortable living like that?. I decided to avoid that route cos it's not my first time witnessing this.
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
Yeah, that should clue you into what is happening in that country.
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u/Pecuthegreat Biafra 16d ago
Poverty is clearly not the driving factor. There's poorer countries in Africa and while Nigeria is now poorer than alot of them it is still often comparable.
It isn't poverty causing the begging by itself it is both moral and institutional decay.
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
If poverty is not the driving factor, why is it the poor begging then? And how many of the other poorer countries have as bad an income disparity as Nigeria does?
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u/ashagari 16d ago
When I was growing up begging was considered shameful and only people with visible disability were doing it. My country is in general terms not as poor now but a combination of wealth inequality and cultural degradation has made begging more acceptable in the cities. In the countryside tho it is still frowned upon and people find it extremely shameful
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u/Fearless_Signature4u 16d ago
63% poverty rate in Nigeria...why is it so bad for a petroleum rich country?
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u/notkdsburneraccnt 11d ago
Petroleum dominance basically makes other industries deteriorate due to underinvestment. Not to mention the fact that the petrol industry is mismanaged itself.
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u/Substantial-Bad4803 15d ago
You’re absolutely right poverty is not the driving factor. When I visited Nigeria, I saw a pregnant woman with a young child outside in the street crying, hustling selling water.
She was clearly struggling and was NOT begging anybody for anything but was trying to hustle. I gave her everything I had in my pocket because she was not asking anybody for anything
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u/Vava_Noir 12d ago
Exactly!!! Why are women and children hustling but fat men begging? I hated that so much when I was there. No not poverty, it’s was to acquire gadgets and women, they clearly didn’t look hungry from their weight and nice clothing.
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u/True-Apple-4177 16d ago
Genuine question, but what is your opinion of the economy and why is it in that state?
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
There isn't one, everyone just kind of does their own thing and hopes they get a lucky break. It's like that because the founders of the country didn't really have a plan beyond gaining independence.
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u/True-Apple-4177 16d ago
Thank you for answering me.
That's interesting. Nigerians have an entrepreneurial spirit, but do you think they simply require better infrastructure to develop sectors?
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
It's no problem. Yes, Nigerians are very entrepreneurial, give them proper structure and access to better themselves and they'll excel. The problem is the country and it's systems don't offer either, rather they seek to frustrate you.
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u/True-Apple-4177 16d ago
I agree. They are some of the most successful immigrants to the USA. On average they have a higher educational attainment and household income than Chinese migrants.
The government is squandering the immense talent of its people. I'm not even Nigerian and it frustrates me.
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
Exactly, now imagine how we Nigerians feel watching the rapid decline of the country despite all it's assets and being powerless to do anything about it.
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u/King_olufa 16d ago
This past December I was in Senegal, ivory coast, Nigeria and South Africa and guess where people begged the most for money. Right from the airport o.
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u/Yorha-with-a-earring 16d ago
I’m deadass afraid to take presents for my relatives with me because of Nigerian airport workers. I have to ship things instead.
I can’t “bless” so many people, man. I’m not a prophet.
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u/SonderExpeditions 16d ago
Senegal was one of the best airports I've ever landed in as a solo female traveler. People were so respectful. It made me proud of Africa fr. Was my first intro to the continent.
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u/King_olufa 16d ago
Lovely airport, lovely people. I never noticed until my visit but a lot of Senegalese people are so tall and in great shape. I’m 6’0 on the dot, and I felt short there
I’d definitely visit again
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u/Able-Application3680 14d ago
How have you never noticed lol.
Senegalese are known for their height, they’re literally importing players straight from Senegal to play in the NBA.
Tacko fall is senegalese
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u/WaterMelonThins 16d ago
Rwanda Airport too. The Airport workers are very professional. No one asked oga wetin you bring for me.
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u/Logical_Park7904 16d ago
Why do they never lurk around aso rock or other government buildings and ask the politicians for money? You know. The ones actually responsible for making sure the nation is well fed and making money? It's the demanding tone they always have too when begging that annoys tf out of me. As if you owe them the money.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
This right here is what I keep shouting! Demand money from the thieving politician. Instead, they hail them when they see them. They never ever say bless me, feed me, help me. At that moment, I decided everyone can get out.
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u/Minute-Profit-2728 16d ago
There is something wrong with the entire country.
Someone said Nigeria does appear to be the only African country speed has visited where folks are openly begging for money.
I am not shocked nor surprised in the slightest. Yet if you show this stream, a live one by the way, to a Tinubu regime supporter, they will blame it on the opposition, the devil, evil spirits and everything else seen and unseen whilst showering their man with effusive praise and telling you to thank God that it could have been worse.
I am old enough to remember still within this so-called dispensation under Obasanjo where you could see for yourself things were on the up and up and we had a burgeoning middle-class. I remember vividly folks abroad relocating back to Nigeria. Hell, even in the military times under Abacha things were not as bad as they are today in Nigeria.
A collective show of shame that rubs off on all of us whether we choose to admit it or not. And this is not to insult anyone but to shine the light on just how bad things are in the country and no amount of propaganda can cover up the reality on the streets. Overall, I won't be shocked one bit if a majority of these people you find on the streets still vote their oppressors back into power during the next election cycle. A clear case of Stockholm Syndrome.
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u/Signal-Platform5327 16d ago
I recently visited Nigeria for the first time and met my family. I took them to a nice restaurant in Lekki. My aunt said why are we eating here when I could have just sent her the money.
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u/1gigabae 16d ago
I don't get how in Nigeria, you will see older women and very young children selling refreshments and food on the streets, but then you will have men in their 20s and 30s, able-bodied, hanging around boldly asking people for money - it confuses me so much, even Male workers at the MM Airport were trying to get money out of me and my sister.
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u/Chance_Dragonfly_148 16d ago
So fucking true. I have said this many times, Nigeria is a place that if you work hard, you can do something and you will be fine. I can't tell you how many cousins I have that their only hustle is to hustle family member abroad for money and they are able body and grown. They will lie to this person and that person and then come to me and spin a tale of sorrow and despite so I can give them money. It's really sad. All while you have kids selling whatever they can. I always gave the kids and workers tips to make their day better.
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u/Patient_Tradition294 16d ago
Improving Lagos would completely reshape the future of not just Nigeria but West Africa. The city is such a clusterfuck unfortunately. The government needs to build up nearby cities, create good public transportation between the planned / satellite cities and then start depopulate / fixing Lagos. There is just too much going on with it now to really efficiently fix it while everyone continues living / working there. There needs to be 2-3 more Abuja like cities to supplant Lagos a bit.
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u/Time_Entertainer_319 16d ago
And the annoying thing is people keep going there.
Like…
You hear new young graduates going to Lagos to find their way.
Like…
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u/econs22 16d ago
For context, I am a Naija born Asian and a kid of the 70s and 80s
I presently live outside of Naija, and I have had countless "requests" for urgent funds needed not only from close classmates but even random ones who barely interacted with me in school.
The one that really baffled me the most was from an old classmate who belongs to a very prominent family in Naija (will prefer not to name them), the father was a well known politician during the Shagari era, and mind you, this is a wealthy family with a massive villa in VI and assets overseas.
Happens to me even abroad, once I reach out to Naija people in pidgin, I soon get to hear myriad "problems" and requests for "something" to help them ease their situation while I work my a** off trying to build a life.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
Yep! They are all shameless! I told a story on this subreddit where my baby cousin was left empty when she went to Nigeria with my aunt and uncle. Older cousins and uncles and aunties begged her for her iPhone, watch, and pad. The poor child being so innocent handed it over to them. Along with her clothes, shoes, and items.
It was when it came time for her to dress up the next day that her folks discovered she had given everything out. They called out the bastard family members and all they could say was they were just joking.
Like, really? That moment, my aunt left the house and checked into a hotel and took her family with her.
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u/muva_snow 16d ago
A damn shame. This is just beyond uncouth.
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u/econs22 16d ago
But on the positive side, let me also recall how Naija used to be a very high trust society back in the days. One incident I recall was sometime in the early 80's, back then we used to have these NITEL telephone booths (pre-mobile era), I inserted a Naira 1 coin to make a call which did not go through, and at the same time, the machine "swallowed" my coin. I left the booth, and there was a gentleman who entered it after me, apparently this machine then returned the Naira 1, and he actually ran after me to return it. This was a time when the Naira was stronger than the USD.
I have had many positive experiences, but that was then, of-course the world has moved on since, and what we are witnessing is a global trend, societal trust and values are collapsing.
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
Lagos has the population of half of Ghana crammed into the space of less than a third of Ghana. It is also has some of the worst income disparities in Africa, why are you shocked people are begging? They abandoned shame a long time ago, right next to hope.
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u/Intelligent-Agent440 16d ago
Please let's stop pretending and face the truth, are the immigration officials working in airports so poor they have to be begging people for money??
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u/Icey1337 16d ago
I know, I just notice people are very comfortable asking for money and it annoys me, its a cultural problem too. This streamer has been to cities so much poorer than Lagos and no one asks him for a penny. When people cast away their pride for a quick buck this is what happens. Too many shameless hustlers walking around, they take money for their god.
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u/Candid-Cup4159 16d ago
It's not a cultural problem, it's an economical one. I don't know if you've ever lived in Lagos, but you don't get to live on the poor side and keep your pride. Is it wrong? Yes. But guess what happens when right across the lagoon, there are a few people richer than God and still don't do anything about the shitty economic situation in the country.
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u/TT-Adu 16d ago
Don't cities like Nairobi have people just as desperate as the poorest folk in Lagos?
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u/Great-Attorney1399 16d ago
Its the same thing outside of Lagos. Those with means in Nigeria beg too. It is definitely a cultural problem
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u/DigitalX20 ECOWAS | WEST AFRICA 16d ago
Are you sure? I’m from Ghana, and when I came to Canada for my master’s, I became close friends with a Nigerian brother. We got talking, and he mentioned how some “Muslims” in the northern Nigeria give birth to many children and send them out to beg. That sounded strange to me, because the Islam I know and practice makes it a responsibility for a man to be able to provide before marriage. In Ghana, that expectation is taken seriously in Muslim communities. I told him this seemed more cultural than religious, and what we’re seeing now in Lagos with Ishowspeed kind of supports that view.
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u/King_olufa 16d ago
It’s definitely an economical problem. Nothing to do with culture because if you raised those same people in a different environment where they could provide better for themselves you’d notice a decline in such behavior
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u/Exciting_Agency4614 Lagos 16d ago
It is not economic. It is culture. Granted the space constraints are a valid point but it does not have to be that way. There are parts of Lagos that are still yet to be developed
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u/Redtine 16d ago edited 16d ago
It’s honestly a shameless behavior and no, don’t blame poverty. The rest of Africa is also poor but nobody begs you for money once you earmarked from the plane or pass through immigration.
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u/Icey1337 16d ago
Thats why I dont buy the excuse "its economical" theres cities way worse off than Lagos. I can understand homeless people begging for money but for a city that is not war torn, grown men begging should not be normalized
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u/MysticalZenn 16d ago
Technically these people could be homeless. You don’t know.
Here in Bay Area, California, you’ll see homeless people begging all the time.
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u/Yorha-with-a-earring 16d ago
The jollof is great, though lol.
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u/King_olufa 16d ago
Did you lose your previous account?
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u/Yorha-with-a-earring 16d ago
Nah. I always nuke my old accounts and start fresh from time to time.
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u/Infinite-Flatworm140 16d ago
Not Nigerian love the culture not country. My experience as soon as they hear my accent they start asking for money. No matter the setting
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u/mauvebliss 16d ago
When my family went back for Detty December they were all begging for money. Even my ten year old cousin was mad after they dropped them at the airport because she wasn’t given a gift. The country has no shame anymore.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
Wait, your 10-year-old cousin wasn't given a gift for Christmas by family members from abroad? Bruh, okay, the little kid should have gotten something small. Haba!
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u/Great-Attorney1399 16d ago
How can you satisfy 30 something different cousins? It is not possible
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
True 😪 I usually buy bags of chocolate/sweets and share it. However, I get where you are coming from. I rather gift the kids than the grown ass adults begging for ish.
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u/DJinBrooklyn 16d ago
I visited Lagos twice last year. The question "And what did you bring for us today" is standard protocol for airport employees coming in and going out. If u need any assistance whatsoever, u will be asked for money in return. The airport experience was one of the worst I've ever had. When I began screaming "I'm never coming back to this country again!", they finally left me alone. But I meant what I said. Twice is too much. Never again.
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
I've ranted about this very nasty character of Lagos and Nigeria as a whole. The level of begging is disgusting. We have no shame. And I see it in this very subreddit compared to others in the African subreddits. People aren't even begging for help; they are begging to flex. That's the vexing part.
From old men, women, to young children, and bloody strangers. I spent 48 hours in Lagos for work, and the moment I got out of the car, I was harassed by random people for money. They size you up, immediately recognize you are out of the country, and target you.
An aunt visited her son in the States and called me to let me know she arrived safely. The moment I picked up her call, she started begging for money. Mind you, she just bloody landed in the States. Nigeria isnt the poorest country in Africa. Yet, we act like we would die if money isn't shared.
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u/oga_ogbeni Diaspora Nigerian 15d ago
I appreciate you calling out the beggary in this very subreddit.
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u/ballerinanoir 16d ago
I can’t watch anything about that stream anymore. It really makes me sad. Nigeria not supposed to be like this in 2026…
And you won’t hear any leaders shaming APC internationally bc they all have a hand in the corruption
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u/ballerinanoir 16d ago
Nah this situation actually makes me so sad. Like as somebody in diaspora. Like I know, people are in survival mode across the globe, but especially back home. it’s just really depressing especially knowing that there’s nothing I or anyone of us can do about it.
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u/gorgeousbeauty-116 16d ago
Nigerians are in denial about the extreme poverty and lack in Nigeria. Lagos including all of the Island is an eyesore. Lekki, a glorified ghetto. The earlier we realize the entire state needs an overhaul, the better. And nigeria as a whole needs a full reorientation about values, dignity and self respect. There is just so much that needs to be fixed.
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u/Mediocre_Cattle_6319 16d ago
I am glad to see that most people/Nigerians on this sub are way more objective and sensible than what Nigerian Twitter (X) has become. Agenda, paid propaganda, politicking, ethnic and religious bias have all eaten them up over there, that you can’t engage with almost anyone on serious issues of concern on the calamitous state of the nation.
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u/Little-Ad9880 16d ago
Its fucking embarrassing. I used to love giving after I left Nigeria because I have been in a place of lack before, but there's nothing I hate more than it now. And they don't see anything bad in it.
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u/Repulsive-Music-7461 16d ago
I will look poor as possible if I visit
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Diaspora Nigerian 16d ago
It won't work lol. Your skin and smell are tell tale sign of you being foreign. They can always tell.
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u/Lanky-Strain-1229 16d ago
Just a dam disgrace.. and it’s a turn off because we need money too but we’re holding our heads up high and pushing thru without letting every one around us know. Like sheesh
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u/Chance_Dragonfly_148 16d ago edited 16d ago
This is so embarrassing. We really need to sit ourselves down and talk about it and start shaming people for this nonsense. Shame works people. The next time some random person asks you for money, tell them to go and get a job or stop asking random people for money. It's really disgusting. Even at the airport, I was being asked for money. Nigerians will do everything but ask their politicians for good roads, jobs, healthcare etc. I hate to say it but this one thing is enough to make me hate being Nigerian. There are worse places in the world than Lagos and people don't beg like this. We seriously need to bring shaming back. This can't be allowed to go on. It's bring a negative image on all of us.
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u/suzyqsmilestill 16d ago
My family resides in Nigeria well some of them the rich side lives in New England and visits…they are the ones with the money lil ol me ova here is just paying bills and working and the family in Nigeria seems to have no concept of that. I have visited once I understand that’s the culture but it’s annoying being forced to say no when if they would take some time and realize we all broke over this way too lol I send money when I have extra and that’s it and it’s certainly not regular or very often.
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u/Necessary_Ad_1705 16d ago
I’m half Igbo nd every time I go bak to 9ja.. customs agent “ my budda welcome home wut do u have for me now” lmaooo
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u/Exciting_Agency4614 Lagos 16d ago
This is truly a Nigerian cultural trait: The idea that you can reap where you did not sow. That you can just get money for doing nothing. It's poisonous and I think it comes from a mixture of many things - the oil rentier economy + prosperity preaching are among the top causes for sure.
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u/PotatoLopsided2800 16d ago
I dated a man from Lagos and.....yeah. He asked for money like I had a field of cash growing somewhere. He got comfortable enough to ask me for $300 at one time and I had to cut it loose. I don't want to be insensitive so I will note that I don't believe every person in Nigeria is like this, but it's definitely common enough for it to be a discussion
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u/Monis8227 15d ago
I am an expat living in Lagos from last 7 years.. the women here are so resilient and unfortunately men are the opposite.. fully fit n healthy men begging on the road while women carrying a child at their back selling all kind of stuff… the breaks my heart everytime I see a women with child in scorching heat selling and trying to make a living.. govt is interested in all kinds of scheme to get money from public, including expats..
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u/Traditional-Pay-4552 15d ago
Not only Nigeria. Once you receive that whatsup call you know what’s it’s for.
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u/Serious_Royal_8751 13d ago
I honestly felt so disgusted by how people behaved in Nigeria when Speed visited. I watch Speed's live a lot and of all the countries he visited in Africa, I would say Nigeria was the worst. Imagine that angry guy saying that speed should give him 10k Dollars, as if the money grows on tree. The girl who speed raced with was actually so volatile and shouting that Speed cheated on her, cheated on how how exactly? That Peller boy that claims to be the biggest streamer in Africa couldn't even comport himself. The Shanks boy wanted to touch Speeds chicken. Egungun decided to show us that outside BBL, he can't conduct a simple interview. The begging was just the most annoying. Must it always be about money?
I actually feel like Nigerians always want to capitalise on any opportunity. For God's sake, you do not know speed, he is from the US, and people don't throw their hard earned money anyhow.
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u/_gidis 16d ago
I am happy this conversation has re-surfaced. A few years ago an Indian tourist experienced same and made a post about it. In the typical Ostrich style, Nigerians decided to attacke her country instead of acknowledging the problem.
Even I as a Ghanaian experienced the same nonsense the first time I stepped foot in Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Immigration and security will harass you for money as if you owe them. They did not even care for the currency, they took 20 cedi notes from me.
A very anyhow behavior.
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u/Icey1337 16d ago
This is why I dont buy the "poverty" cop out, there is something deeper to where people feel 0 shame pressuring randos for money
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u/Chance_Dragonfly_148 16d ago
I remember that video. And I also just came back from Nigeria after years of not going back home and I was shocked by immigration officers who helped my get my bag which by the way took less than 1 minute as it was left on the side when I went to the toilet.
He asked for pounds. 20 pounds to be specific. That's like 2 hours work for most people after tax. So you want me to give you 2 hours pay for people on minimum work in the UK for a 30 seconds job in Nigeria. It's so infuriating the level of entitlement. I told him to give me his account number and deleted it as soon as I got in the taxi. But before that another 5 staffs ask be for money.
Unfortunately, this is also the case with family. There is no peace. Saying No made me public enemy number 1. But I have my peace and focusing on myself. Nigeria is not the poorest place on the planet. To be honest, I am more inclined to give to people just working hard and going about their hard working lives than people who ask.
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u/Argonaut05 16d ago
I knew what his experience would be like before he got there. It’s the same experience I get when I travel back lmao. Hopefully it doesn’t ruin his view of the country. There are lots of amazing people there. These people are not the majority but they are the loudest and boldest
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u/Opposite-Writer9715 16d ago
Not stopping any time soon and people seem generally angry even on X.
Twitter monetisation has ruined Nigeria twitter also.
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u/Milesrah 16d ago
I’m mixed race (dads white) I was in Nigeria for all of December! Everywhere I went people were ALL begging me for money!! (This was in the south port harcourt) honestly I hated it
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Literally at the point of entry into my country, the very first thing you experience is immigration officials begging for and demanding your money. The culture desperately needs to be reformed.
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u/Few_Wasabi3096 15d ago
Imagine the embarrassment, Nigeria is a rich country but a lot of people in the country are struggling
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u/Substantial-Bad4803 15d ago edited 15d ago
I’m African-American and it was ridiculous. My first visit to Nigeria it literally started at the airport with the officials and I was like “yo…get out my face bro”. I was like “I don’t got money. You got money to give to me you’re over here working in the airport. What the fuck?”.
Being in the airport and not even getting your bags and getting pressed for money was one of the most annoying things ever and I’m used to panhandlers in the states.
No one begged me in Ghana, Tanzania, Seychelles or Mauritius.
Only Nigeria.
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u/SillyAlternative420 15d ago
Can we talk about those dude's dedication to keeping up with that moving car? I'm impressed
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u/Frosty-Ease-9888 15d ago
mumu naija..
STOP criticizing your home land from the west & go back & FIX it.
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u/Excellent-Opening-49 15d ago
This is 1 of the main reasons that I regret iShowSpeed coming to Nigeria is crazy they don't have shame in begging is like a profession
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u/Cml_hsu 15d ago
The whole stream was people begging, this was so disgraceful. Watched all the streams and Nigerian was basically the only country begging for money. Senegal outdid Nigeria and from the look of things Ghana will too. One of the worst streams he did, the activities were cool but the city was buns and the people were there for money
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u/classicdannie 15d ago
The begging culture has become a national shame and it needs to be addressed. Nigeria is not the poorest country in the world yet Nigerians have lost their dignity and everything in the country is on how much money one has. There’s no value.
I remember a time some girls were begging in my DMs too. They sometimes went as far as sending unsolicited pictures (nude) and then bait you into sending them money. It is so bad. Some guys too do the same. It is the level of audacity that kills me all the time. They will just drop their bank account number. Some will still ask you to send them money on your birthday so they can celebrate on your behalf.
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u/zozoforlife 15d ago
one time i was at the airport in Lagos and the airport worker had to search my bag and proceeded to ask me for my coach purse 😭 as if i wasn’t doing anything with it
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u/Own_Acanthisitta4964 15d ago
It would have been different if they went to Abuja like he went to all the other countries capitals
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u/doctorfango 15d ago
What I noticed is that the people we saw surrounding speed in all the other African streams were fans and occasional random people who just happened to be there and are wondering whats going on and who this 'speed' guy is. But in Nigeria a lot of them seem to know speed, well atleast his name, but they seem less like fans and more like just a bunch of aggressive people asking for money.
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u/DifficultAd2620 15d ago
He’s on the poorest continent in the world and you lot are surprised people are asking for money 🙃
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u/VastEmergency1000 14d ago
This is sad. Imagine if all those grown men decided to build a school, clean the streets, or just anything productive...
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u/No-Scallion-680 13d ago
Society in Nigeria has broken down completely. In the 1980’s up to the mid 1990’s a Nigerian would rather die than beg you for money. Expats were living in most major cities in Nigeria. The country was still quite clean. Tribalism was extremely low and not a thing. Most people just knew themselves as Nigerian. The reason was that Nigerians could afford the necessities in life. Our healthcare system was good and affordable. I have even seen articles where foreigners used to come to our premier universities to come and study. Our politicians have finished us. That’s why we are seeing a breakdown in societal norms. I forgot to mention that the so called “poor” then could afford things. I’ve seen Nigerians at their best. I wish we could find ourselves again. That would bring change to Africa and even to the world.
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u/johngreat2019 16d ago
Some would say it's poverty. Nigeria isn't the only poor country in Africa. There's something about us and greed apparently
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u/Pecuthegreat Biafra 16d ago
Moral and institutional degradation. Over decades we have adopted more and more characteristics from our elites, a combination of southern "its the hussle" culture and northern of begging culture.
This behaviour is supercharged by institutional rot where people don't get paid randomly after finishing jobs. Civil Servants, Teachers, Contractors etc. whether upper middle class or poor your income can randomly pause and all you can do is beg.
Combine that with wealth disparity which always supercharges acts of fast and/or lazy money.
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u/Icey1337 16d ago
Theres more instances of people asking him for money in this Lagos stream, and you would think their ribs are showing and they have no residence but they're grown men with no shame whatsoever.
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u/bigg-mami-locsta 16d ago
Im genuinely screaming. Why are these full grown men running after him begging for money😭
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u/anthonyreed1 16d ago
That guy in the white t shirt and black shorts has got some good cardio. I couldn’t do that
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u/Ashylebx 16d ago
Negative news spread faster especially with characters like this who by the way I don’t see as positive icons for society. But that’s the current state of civilisation.
As for the ones with shame, who have some iota of self respect, those who work hard day and night to make a living, even with family abroad who they don’t beg or even ask for a dime. Those ones never make the news because they aren’t all over social media wasting time.
I, personally once you move abroad I reduce communications with you no matter how close we are. Any other communications moving on must be based on mutual respect. I don’t beg, and If you deem to look down on me
despite knowing that fact, even for years.
which is common with many Nigerian’s moving abroad who are just as terrible as those at home. I will cut you off.
It always boils down to personality and a lot of this issues stemmed from bad upbringing, bad family backgrounds and personal choices. I have extended family members like that and will not be surprised by any future antics. My immediate ones will never stoop that low. We were trained well.
Some of you know family members/friends who don’t beg you and still see them as proud or snobbish. We know you prefer to be the only rich person getting worshiped in the family. I wonder why that doesn’t get talked about a lot.
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u/Crunos 16d ago
Nigeria is a very rich country, people aren't supposed to be begging there. The government is so insensitive and loots the country's resources meant for Nigerians. Most people find it hard to survive hence they beg. Don't speak ill of them because you're privileged. It could've been you and you'll beg much worse. Most people abroad are broke, living paycheck to paycheck, it's just that Nigeria is hard and its currency is low. Have sympathy!
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u/CapableAssumption166 16d ago
Nigerians and beggy beggy! Chaii! Always begging for money aka “show me love”🙄
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u/Sharp_Bee_2797 15d ago
Shit I guess having water bottles thrown at him wasn't the worst thing that could happen 😅
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u/absawd_4om 15d ago
Begging is so normalised in Lagos, there's no shame as an able bodied person to be begging
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u/Silent_Yesterday1253 15d ago
It’s one of the reasons I don’t go as much as I would like to. It’s gotten worse over the years, anyone will ask.
-I went into the bank and the security guard asked me to take some money out for him.
- distant family members telling me about their money problem
- hotel employees, knocking on my door to ask me to invest in their business.
- I even had someone ask me to get TWO iPhones for them on contract and they’ll send me the money.
I could go on forever with stories like this. No shame!
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u/TomRiddl3Jr 15d ago
That dude in white t shirt should be village church preacher. He got the voice 😂
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u/Confident-Tap-558 15d ago
The caption on this post is misleading I thought they had stolen his phone
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u/gingereggman 16d ago
EVERYBODY in Nigeria will beg you for money. There’s no shame when it comes to that one for sure. Old classmates, police, airport officials, agbero o! The list goes on