HOW TO BE NIGERIAN NO 11!
Be friendly
No kidding, Nigerians are the friendliest people on earth. Always
smiling and willing to help. Trust me on this. If you go anywhere in Nigeria,
you cannot get lost. One of the things Nigerians do best id give directions. Just
stop where a group of Nigerians are seated or standing and ask for directions,
for every two persons standing there, you get a different route to the same
destination. Nigerians would even tell you how to conduct yourself at your
destination.
We get to Lagos for the first time, our bus stop at Berger Park.
We see a group of people talking, we approach them. We greet them, they respond
enthusiastically, we tell them we are headed to Oshodi but we do not know how
to get there. Oh, oshodi! Easy. From here, board a bus to Agege, from Agege,
board another bus headed to Oshodi. That’s one way someone else says, you could
board ikeja from here, not under bridge ikeja, Ikeja-Along, cross the road, but
don’t cross it o. those KAI people would probably be lurking somewhere, so make
sure to take the pedestrian bridge. Once you get off the bus, you’d get bus
headed to oshodi just at the foot of the bridge. That’s surely one way another
person says, but why not board Ojota then oshodi from there? However, go to the
end of the park there’s a straight bus to oshodi another one says. From Oshodi
where are we headed, they ask. We say we are getting picked up. They okay, but
better be careful. Don’t just stand anywhere, stand under the bridge. Make sure
to use the bridge, don’t cross. Hold firmly to your bag. Okay then, one of them
personally takes us to the driver of the straight bus to Oshodi driver, they’re
going to oshodi, make sure they are fine. We depart.
