What you need to know about Nigerian hustle life. The reason many Nigerian strives to earn a living might be breathtaking, critical and very touching story. It is not possible to live in a country like Nigeria without hustling.
Lagos is one of the main center of industrial and the city of hustle; from the giant investors to the street hawkers and the oil entrepreneurs. In Lagos (Nigeria), everyone is busy doing whatever it takes to make a living in order to provide for their family or to be rank among the elite of the Society.
Most family in Nigeria have their immidiate and extended family they have to take care of. From having 3-6 children they have to feed, clothed and pay school fees and taking care of their aged parents who do not have a good retirement insurance policy.
During the course of growing up in Nigeria, I got to know that life is not made of bed of roses but on a platform of hard work and determination. Everyone in Nigeria start to hustle at the early stage of their life depending on the status quo of the family.
For instance, those whose parents are wealthy might not have to real hustle. The people that are real hustler in Nigeria are the middle class and the poor people. The middle class hustle to keep their money or income in a stable condition and to acquire more wealth for their children to have a better future.
While the very poor people might start to hustle at early age; from hawking on the streets while their mate are learning in school. One of the things you will find in (Africa) Nigeria that is not possible in (Europe) Germany for instance, is Kids from (10-15) years hawkering sachet/bottled water, fruits, and snacks in traffic on the highways and Federal motor road.
Some of them hustle till they get to school and the hustle still continue even after their studies and choosen career. It is not a surprise, that Nigerians are the most husltler people in the world; from music/movie to medicine, clearing and forwarding, importing of used and brand new goods from foriegn countries. The main port for the importers is in Apapa port authority Lagos. Where thousands of Nigeria youths go on daily basis to hutsle. The music and movie industry are moving well in Nigeria and most of the youth who have got talent for that are certainly doing well no doubt. Most of the avarage family want their children to study medicine because they believe the doctors are the richest in the world. They are not thinking of the first obligation
of the doctor as to save life.
I spent my 27 years in the world in Lagos. I was born and raised in Lagos and the memory of the hustle life of the people of Nigeria (my country) stayed with me. Even though I will live 60 years outside Nigeria I can still write and talk about the country; Culture, Lifestyle, Hustle, Corruption and Bad Governance, because i am a Nigerian, I have the blood of Nigeria, I still eats the food of Nigeria and i am a hustler even though I live in a rich and developed country as Germany.
In all of the hindrances in the country the Nigerians are still amazing people, who can turn every situation for their good. They are optmistic people; they believe whatever they do that it will heed good results and they don't easily give up. Moreso, there is no where in the world that you will not find one Nigeria. They are the 'ancestor of Israelites' in Africa because immigrate is in their blood. I love Nigeria and God bless Nigeria!
Queendaline Schneider
3 comments:
May God help Nigeria, so that all will change in a good way
Amen. Thanks for your comments.
Uhmmmm, sincerely we hustle and bustle too much in this country, I wish God would bless all our endeavours in striving to make it in life, May God help us all.
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