I have had a solid beef with my dear country, Nigeria, for a very long time, and you can't really blame me, lol.
Jokes apart, ever since I entered adulthood mentally, it feels like every day that passes, Nigeria gives me a reason to wish me and the angel that assigned me to Nigeria get to meet, and the angel better give me a good reason for his decision.
Seriously, there are a lot of things I don't like about Nigeria that the country is known for.
Is it the condition of the market, the rampant greed, fraud, and extortion?
I mean, they would cheat you every chance they get without looking back till they have nothing to take anymore. But I guess maybe because I am in Nigeria, that's why it seems intense.
Just like how our government is in the trash — the corruption in our leadership is on a level of its own — anytime I remember “it is my turn,” I laugh but feel truly sad for my country deep inside.
It is so bad sometimes it feels like it's just Nigeria, but there are so many other countries passing through the same thing, and I don't think Nigeria is famous for that.
I am trying to find something that Nigeria is famous for being uniquely bad at.
Next would be insecurity, which is increasingly becoming alarming.
The feeling of safety has become something so rare; one has to be careful, vigilant, and ready for the worst at all times.
Nigeria isn't known as a safe country like some other countries, but I don't think it's widely known for its insecurity either.
Then I guess that brings us to scamming, AKA fraud, AKA yahoo.
I know there are some other countries with their names attached to scamming, and some are even more popular for scamming.
But Nigeria isn't lacking either in carrying that word scamming along everywhere.
It's so sad that today, scamming can be easily associated with Nigeria on a justifiable level.
Now, people online are cautious and always suspect anything Nigerian online of being a scam.
In real life, like in person, it's not frequently associated with scams, but like I said, it's quite easy to attach it.
A foreigner meeting a Nigerian might not have the word scammer come to mind first, but if brought up, maybe by another person, it is justifiable and reasonable.
And the scary part is that most people now don't know the current condition of scamming in Nigeria.
Yahoo is starting to be made to look so normal that most youths these days see it as an unusual and admirable lifestyle.
And if it goes on like this, someday our reputation in scamming would skyrocket through the roof.
But also, my country is known to be rich in good things.
A good and usual start is our natural resources.
And our culture — Nigeria is known to be rich with different beautiful cultures.
The one good thing we are famous for that I find myself liking and kind of proud of is how Nigerians are known to be hustlers wherever we find ourselves.
We thrive, survive, and tend to stand out everywhere. Like, we survive anything.
There is a successful Nigerian man in almost every part of the world.
“We no dey carry last” — in correct English, “we are never caught lacking.”
