Billionpurps

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This is one of the legacies left behind 13 years ago by Peter Obi. You have hundreds of such schools scattered across Anambra. Most are in rural areas: You can see the generator & lab equipment. Soludo has refused to maintain public infrastructures built by Peter Obi.

[Billionpurps @billionpurps]

NTA on a Saturday morning. Groundnut with zobo in the sun. The specific sound of a Nokia phone receiving a message. The smell of new school uniforms. Nepa giving light right when the generator was about to run out. Nigerian childhood was chaotic and I miss parts of it deeply. 😶

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Some things get taken away, and you only understand what they were worth after they're gone. The okada wasn't just transport. It was a system built by and for people the city otherwise ignored. 😶

How did the okada ban affect your daily life or the people around you?

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I want to talk about what Lagos actually lost when they banned okadas in certain areas. Beyond the transport. The specific texture of life that disappeared with them.

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I'm not saying the ban was entirely wrong. I'm saying it was made without enough empathy for what it removed. In Lagos, how you move is how you survive. When you change how people move, you change their lives.

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The most underrated Nigerian skill is the ability to recalibrate your entire lifestyle around a new economic reality and still show up on monday morning, acting like everything is fine.

We are not okay. But we are functional. There's a difference. 😂

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The security guard at my estate has been giving me unsolicited life advice every morning for 3 months. Today, he said something I can't stop thinking about. Every morning: 'Good morning oga.' I nod. Get in the car. Normal.

[Billionpurps @billionpurps]

The most underrated Nigerian skill is the ability to recalibrate your entire lifestyle around a new economic reality and still show up on monday morning, acting like everything is fine.

We are not okay. But we are functional. There's a difference. 😂

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I don't know this man's full name. I've been calling him 'senior man' for 3 months. But he's in my head more than most people I actually know. Lagos will always find a way to teach you.

[Billionpurps @billionpurps]

The security guard at my estate has been giving me unsolicited life advice every morning for 3 months. Today, he said something I can't stop thinking about. Every morning: 'Good morning oga.' I nod. Get in the car. Normal.

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This morning he said: 'Oga, the gate I open for you every day, nobody can open the ones inside for you. Only you hold those keys.' Then he lifted the barrier. Normal. Like he hadn't just said something

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Then he sat back down. Put his own earphones in. Got off at Fadeyi without another word. I don't know who that man was. But I've been thinking about what he said since 8am and it's now evening. Some people enter your life for 4 bus stops and rearrange something in you.

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Something happened to me in the bus this morning, and I need to share it because I'm still thinking about it hours later. I'm in a danfo heading to Yaba. Tired. Earphones in. Minding my business. Bus stops at Anthony. One man enters, pays his fare, sits down normal

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He continued anyway. 'I'm not here to preach. I'm here to tell you that whatever you are carrying this morning, the debt, the job, and the family wahala wear a smile. God loves you. Respect that.