How many phones does a true Nigerian own?
Stephanie Hegarty
BBC
Unless a recent victim of
crime you should expect every Nigerian to carry at least two phones, three is
fairly normal.
If you meet a Nigerian with
only one phone beware, you are dealing with an imposter.
The bigger the man (or woman)
the more phones he will have.
Expect a chief to juggle at
least four. Senior officials? Plenty.
But it’s not just ego, in fact
not at all.
Nigerian mobile networks are
unreliable so a backup is almost essential. Even more so given that you can’t
rely on electricity to charge your phone overnight.
As someone who struggles to
keep track of my belongings I’ve been soldiering on for the past year with a
single phone.
But lately I've been tested to
the limit. After a week of trying to fit everything I needed to say into the 10
seconds before the call inevitably drops, I caved.
Now, as the proud owner of two
phones and even more sim cards I only wonder, what took me so long?
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