24 Nigerian Struggles We All Just Dey Endure (But Still Dey Smile 😅)
If you dey Naija, you already know say to just exist na Olympic sport. From the moment you wake up to when you finally rest your head (if mosquitoes allow), life dey throw curveballs left, right, and center.
But Naija people? We too resilient. We dey cruise inside chaos, laugh inside pain, and vibe inside madness. So let’s break down 24 of the most relatable Nigerian wahala wey we all dey manage, with grace and gbas gbos.
1. Light No Dey, Gen No Gree Start
You go just dey chill, praying for light, and NEPA go flash small like say dem wan test your patience. Before you shout "Up NEPA!", dem don carry am go. You run go start gen, but the gen say e get mood—no wan start. You go dey sweat like Christmas goat.
2. Fuel Scarcity & The Queue From Hell
You go drive reach filling station 6am, think say you early, only to meet queue wey resemble registration for heaven. Then you go finally reach pump, they go say "we no get change," or worse, "POS no dey work."
3. POS Say Transaction Failed, But Money Don Fly
You dey one small kiosk to buy gala and La Casera. POS say "transaction failed." You dey about to try again, but boom! Bank alert say "₦500 debited." Na fight wey go start that day.
4. Data Wey Vanish Like Magic
You just open Instagram to check who post Drake meme. Before 5 minutes pass, MTN go text you say "You have used 95% of your 1.5GB." You go dey ask if you stream Netflix by mistake.
5. Job Hunt Wey Be Like Hunger Games
You go write CV like 20 times, apply for jobs wey no even reply you. One day dem invite you for interview, only to ask say you need 7 years experience for job wey dem tag as "graduate trainee." Na spiritual.
6. Salary Finish Before E Land
Before alert even enter, your mind don divide the money: rent, bills, small flex, one debt here, one black tax there. By time you breathe small, balance na ₦2,314.67.
7. Network Wey Dey Do Hide and Seek
You dey important Zoom call, but MTN decide say today na hide and seek. Your voice dey cut like DJ scratch. "Hello? Hello?? Can you hear m—" then silence.
8. Rent Wey Fit Give You Hypertension
Every December, landlord go remember you exist. Rent increase go land like thunder, but leaking roof, broken pipe, dem no dey remember to fix. You dey pay premium for wahala.
9. Sapa Wey No Get Mercy
That moment when your last card na ₦200, and you dey ask yourself if you go buy data, buy food, or just sleep. Even Indomie don dey feel like luxury.
10. Relationship Pressure From Left, Right & Centre
You post one pic, aunty from village go comment: "When are we coming to eat rice?" Bros, make person breathe first. As if love no already hard enough.
11. Noisy Neighbours Wey No Get Volume Button
Your neighbour go dey blast Asake by 7am like say dem dey host concert. Sunday morning? Dem dey do deliverance with loudspeaker. Peace of mind no get address here.
12. BRT Wey Go Still Leave You Behind
You go chase BRT like Usain Bolt, just for driver to look you dead in the eye and drive off. You go just stand like mumu, chest dey rise and fall.
13. Market People Wey Fit Sell Ice To Eskimo
You ask price of onions, dem go tell you "₦2,000, last." You start to waka away, then suddenly it drop to "₦500 for you." You no even sure who scam who.
14. Security Weh Fit Turn Inspector Gadget Overnight
You wan enter estate to see friend, gate security turn FBI. "Who you be? Who you wan see? Call am! Make I hear im voice!" Like say you carry contraband.
15. Small Rain, Everywhere Don Flood
One small drizzle like say angels just dey leak small tears, but everywhere don turn Venice. Na to remove slippers and wade through like Moses parting Red Sea.
16. Traffic Wey Fit Make You Miss Your Own Wedding
You commot house 6:30am for 10am appointment. Time na 11:15am, you still dey third mainland bridge. Even bike no fit help sometimes. Lagos traffic get PhD.
17. Office Wahala + Oga Weh No Get Chill
4:59pm Friday, boss go stroll in with "Let’s have a quick meeting." Next thing, you dey stuck in boardroom till 6:30. Work-life balance na myth.
18. Side Hustle Dey, But Money No Gree Show
You dey sell thrift, dey do social media gigs, even run dispatch side. But bank account still dey behave like desert. Effort no dey match result.
19. Power Bank Don Become Essential Like Oxygen
Phone battery dey red, PHCN dey ghost you, and your power bank na your only hope. Once e die, you just go off-grid like caveman.
20. Girlfriend Wey Be Like Monthly Subscription
You love her die, but every time month dey start, na "baby I need urgent ₦5k" go first greet you before good morning. You no go even balance your own bills finish, she don already draft budget for your account. You go dey fear to check message cos you sabi say another emotional invoice dey wait. And if you no comply? Cold war go start. "You don't care about me" go turn theme song. But lowkey, you still dey send the money—because love na cruise and premium tears.
21. Nigerian Parents + Volume = Everlasting Bond
Dem no dey hear word. One small offence, everywhere go hear. "ON THAT GEN! WHO OFF THAT LIGHT?!" Na surround sound home theater.
22. Government Palava We No Fit Shout Again
One day subsidy, next day new policy. Before you digest one wahala, dem don serve another. At this point, we just dey watch like season film.
23. You Dey Laugh So You No Go Cry
We don master the art of using cruise as therapy. Even during fuel scarcity, person go tweet meme with caption "When you realize your car na decoration."
24. Still, We Move!
No matter the level of shege, Naija blood get resilience. We dey chop life, laugh loud, hustle smart and believe say better go soon land.
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