7 rules you will know from living in a real Nigerian setting

Now if you live abroad but within a group of Nigerians, this may not be exclusive to you except you practice everything Nigerians do and your cultural heritage has not been adulterated.

Living in Nigeria where you get to see people from different backgrounds would make you understand the things that would be discussed in this piece. There are certain habits and doctrines that are exclusive to Nigerians alone.

This means wherever you meet people who do these things, you can always guess they are Nigerians. Most homes in Nigeria follow this rules and no one is allowed to flout them.

Find some of the rules you are expected to follow in a typical Nigerian setting:

1. You have to use your right hand always

In Nigeria, it is wrong for you to collect an object from an elderly person using your left hand. You may start to wonder why you have two hands if you only have to use the right one always.

Using the left hand means you have no respect and if you are around someone that has authority over you, you could get beaten for it.

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2. You do not call people older than you by their first names

Everyone in your street who is older than you has to be addressed as ‘uncle’ or ‘aunty’. It does not matter whether they are related to you or not, you have to add that prefix before calling their first names otherwise, you go hear am.

3. You are to help an elderly person with his or her load

If you live in a Nigerian home, you would understand that you have to help an elderly person with his load as soon as you sight him from a distance. Of course, this is mainly applicable where the person is a known family member. If you like, go and help a stranger with his load and become a tuber of yam in the process. Na your wahala be dat.

4. Do not answer your parent with ‘what’ when they call you

It is very wrong for you to answer your parents this way when they call you. If you do not get severely beaten for answering them like that, then you will be lashed with words. If you live in a Nigerian house, you would have known this rule by now. It should become a part of you so that you do not answer people outside your home that way too.

5. You are not allowed to have a boyfriend till you are married

Growing up in Nigeria is funny I must say; parents expect their wards to face their studies and not get distracted with the idea of dating or hanging out with boys.

If you are caught with a man during this period, you are so dead. If you must have a boyfriend, your meeting point has to be uncompleted buildings and dark corners. You are only at liberty to date when you are getting married.

6. You must add ‘brother’ or ‘sister’ to your siblings’ names

In Nigeria, anyone who is older than you has to be accorded some respect; so far you were not born on the same day, then he is not your mate. If your immediate sibling is a week older than you, you are expected to add the prefix ‘brother’ or ‘sister’ to his or her name. You will be told this by words or by beating if you fail to do so.

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7. Saturdays are for sanitation and cloth-washing

Do not ever think you can sleep and wake up whenever you like on Saturdays; days like that are designated for cleaning the house and washing clothes.

If you live in a face-me-I-face-you-house, then you will have to wake up early to outdo your neighbor who may want to wash clothes and spread them on the line too. The environment must be cleaned then as you are meant to observe environmental before the famous wole-wole visit.

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