A Nigerian woman living in India has taken to social media to compare her experience of living in the country with life in Nigeria, particularly when it comes to the cost of mobile data and some everyday expenses.
Follow the Elizabethblog channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbDQN5lI1rcbSgriLG2M
In a video shared on her TikTok page, the woman explained that she spends about 400 Indian rupees a month on a mobile plan that allows her to make calls and use data.
According to her, the monthly data allocation is enough to last her until the next billing cycle, something she contrasted with her experience of using mobile data in Nigeria.
Speaking in Pidgin English, she said:
“I no come here to come compare nigeria to india, But some kind things wey i know say we no get You no the way we dey cry to our governmrnt wey dem no go do that kain thing for us, I talk about two things or three things some of una dey vex, someone talk say he dey nigeria he get light 24hours for the past 3years abi 4 years because he dey use solar”
She questioned whether everyone could afford to install solar power systems simply to compensate for unreliable electricity supply.
“Na everybody no fit buy solar? when person dey complain about government, dem no dey complain because for some of una get small money buy one of two things but we dey complain about some people wey no fit buy those this….. Make we dey talk about data, I dey buy data of 400 rupees every month and that 400 rupees (400×12= 4,800) na 4,800 recharge card i dey use for a year when you recharge that 400, you use am as data you go use am as normal call, there is nothing like enh this month recharge card did not reach one month Imagine some kain time wey you go recharge for full year wey no even reach 100,000 naira this money (4,800 rupees) no even reach 100,000 naira but na the money wey i dey use for data in a year, I go watch film use am con tire there is nothing like you use it too much they cut it
“Unlike nigeria wey dem go promise use 5gb for one week e no go reach 2 days e go finishdo you know what it means not to use 1,000 naira but better cloth for here (India) the 1,000 rupees na him dem dey take buy clothes and na the money the average baddies dey use buy clothes”
See her speak below……….