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The Street Tax: Has Aggressive Youth Extortion Become An Accepted Cost Of Moving Around The City?

Trust Egbegi

Student| Writer|Speaker| Growing Something here| Come wit... • Abuja • 2 weeks, 3 days ago

See I'd say stop giving those guys money, you see them damaging cars or banging the windows, it happens in Lagos alot.When you give them money, they feel entitled to something they did not work for. And why?It because you are giving them money, if everybody hold pocket and ignore them, they'd either go to work or start robbing.Sometimes going out, you see Lagos especially, it's becoming stressful, you will see them shouting, hitting the car windows ah

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Doubra✍🏾

Student| Writer|Speaker| Growing Something here| Come wit... • Abuja, Nigeria • 2 weeks, 3 days ago

See 100 naira will turn 1000 naira one day, me I'm not even saying this from experience, I watched videos about this where they'd be giving them bundles, throwing it, now tell me why that will not become a source of income for them, and it was not funny at all.

Imagine them banging on your car window or hitting your car bumper, and you know to fix any damages it will cost money.

I don't advise 100 naira

Grace John

Molecular Biologist • Ota, Nigeria • 2 weeks, 3 days ago

I hear you and I am 10 toes down with you on that, but I have heard stories of persons that were harmed. Most persons will hear that and say they should have just given them 100 naira or something