Two Nigerian immigrants have gotten international attention after volunteering to sweep the streets in Italy. According to reports, it’s hard to find a job if one is in the process of claiming asylum but this group of Nigerians living in a migrant camp in Rome have started a voluntary street sweeping collective.

The sweeping collective was founded by Wisdom and Osas, who came up with the idea because they had no money but did not want to beg on the streets.

In an audio interview with BBC, the Nigerians revealed that they've been in Italy for nine months and decided to sweep the streets rather than remaining idle in the migrant camp. They revealed that they are more than 300 Nigerian guys sweeping the streets as people give them money to appreciate their work.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/08/nigerian-immigrants-volunteering-to-sweep-italian-streets.html

Photo-credit; BBC

this greedy op. why book space on ur own thread?

back to topic

is it not better than staying here?

worst case scenario people point fingers.

but here in Nigeria anything can happen.
even today, innocent people farming were all slaughterd for no reason. 42 people o

or the FG may even send thier foot almajiri soldiers to kill you because you asked about the where abouts of buhari

they are there sweeping streets, here in Nigeria the streets are not tilled so sweeping is outta the question. even the Roads here are not tarred sooo

we have bushes everywhere little wonder a certain grass cutter used about 250 million to clear grass, he was caught o and gullible Nigerians thought he would be punished, lol the thought that he was a member of the ruling party did not cross their myopic minds. he has been acquitted by pastor osibanjo. a man of god that detests corrupt practises.

I know babaachair lawal is somewhere sipping champagne now



so I ask y won't niggers leave Nigeria and travel out to sweep streets? is Nigeria a country sef?

Man must survive!!

Are they the only Nigerian that sweep the street?
Nigerians are hustlers

Abroad guys!

Not bad, better than doing drugs and gets killed at the end.

Guy God bless your hustle

No think of coming back to the dump site of a country
Nobody can escape buhari induced poverty here oo
The hardship is real
Even zombies dey beg for data Now

But this is sad. Many people are just existing, not living.. Especially among us Nigerians at home and also abroad.
God help us o.

Watz d biggy. No be pesin go sweep am b4.

If dem ask how many Nigerians go do dat job, 50% will gladly jump on it.
Sweeping for Europe na big boy job oo

It's legal

It's not a crime

It's not begging.

The only thing wrong here would be complacency.

Benin people and abroad especially ITALY are like 5&6. And again,there ladies prefer to date someone In abroad(EUROPE) that they won't see for years than to date a fresh Graduate who has a brighter future...OBOKHIAN

Funny, people think it's easy over there..

ChangeIsCostant:
Two Nigerian immigrants Wisdom and Osas, who came up with the idea because they had no money but did not want to beg on the streets.

I doubt if Chinedu and Emeka will do such after crossing the desert and Mediterranean sea to reach Italy, they would rather look for Mafia bosses to work for and help them to sell that thing to the Italians and not to leave Naija to go and be sweeping streets in Italy.

Osas gleefully sweeps the streets and allows his picture to be showcased to the world just like his Edo sisters fighting and beating themselves to fainting over men, Emeka and Chinelo would never allow their pictures to be shown with broom or prostituting openly except it is like Hushpuppi, Easy-money or Bishop. We can spot the difference in attitude.

Better than pimping women and selling drugs IMHO

There are many of them here, mail sorter, warehouse associate, machine loader, car parts sorter, CNC Operator, Home-care giver, office-cleaning team etc. To survive requires pain and I pray that God bless Nigerians that keeps a clean record through hard work.

My working in Corporate America with a full fledged office makes me appreciate people that stands on their feet for 8 hours.

My respect goes out to these guys.

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And their mothers in the village will be like ' Do u know my sons osas and destiny? The work in an oil company in italy .

this is being creative instead of beating the drums of war

see as them fresh... lolz.. it is better to sweep streets of rome than to that of mushin

Angelparadise:
Abroad guys!

see the street them dey sweep sef if naija streeet be like that one year then no go sweep it again dem go just put the money for thier pocket

If una begin sweep naija e no bad ooo! At least somehow ull be appreciated, and making a better country chai

*Wisdom and Osas. I like hard working developers

They will come here now and be doing "hey yo".

But it's all good, a legitimate way to survive.

Morons, this is a self imposed slavery in a foreign land. The next thing they should do is to chain themselves and get a white man on horseback to whip them.

Is this a new method by our "Developing" Brothers?

the hustle is real

They will get asylum and do drugs...

back to slavery

It's still better than working for the state government.....

Where your take home pay can not take you home and will still owe you seven months salary....

See the way him.gadge well, na by force to jand? Nawao..