There's a story about a minister who drank 42cups of tea and fainted.
He was unaware of d british mannerism of turning his cup upside down to indicate he didnt want to b further served thus the cup was continously filled, and our man drank on and on, not wanting to appear rude by not finishing whatever his 'kind' host served him.


I saw this quote somewhere.

Didnt Idi Amin do someone like that?

If I have to guess though, my bet is on an Hausa minister or maybe Ibo, but definitely not Yoruba

arsenefc:

Didnt Idi Amin do someone like that?

If I have to guess though, my bet is on an Hausa minister or maybe Ibo, but definitely not Yoruba

Hahaha, I dnt care if He came from mars abi na jupiter.
But is the story true?

Yes the story is true, but definitely not up to 42 cups, I think it was about 4 or 5 cups. He was a minister in the 1st republic, I heard Balewa had to tell him in Hausa language to turn his cup over. 

balewa at the  pre-colonial conference in London, did not know to turn his cup up side down.   You dont blame him,  Most of you who did not live abroad for long time dont know. It is like me asking any of the governor  what is germany horse. they dont know.

It is like fashola calling the new train light train. I laugh in canada. it is a metro train.  the truth is lagos state should not convert the train. A new metro goes for about $10 billion. the one coming to lagos are like brand new. they are very good.  the only problem is , they use electricity.

What fashola should do is built power plant just for the train and use them from metro.  it is a one in a one in a life time chance for us to have it.

  ota  in ogun state to lagos island is one hour on that train.   what you should do about the electricity is easy. You need to build a power plant and have stand  back up, even if the power goes off.  you isolate the power plant from NEPA and others.

It is important lagos use the train as metro and not light train, even if it means they may not meet the target date. it is hard to get a metroline and it takes them long time to build.  we should not misuse this one time chance. there are no second use one out there that easy. i have been on it several times. it is very fast. it will go from Ota to lagos island in one hour.

musiwa,,.:

balewa at the  pre-colonial conference in London, did not know to turn his cup up side down.   You dont blame him,  Most of you who did not live abroad for long time dont know. It is like me asking any of the governor  what is germany horse. they dont know.

It is like fashola calling the new train light train. I laugh in canada. it is a metro train.  the truth is lagos state should not convert the train. A new metro goes for about $10 billion. the one coming to lagos are like brand new. they are very good.  the only problem is , they use electricity.

What fashola should do is built power plant just for the train and use them from metro.  it is a one in a one in a life time chance for us to have it.

  ota  in ogun state to lagos island is one hour on that train.   what you should do about the electricity is easy. You need to build a power plant and have stand  back up, even if the power goes off.  you isolate the power plant from NEPA and others.

It is important lagos use the train as metro and not light train, even if it means they may not meet the target date. it is hard to get a metroline and it takes them long time to build.  we should not misuse this one time chance. there are no second use one out there that easy. i have been on it several times. it is very fast. it will go from Ota to lagos island in one hour.

quite a character! Tot we were talking of ministers and tea. Talk of de railing.

Sparkle777:

quite a character! Tot we were talking of ministers and tea. Talk of de railing.

Cant blame him that much. What do you expect from a proud employee of NdRC, awon ti railiway

I heard the story too, but was told it was Ahmadu Bello, premier of northern region.

musiwa,,.:

balewa at the  pre-colonial conference in London, did not know to turn his cup up side down.   You dont blame him,  Most of you who did not live abroad for long time dont know. It is like me asking any of the governor  what is germany horse. they dont know.

It is like fashola calling the new train light train. I laugh in canada. it is a metro train.  the truth is lagos state should not convert the train. A new metro goes for about $10 billion. the one coming to lagos are like brand new. they are very good.  the only problem is , they use electricity.

What fashola should do is built power plant just for the train and use them from metro.  it is a one in a one in a life time chance for us to have it.

  ota  in ogun state to lagos island is one hour on that train.   what you should do about the electricity is easy. You need to build a power plant and have stand  back up, even if the power goes off.  you isolate the power plant from NEPA and others.

It is important lagos use the train as metro and not light train, even if it means they may not meet the target date. it is hard to get a metroline and it takes them long time to build.  we should not misuse this one time chance. there are no second use one out there that easy. i have been on it several times. it is very fast. it will go from Ota to lagos island in one hour.

lol

Musiwa,Aare ona kakanfo of Canada.

The story i heard was that Nnamdi Azikiwe had to tell Balewa to cover his cup, after the man had sank about ten cups of tea and was still readying his cup for more. I dont know how true that was

ifyalways:

lol

Musiwa,Aare ona kakanfo of Canada.

Where have u been!! abeg shoot me a mail.

I heard it's the Emir of Gwandu who drank 40 cups of tea [url][/url]

Ten Kobo:

The story i heard was that Nnamdi Azikiwe had to tell Balewa to cover his cup, after the man had sank about ten cups of tea and was still readying his cup for more. I dont know how true that was

That was the story, Abubakar kept on drinking. . .Azikiwe trying to communicate in a manner that wont draw suspicion(since he was sitting across him on the large table) from their hosts had to say 'Abubakar kpuchi uko' . . .something like that.

In between, this should be moved to Joke section

It's folklore I heard the same story about a British man and a China, it's used to describe how culture can affect business or in this case politics.

arsenefc:

Cant blame him that much. What do you expect from a proud employee of NdRC, awon ti railiway

lol

It was Abubakar and Azikiwe called him to order. "Abubakar inwucha ikpuchie iko"

If the story na true that was a national disgrace on Nigeria

But such happen

God bless Nigeria

High_Chief:

It was Abubakar and Azikiwe called him to order. "Abubakar inwucha ikpuchie iko"

and abubakar understood igbo?

The story has it that as the tea session was progressing & Zik learnt that Abukakar doesn't understand the rules, he stylishly told their host "Let us pray"
It was during the short prayer that ensued that he communicated to Abubakar in whatever language he coded to turn his cup after
his present round or risk going home with swollen stomach!

I also heard the story,it was Abubaka Tafawa Balewa who drank 4 cups,at the point of finishing the fifth cup, he looked at Zik and said "Nnamdi,my belle don full o" Zik then asked him to turn the cup  upside down which he did

High_Chief:

It was Abubakar and Azikiwe called him to order. "Abubakar inwucha ikpuchie iko"

very very stu.pid post . very typical

so abubakar understood that language right. moreover did they ask you who told him to put the cup down ?

he should hav just say, "Thank You, Am Satisfied". Never try to please anyone, just be your simple self.

The person is Abubakar

Okoro2015:

The story has it that as the tea session was progressing & Zik learnt that Abukakar doesn't understand the rules, he stylishly told their host "Let us pray"
It was during the short prayer that ensued that he communicated to Abubakar in whatever language he coded to turn his cup after
his present round or risk going home with swollen stomach!

This is the version I heard.

abubakar don finish work,but wetin de pain this alj harem guy? not a single sense of humour

High_Chief:

It was Abubakar and Azikiwe called him to order. "Abubakar inwucha ikpuchie iko"

Liar! It was azikwe who drank 48 million cups and Awo told him to turn TMF upside down

musiwa,,.:

balewa at the  pre-colonial conference in London, did not know to turn his cup up side down.   You dont blame him,  Most of you who did not live abroad for long time dont know. It is like me asking any of the governor  what is germany horse. they dont know.

It is like fashola calling the new train light train. I laugh in canada. it is a metro train.  the truth is lagos state should not convert the train. A new metro goes for about $10 billion. the one coming to lagos are like brand new. they are very good.  the only problem is , they use electricity.

What fashola should do is built power plant just for the train and use them from metro.  it is a one in a one in a life time chance for us to have it.

  ota  in ogun state to lagos island is one hour on that train.   what you should do about the electricity is easy. You need to build a power plant and have stand  back up, even if the power goes off.  you isolate the power plant from NEPA and others.

It is important lagos use the train as metro and not light train, even if it means they may not meet the target date. it is hard to get a metroline and it takes them long time to build.  we should not misuse this one time chance. there are no second use one out there that easy. i have been on it several times. it is very fast. it will go from Ota to lagos island in one hour.

Oga for Canada, when they say LIGHT railway, they don't mean electricity but LIGHT as it is not as heavy as normal train. Eg, in London they have what is called DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY (DLR). So make you call metro is just a name of the company.
Back to the main topic, I think its just a myth, nothing like that really happen. My humble opinion!

NO BE ABIOLA

It was AWOLOWO, Zik told him Awolowo my brother after you finish drinking this last cup, you turn the cup upside down, ok? he respond yes sir

^^^^^
yeah right in ya dreams