Car accidents are a common sight in Nigeria. Bad roads, impatient drivers and bad drivers are the main culprits. Furthermore, We have a lot of drivers that didn’t go to driving school.

A common sight right after the accident is people gathering around the car, either fighting over who is right and who is wrong, or begging to be forgiven for the damage on the other party’s car.

In our society, we believe that begging or apologizing takes care of problems. As such, when you hit my car and destroy my bumper, you apologize and all is good.

You will see other pedestrians come up to the scene of the accident and say things like, “e don beg you na”, “you big pass am, God wey give you money to buy the motor go give you money to repair am”, “sorry for am na” etc.

One is left wondering what you are supposed to do with the apology. Can you go to a panel beater and say, “oga them beg me so I say make I beg you to fix my car?” Or will you take the “I beg” to Ladipo to buy a new headlight?

The Solution

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