TheExecutioner:



Super man is from DC Comics not Marvel.

Etimocracy:
Being in school everyday for me could be likened to eating a delicious meal everyday. I was behind my desk one afternoon (I think it was a Wednesday) marking test scripts when a male student walked into my office to give me yet another shocking yet enthralling moment of my existence. You wanna find out, then just stay glued!
Good afternoon Mallam, he said, I responded with a smile, thus he proceeded. "I am inviting you to my wedding ceremony next week" he finally let the cat out of the bag. I immediately let go of my pen and for the first time looked up to really see the young fellow who stood before me talking about marriage. I had to be sure of what I heard, so, I asked him to repeat he just said which he did. There was no vacillation in his speech and I was pretty sure I didn't hear whisperings from the gods either. By my estimate, the boy wouldn't exceed 17 years of age at the time. I was stunned. I asked of his class, he replied JSS2. He came bearing gifts. I accepted the sweet candies he brought me as invitation gifts since it would have been outrightly rude not to do so. Furthermore, before I set him on his way, I instructed him to make sure he introduced me to his wife to be to give my blessings as his teacher. He agreed and left. About two hours later, some primary school pupils mostly females entered my office and greeted, I could tell they were primary pupils because of their uniform. It might interest you to know that the Junior secondary school is just about in the same surroundings as the primary school. Thus, the primary school pupils have access to the Jss section. I needed an interpreter and lucky me, a fellow teacher was just around the corner. He told me that the girl in front of me is the soon to be Ameriya (wife) to the JSS2 student who visited me earlier. I asked of her class and learned she was in primary 6 at the time.
Oh my goodness! I felt like passing out. This is Child marriage for goodness sake (I didn't say it out loud for fear of displeasing my fellow teacher). I managed a wry smile and dismissed them. I was quite concerned. Why would some individuals with unashamed determination hand their young female children to early marriages with such convictions and a maddening self compulsion. I really was enraged at the whole drama but I didn't show it. How could I? Afterall, its their way of life. One thing that struck me was the fact they were so happy about the development. "Marriage is progress" I'd hear them say, I totally beg to differ. Here I am, in my twenties thinking of ways to make money and teenagers in this part of the country can think of nothing else but marriage. What an irony. Enough of my ranting.

up till now you've not made mention of fokn any babe in jigawa?are you sure you travelled down there with your prick? Your story and stay there are incomplete without you fokn at least 5 babes there.

May your moniker designate your destiny from today onwards.

enemyofprogress:
up till now you've not made mention of fokn any babe in jigawa?are you sure you travelled down there with your prick? Your story and stay there are incomplete without you fokn at least 5 babes there.

Had it been you served in katsina you wouldn't have come back, me am planning to go back very soon am in Enugu now

TheExecutioner:

May your moniker designate your destiny from today onwards.

up till now you've not made mention of fokn any babe in jigawa?are you sure you travelled down there with your prick? Your story and stay there are incomplete without you fokn at least 5 babes there.

currently serving in Jigawa, honestly it's being so nice here.

Did I just hear of a JSS2 student marrying a primary 6 girl? What is wrong with North?

Nothing.. its their culture

FactBoyz:
Did I just hear of a JSS2 student marrying a primary 6 girl? What is wrong with North?

Nothing.. its their culture

My brother served in Kaduna one village like that. He said most of them in their class are married

This brought memories. I served in Jigawa state, Gumel precisely

Etimocracy:


You are right. The camp is in Dutse just opposite the barrack. However, the area is called Fanisau. Its one of the best Orientation Camp we have in the country.

Interesting. They must have relocated that camp from Gumel. I served in Hadejia, Jigawa about a decade ago. Splendid place I must say.

OP pls post pics as well if you can.

TheExecutioner:
Thank goodness I redeployed IMMEDIATELY I got the chance. I'm not very patient at suffering fools. The moment I heard Ba Turenchi, I knew I had to find my way back to civilization.
I eventually served in Lagos and I will NEVER regret it.

You missed. Served in Plateau, one of the best state in Nigeria in terms of weather, tourist attraction and girls.

Nice work op, I must commend you on your writing, very good for an economist.

I am from the south,i served in Jigawa, its realy a new world... The people there are amazing and lovely.
If not for the weather,i would hv lved to start my life and family there, vices are very limited up north.

Everybody is now serving in Jigawa state

Ba turanchi.

Lastorator:
I am from the south,i served in Jigawa, its realy a new world... The people there are amazing and lovely.
If not for the weather,i would hv lved to start my life and family there, vices are very limited up north.

face it there's no life in Jigawa state. It's like you're truly in a different world. I lived and was born and still living in the north. Don't overrate or exaggerate.

Etimocracy:
I got posted to Sundimina, a village in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state. Honestly, I had mixed feelings about the posting, nevertheless, I accepted it in good faith. When I first arrived Sundimina, my fellow Corp members told me that the place would weave a spell around me such that I would fall in love with the place. I didn't even bother to consider what I called blabbering from them. Who knows what they mean by love weave I thought to myself. Truth be told, I fell in love with the community, their way of life, their food etc. All these didn't happen over the course of a night. Some challenges reared its head, being the resilient type, I vowed to tackle the challenges head on.
One major challenge I encountered when I first arrived this community was communication issues. I often got the response "Ba Turanchi" whenever I tried starting up a conversation with some of the locals. Just in case you were wondering what the Hausa phrase above means, it implies "No English". I was stupefied at the level of indifference a particular part of the country showcased towards English. English is by no means our language but last I checked, it's our official language. Nigeria as we all know have diverse people, religion, culture etc hence the need for people to understand a bit of English. I'll break this down further. When I mention English, I am in no way referring to Queens English. Pidgin English is great as long as communication thrives. I'll have to apologize for digressing a bit. Subsequently, I decided to keep my sermon to myself, thus, I took it upon myself to learn the basic Hausa language. Suffice it to say that it wasn't easy learning a new language. However, to integrate well into the society, I had to do the necessary.
#to be contd#

Sorry bro i'm about to hijack your thread..

**me i served in Kano Dawakin Tofa a local village settlement... For those concerned with se.x u better stick to your fellow corpers for your own good...**

**Major Differences I Noticed **

1. Language barrier (You f*cking have to learn Hausa) you just have to fellaz! on the flip side it's an add, yea! I can speak Hausa)

2. They treat women different:
A woman cannot sit in between two guys, same as men,

A female does not make any physical contact with a male not even a hand shake,

Women are not allowed to pray together with men, they go to mosque (masallahchi) on Sundays and a special school called Islamiya

Throughout my stay I never saw a woman sitting in the front passenger sit of a PUBLIC vehicle

3. There's a funny relationship with animals:

locals own cats and cats are not afraid of people but down here in the south na to shout witch!! And chase them but Here cats just go around their normal business, thesame with other animals...

Here we have carmels and horses it's a serene habitation here..

Animals no dey fear, like you'll be eating then rams and goats will start crowding see mind..

I can also walk through the mist of 200 cows without any fear but for South if we see just one cow dey pass na to clear road o! We no wan hear say! One thing happen

4. They have mosque like inside every bank, filling station even inside Shoprite (Ado Bayero mall) they don't joke with prayers. A cahier will just stop counting your money that he's going to pray... Make I hear say igbo man stop to count money for waytin na?

5. Things are super cheap especially transportation you can use 15naira for Transport my people 15 NAIRA... food stuff is cheap too, we had to throwaway tomatoes and onion, it was too much

6. A guy is not allowed to enter a house if they are females also living in the house is called Ba a shiga but female corpers are free to go in....urna see cheating

Plenty numerous to mention like also loading people in the boots of cars and buses, bicycle is a popular means of transportation (early mornings is like China everybody on byke)

IT WAS FUN!!....

KANO mykau!! Inna je Hausa pala pala (meaning:Kano is go, I understand hausa plenty plenty)....

Thank you for the experience

**Note: The experience might vary based on your location but it's 70% thesame**

Iolo:


Interesting. They must have relocated that camp from Gumel. I served in Hadejia, Jigawa about a decade ago. Splendid place I must say.

OP pls post pics as well if you can.

I camped in Gumel, that was in 2016 Nov. They said the population of that set was much, so they had two camps for that set. Jigawa is such a nice place. Though I didn't like the weather. I enjoyed my service year

Iolo:


Interesting. They must have relocated that camp from Gumel. I served in Hadejia, Jigawa about a decade ago. Splendid place I must say.

OP pls post pics as well if you can.

I served at Hadejia in 2011.

abdeiz:
The marriage part really got me cracking especially your reaction.

I'm not supporting child marriage but the reason why they seem happy is because they don't put making money first. Yes they don't put a high priority on acquiring wealth unlike other places. They see marriage as a form of prosperity where they do God's bidding to multiple and spread the religion all over the world.

They don't mind eating tuwo and miyan kuka for the rest of their lives.

I stand to be corrected tho.

after that,give birth to almajiri,aint that right？

Etimocracy:
I guess I ain't a keyboard warrior as I thought. I'll do well to update the thread tomorrow. Meanwhile, have a great night's rest.

Did you go to the capital? How is the social life there?

You have a beautiful wordings

I served in jigawa state duste the state capital to be precise... honestly the orientation camp in fanisau is one of the best 2013 batch A

Wow !! Nice one , this op actually brought back my awesome jigawa memories. I can say serving at Dutse , Jigawa was the best 1 year of my life. I can't forget those joyous moments. #meAndBae.

Lastorator:
I am from the south,i served in Jigawa, its realy a new world... The people there are amazing and lovely.
If not for the weather,i would hv lved to start my life and family there, vices are very limited up north.

then who ask u where u are from？
oga nothing in jigawa,all nigeria is bleeped up

amaniro:
face it there's no life in Jigawa state. It's like you're truly in a different world. I lived and was born and still living in the north. Don't overrate or exaggerate.

WhT did i tell u is there inJigawa ? Did i tell u there is anything other than the homely life and lack of vice ?

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WhT did i tell u is there inJigawa ? Did i tell u there is anything other than the homely life and lack of vice ?[/quoteTorr enjoy in your "homely life" whenever you reach civilisation tell me. I know the north very well so you can't tell me what applies here.

compton11:
then who ask u where u are from？
oga nothing in jigawa,all nigeria is bleeped up

Ikpa dey your lane,no come dey do this thing,this thing... O quote u before i talk weytin i talk ? Why u want may devil use you this evening... I tell u say i from south,u sef gats know say from my side when you price you pay... Just talk your own comot, no waka around dey cap sentiment,may sumtyn no block your way.
Ku unam mkpor nte ndisimmeh ke ado

I also camp in jigawa ... batch A 2019 though best orientation camp in Nigeria but me jeje relocated back to south west. Good luck to u

I enjoyed ya write up to the letter ..D vocabulary n all..Kudos

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Ikpa from where i am from, the standard of leaving is cheaper, jus the bad weather... I dont drink much, so i dont miss booze, i dont club so i dont miss thelack of them... We are different people ok...
We have different standards...