sexylassie2:
Many Nigerians are alamajiris

entitlement mentality. you have money, you must give us by force

even in our international airports, the officials and workers there are also alamajiris, beggars all of them, disgraceful, even people's parent begging small children(youth) for money.

No self respect at all

I have video call u

Some people are possessed by THE SPIRIT OF AL MAJAIRI.

Biancah:
Why do Nigerians beg alot ? In all social media handles Nigerians like begging, if a celebrity should post anything and there are 2000 comments ,1700 of the comments would be of people pasting their account numbers.

Why do Nigerians feel entitled to someone's money. Even nairaland is not left out, account numbers are almost everywhere on nairaland.

Some were even asking S.eun for giveaway like they are entitled to his money.

Why do some Nigerians feel like they are entitled to a rich/well to do person's money?

Bola146:
Nobody wish to beg, but some situation makes someone beg when all hope was lost.

I beg to differ with the bolded portion.
I think it's just an "entitlement" thing.

These days, I do a little scrutiny of my would-be beneficiaries after discovering that some people beg for money to buy cannabis, visit brothels among other despicable things.

Most of these "eBeggars" are not actually hungry. They just feel they have the "right" to enjoy a slice of your resources after perceiving that you may be more comfortable than they are.

Double post

RisenPhoenix:


The South actually has a far more prevalent begging culture than the North, truth be told...only that in the South they don't say 'fisabililahi'; it is called by other names. For example;

- your family members will ask; 'wetin you bring come?'
- your gf will demand; 'where is my gift?'
- the estate gateman will say 'oga you no dash me something?'
- your friend will demand; 'borrow me' with no intention of ever paying back.
- agbero and omo onile will tell you; 'find us something na'
- customer will say; 'oya add jara' or alternatively; 'let me taste sample' (suya buyers, I'm looking at you).
- pastor will say; 'God knows how much is in your pocket. Don't cheat God'.
- police will say; 'buy us kola oga' and 'your boys dey sun since morning o'.
- company agent will tell supplier; 'egunje or I'll tell oga say your product no good o'
- civil servant will say; 'abi you no need your job fas fas?'

And whereas the Northern almajirai just beg openly and without beating about the bush, Southern begging is not even limited to the poor. Civil servants, security personel, receptionists, customers, suppliers, family members, girlfriends; practically everyone begs in the South. It is seen as a right. And at least, Northerners see their own version of begging as a problem in their culture whereas Southerners never do. And until one admits that he has a problem, it will never be solved.

The south has PRIDE running in their DNA

[quote author=Ask4bigneyo post=88218223]Yes.... Why do you think our politicians allowing their children to marry each other? Our leader has turn everything upsidedown only If you understand how people are suffering in this Nation.

Not all of us are born with golden spoon[/quote

The fact one wasn't born with a silver spoon doesn't mean the must beg

Biancah:
Why do Nigerians beg alot ? In all social media handles Nigerians like begging, if a celebrity should post anything and there are 2000 comments ,1700 of the comments would be of people pasting their account numbers.

Why do Nigerians feel entitled to someone's money. Even nairaland is not left out, account numbers are almost everywhere on nairaland.

Some were even asking S.eun for giveaway like they are entitled to his money.

Why do some Nigerians feel like they are entitled to a rich/well to do person's money?

my sister no talk am for Twitter dem go drag ur life.u go explain to them hw dey take survive during dis lockdwn.those twitter pple harsh sha

InspireWealthB:
There is no group of people on earth with begging as a part of their culture. No continent, country or ethnic group upholds it.

In the days of our fathers, begging was so "abnormal" that some of them would rather die to beg, even for their own lives.

Now, I'm not saying that begging started today but the acceptance it is fast gaining today, especially among our youths, speaks very low of our generation.

Do you know that today some full fledged youths, I'm talking of able-bodied men and women, have it as their official career? And the worst is that there's no level they won't go to keep up with it.

If they are not hiring children from the motherless babies homes and orphanages to beg on the roads, they are constantly cooking up one story or the other to deceive the public.

Although there are situations one can be in and they'll have no other option than to beg, but making it a habit is very very bad. You need to see the way that some of them live flamboyantly on other people's sweat.

I'd rather hustle with my bare hands than to beg, and God forbid situations that will even make me consider it from coming my way.

Oya my people, in the spirit of the conversation, patronize our services.

Why are you begging us to patronize you?

pmoye:
I tire o!
I know some people that will soon attack the Op over this. People who consider the right to beg as their inalienable and fundamental human right.

By the way, it isn't just those who come out on SM to beg, it is virtually everywhere.

The police stops you on the road and beg. The Road Safety the same. Even soldiers don join them now. Children, fathers, mothers, pastors, imam... It is every where. Yes, it has become a culture. And it is no longer peculiar to Abokis. Everyone now does it.

If you have every landed in Nigeria from a foreign flight, you will simply be ashamed at how airport officers (fully employed by the way!) go dey beg you for dollars.
The worst part of it is you show the remotest interest in a girl and immediately she tries turning you into ATM. This is troubling-ly common on Nairaland these days. Hardly will you be able to have a decent conversation with a girl and you won't wake up one day to her request for cash.

We shouldn't explain this away as a consequence of poor economy. It is simply lack of home training, greed, and a nasty sense of entitlement that others are meant to be responsible for your life. The only sustainable response to harsh economic realities is hard work and smart investment. How many of those begging for money have cared to venture into a line of work they don't like? There is no year I spend a couple of months in Nigeria that I will not talk people into lending me their land to farm. Even as a terribly poor undergraduate student I farmed from my first year to the fvcking final year. That and smart investment have been my only response to poverty.

No one should come out and start blaming economic hardship. It is simply lack of proper home training. Unfortunately, some of the parents are even worse than the children, and what you don't have you cannot give. As poor as my parents were, dem no born you well to come to the house with something that belongs to someone else. They would almost kill you. But these days we have parents who also engage in the shameful career of begging.

So true...so so true and on point, sir!

OkoAmarashy:
I know someone who lives in a Miniflat in Yaba who is constantly posting her account numbers online, begging shamelessly. This same lady earns about 110k per month as basic salary, excluding allowances. I was forced to block her when she became a nuisance to my timeline. This same person begs other colleagues for money. Any small thing, she would be saying "bless me".

Just imagine.

MyExpression:
What do yhu mean by Nigerians LIKE begging
Does anyone like begging?
Is begging a likable trait?

People beg for assistance when they can't meet their needs.
Nobody is robbing you...they are only asking for assistance...just taking their chances on you.

Quit with the holier than thou attitude.

Given, it seems embarrassing to always flood people's timeline with begging...those posts should be controlled but please don't look down on anyone for begging. It's not a thing of pleasure.

Don't look down on anybody begging? when you beg, you sacrifice your dignity and self worth. You stoop to the lowest point possible so how can someone not look down on you.

If you're closer to a power that be, tell them to provide job to the beggars. If not, soon they will graduate to robbing people.

I feel disgusted sometimes seeing people posting their mobile contacts and account details but I’ve conditioned my mind to either be neutral about it or just ignore. I know there are many genuine cases out there that warrant some forms of assistances.

Nigeria lack social welfare structure. It’s either non existent or can barely scratch the surface in most places.
Some countries acknowledge the need to support and provide relief to the less privileged, this can come in the form of periodic financial supports depending on eligibility, grants, child care support for families, housing and accommodation, financial aids to unemployed...down to relief supports in cases of emergencies like the present Covid-19 lockdown, aids to displaced individuals due to wars, terrorism like Boko haram, ecological issues.
Nigeria lack these. Those who are eager to work find employment difficult to find...some people would pay and bribe to get the jobs. Not everyone would have the energy and zeal to pursue employment like others. The self employed do not get much support from the government, instead the various agencies oppress these individuals. Police would position themselves at strategic areas to extort from the public and we have began to see this as normal and accept it. You’d be blamed for engaging the police or Army in an argument instead to ‘paying’ the usual bribe.

In a society with such social anomalies, you’d see a high number of frustrated people with no stable means of livelihood. A nation plagued with corruption, social injustices and lack of welfare riddled with unhealthy religious and traditional practices like a man marrying multiple wives with many children while not having any stable job or means to train them, religious leaders exploiting and abusing children not forgetting that poor wage structures for most employed people...one of the reasons apart from greed that police and army would extort people, customs officers forcing business individuals to pay bribe, immigration officers soliciting bribe or begging travellers.

‘Abeg dash me some money’ has become tradition, a habit and national slogan. Everybody wants ‘God to pick’ his/her call. People ‘sow’ seeds in churches expecting to ‘reap bountiful harvedt’

Yes hunger is in the land caused by poor social welfare structure and irresponsible leadership.

Summary: People are frustrated and living on the edge. They would always beg...even the Federal ministry of Finance had to beg Elon Musk for ventilators. It’s a national disease.

RapistOnBail:
The south has PRIDE running in thier DNA

Proud people don't beg. No boast, but I'd rather die of hunger than beg or accept 'gifts' from a man like myself.

The entitlement mentality is when you believe you are owed things that you have not earned. This is common in Nigerian society.

Biancah:
Why do Nigerians beg alot ? In all social media handles Nigerians like begging, if a celebrity should post anything and there are 2000 comments ,1700 of the comments would be of people pasting their account numbers.

Why do Nigerians feel entitled to someone's money. Even nairaland is not left out, account numbers are almost everywhere on nairaland.

Some were even asking S.eun for giveaway like they are entitled to his money.

Why do some Nigerians feel like they are entitled to a rich/well to do person's money?

Stallion93:
begging is no one'es culture
OP if you've been hungry before with no hopes of food, i don't think you will be asking such absurd question

Na them

Some of you who are commenting has done this time without number directly or indirectly even still doing it in a mature way up till now. Remember nobody like to be begging but situation in the country turn Some people to a begger. If you have give and if you don’t have ignore and stop complaining. Even God offers himself to us as a gift, remember you receiveth not because you asketh not. Another one ask it shall be given and seek it shall be found and knock iT shall be open. Stop all these nonsense you’re writing and stay focus to make use of your time for the best.
Mind you i’m not among who beg but then nobody is above begging it’s better than stealing

dannybrasky:

Just imagine.

She was paid her March salary on the 20th of March and the company added emergency bonus for employees to stock up. That evening, she was tagging Don Jazzy that she had not eaten for 2 days and needed to stock up against lockdown. Very terrible behaviour.

seyi371:
When you tell poor people to have less children, they would tell you God will provide and go on having lots of kids.

Exactly. But when the burden of excess children hit them ,they'll begin to beg about. It's in Nigeria I see that poor people dont know they should have number of children they can cater for but instead, they born as their womb can carry.

Funny enough it is, the average Nigerian is not promised the next meal. Do you know what it means not to be able to afford a meal. If the basic needs of life were to be taken care of by the govt then most Nigerians won't have to beg. In a case where your work is only able to get you food, how do you expect to take care of Shelter and clothing if you dont beg.

OkoAmarashy:


She was paid her March salary on the 20th of March and the company added emergency bonus for employees to stock up. That evening, she was tagging Don Jazzy that she had not eaten for 2 days and needed to stock up against lockdown. Very terrible behaviour.

Like I said begging is now an alternate source of income for some people. I won't be surprised if she makes much more from this begging than her salary.

Biancah:
Why do Nigerians beg alot ? In all social media handles Nigerians like begging, if a celebrity should post anything and there are 2000 comments ,1700 of the comments would be of people pasting their account numbers.

Why do Nigerians feel entitled to someone's money. Even nairaland is not left out, account numbers are almost everywhere on nairaland.

Some were even asking S.eun for giveaway like they are entitled to his money.

Why do some Nigerians feel like they are entitled to a rich/well to do person's money?

Madam is obvious you have some benefits you depend on....tell me y Nigerians abroad can't go home again is becuz the benefits abroad is sweet and it gives some level of financial confidence. Begging is all over the world.
Everybody is entitled to good and comfortable life.

Swrs NL Is fvcked up

Its those that curse or insult someone for not giving that are worst. I would rather present a business plan/idea

Biancah:
Why do Nigerians beg alot ? In all social media handles Nigerians like begging, if a celebrity should post anything and there are 2000 comments ,1700 of the comments would be of people pasting their account numbers.

Why do Nigerians feel entitled to someone's money. Even nairaland is not left out, account numbers are almost everywhere on nairaland.

Some were even asking S.eun for giveaway like they are entitled to his money.

Why do some Nigerians feel like they are entitled to a rich/well to do person's money?

Send me your acc number babe

My problem is with the professional beggars who have made it hard for those who are in genuine need of help to get one. Sometimes, you want to help but you are not sure if you’re being scammed or not. It’s really sad

God help us all

Omo we dey beg o!

Biancah:
Why do Nigerians beg alot ? In all social media handles Nigerians like begging, if a celebrity should post anything and there are 2000 comments ,1700 of the comments would be of people pasting their account numbers.

Why do Nigerians feel entitled to someone's money. Even nairaland is not left out, account numbers are almost everywhere on nairaland.

Some were even asking S.eun for giveaway like they are entitled to his money.

Why do some Nigerians feel like they are entitled to a rich/well to do person's money?

Not really. Begging is not part of our culture most especially in the Southern part of Nigeria. Na condition wey bend crayfish. The thing wey make a wise man to die at the backyard of a foolish man, he get as it be (Apology to Late Orlando Owoh).

classc25:


Na them

na them what?

"HMMMM"

PEOPLE ARE REALLY STINGY, WHAT IS WRONG IN GIVING OUT STUFFS TO THE POOR.

FOR ME, I LIKE GIVING PEOPLE STUFFS, IT MAKES ME HAPPY. I DASH PEOPLE TELEVISION, PHONE, MONEY FOR FREE, DO YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

WE HAVE ENOUGH STINGY PEOPLE ON NAIRALAND, ESPECIALLY LADIES, YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO EAT FROM YOU, BENEFIT FROM YOU FINANCIALLY, BUT YOU EXTORT MONEY FROM YOUR BOYFRIENDS.

IN ANYTHING YOU DO IN THIS LIFE, NEVER STOP GIVING TO THE POOR.

IF YOU WANT TO GET RICH, ALWAYS GIVE TO THE POOR OR YOU WILL BECOME POOR SOMEDAY

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

lilyheaven:

If you make a mistake and call anyone, the next thing you will hear is , hunger ooo.

I tell you!! I've actually avoided calling a lot of people during these trying times. Once you call the next thing. . . .