slyfoxxjoe:
hahaha. That’s crazy. I can understand giving a helping hand to people in genuine need due to unemployment but why would I dash money to someone that works in the same fvkcing place that I do? Not my fault if you can’t manage your own finances properly.

The most I can do is lend you the money and if I do then expect me to physically attach myself to your body on the next pay day because I’m not letting it go beyond that day.

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bukatyne:


The average Nigerian is not content with what he/she has.

Also, the average Nigerian is in contant competition and always wants to lead the 'imaginary' pack and will result to begging, stealing, misappropriation of funds, shortchanging others to do so.

Some people because of the paragraph above also like to 'give' to show they are on top.

Most of the 'beggars' are using the funds to do stuffs you the begged cannot afford.

E. G. The OP that lamented that his married ex used the funds she from begged him for her husband's birthday.

And as luck would have it, said OP claimed he cannot use such funds to celebrate a birthday for himself or family?!

Imagine someone that earns 30k a month is using iphone x max and have the guts to be bagging for food up and down.

it’s not a thing of pride to beg. We should be able to differentiate who’s really in need, E.g,If u see a woman on d street with kids looking hungry, it’s blissful to give. For those beggars on twitter, one shouldn’t pay so much attention to them cos most times they just beg out of greed. We should all be guarded . Give if u have but don’t let anyone extort u.

shogsman:
I created a gaming group on Facebook and I added a lot of my American, Canadian gamer friends and of course my naija people, until one close white friend of mine sent me screenshots of how like 25% of the group was begging him for money and visa,I have never felt so ashamed in my entire life

I hope you quickly removed the errant Naija guys from your group before they soiled your reputation before your oyibo friends!
A stitch in time they say saves nine!

I disagree with all those that said it is due to poverty.... To me it is contentment problem, we are not always satisfy with what we have and we lack capacity (mental wise) to build different stream of income. Go to airport n see how people that are collecting good salaries begs travellers. It is shameful

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

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It is not necessarily poverty.

Even those doing well partake in this show of shame.

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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?

Especially healthy families with hands and legs eating from hand to mouth is really annoying.

AmuDimpka:
Hmmm but it's a cultural thing... I see selling of Asoebi as a subtle begging. Why disturb people to buy clothes that you have inflated and if they don't buy you label them as enemies...that is coercion and begging. In my place you either tell people what to wear for you and give them sample to use their hand and but or you buy and share to them. .that is what is done in East

Also If i talk they would look at it as being tribalistic but I think that begging is in some people's culture and unfortunately that is what it is...how can someone beg money to celebrate party! I mean how can a neighbor come and beg you for clothes and perfume! While growing up in the EAST I didn't witness it....it was a cultural shock when I came to Lagos

How can young men decide not to do anything and they would greet you 20 times daily and this is funny. In Igbo land , if you greet a man once he would answer you , if you greet him second time he might answer you but when you greet him the third time, he would call you and ask you why are you greeting him up and down ...weather you don't have anything to eat.

Just look at this Covid holidays, just few days people are begging ..imagine what the Igbo faced for 3 years ! With all due respect amongst these tribes in Nigeria , it is rare to see Igbo, ijaw, Benin (Edo) or even Calabar folks beg especially here in Lagos ! It's only the hausa and Yoruba that do that.... Most often ! Without being tribalistic

There are these guys that clean gutters at Ikeja roundabout, they would stay in the gutter and with their shovels and be begging you...I was forced to tell them one day to focus on their work and finish in time to get paid! And use the money ! It's here that I see youths just block road and ask people to pay them in traffic hold up ! It's begging !

I don't get it.. in some cultures begging is acceptable and I stand to be corrected! I am talking from the experience of one that have lived in Benin, East, and Yoruba and North!

Stop lying! I have bought Aso-ebi for igbo ceremonies here in the east. A friend was just complaining about spending 35k on aso-ebi including sewing for a wedding that's bm put on hold here in the East. Of all ur epistle, u only sound like a bitter tribalist. One that has to leave his own Eldorado for the beggarly West!

I went to warri once and saw boys whose outfits would cost nothing less than 100k begging. Begging people they dress costlier than for money.

shogsman:
I created a gaming group on Facebook and I added a lot of my American, Canadian gamer friends and of course my naija people, until one close white friend of mine sent me screenshots of how like 25% of the group was begging him for money and visa,I have never felt so ashamed in my entire life

asapeola:


Stop lying! I have bought Aso-ebi for igbo ceremonies here in the east. A friend was just complaining about spending 35k on aso-ebi including sewing for a wedding that's bm put on hold here in the East. Of all ur epistle, u only sound like a bitter tribalist. One that has to leave his own Eldorado for the beggarly West!

Asoebi is a Yoruba culture and it's originated from them...it is only tiny Igbo that would copy that and they Re in Lagos

I really find it abit bewildering when people say "there's hunger in the land o" as an excuse for begging. Yet we all claim Nigerians are very industrious and blah blah blah. I have like most people "begged" from relatives - some helped and some did not - but i have always tried to live within my means! Wages r what they are either u earn urs daily or monthly, ur savings culture is very important for days like this.
Now coming to nairaland, its very embarrassing really, as u c e-beggars fighting for beghing space. I saw a begging thread where one e-beggar was asking another to go open his own thread and stop spamming the thread (like its some form of real business). Ironically, these are d same guys who would have boasted abt feeding ur family for 5 generations n shapeless bank accounts! Anyone with a newly opened account on here for begging is a scam n shouldn't be helped.
The same citizens lashing the govt for not bn prepared r the ones begging all day long cos they weren't prepared too despite having access to daily news n events!

Begging is shameful but the e-begging is shameless after all is a faceless forum and they have perfected the art of not including their full names in their account details.

Ojukwubucket:
Na Hausa and Yoruba culture.. Not Igbo

Yes it was like that. But not anymore

AmuDimpka:


Asoebi is a Yoruba culture and it's originated from them...it is only tiny Igbo that would copy that and they Re in Lagos

Oga am not in Lagos n the wedding was supposed to be done in one of these Ifites in Anambra!

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 than 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.

Shut up, afonjas and abokis are born to beg and its in their DNA

BafanaBafana:

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.

Hope you know that "pleading for assistance" is same thing as begging...just terminological difference.

He who has no sin, cast the first stone.

Some people are used to begging it has become their live style and if you check you will see that most of them are lazy. 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.[/quote]

bukatyne:


The average Nigerian is not content with what he/she has.

Also, the average Nigerian is in contant competition and always wants to lead the 'imaginary' pack and will result to begging, stealing, misappropriation of funds, shortchanging others to do so.

Some people because of the paragraph above also like to 'give' to show they are on top.

Most of the 'beggars' are using the funds to do stuffs you the begged cannot afford.

E. G. The OP that lamented that his married ex used the funds she from begged him for her husband's birthday.

And as luck would have it, said OP claimed he cannot use such funds to celebrate a birthday for himself or family?!

so on point

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

You have spoken like I would have.

Jibsy203:

Shut up, afonjas and abokis are born to beg and its in their DNA

There are igbos on twitter doing this begging thing as well.

ThinkB4mention:

There's something you don't understand about begging.....
Some beggars can still feed u o
Hope you no that.....
Or can't your pastor feed u?

Lol! Funny u!

He can't...

Praise be the most high!

@op, God bless you for this thread! This is exactly what I've been saying/typing on this forum and they've been tagging me wicked.

It's entitlement mentality, one beggar on one of their begging threads here even posted that she has right to beg since she's a single mother of two, she even went as far as alleging that the giver hated her and that's why he's been giving to others and not giving to her, as if the giver is the one that impregnated her.

Honestly, on NL, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others, go and see how our youths have been embarrassing themselves and the country, begging up and down, posting account details up and down, it's honestly becoming irritating and annoying. Anytime I come across the beggings , I always SMH for them.

Godliness with contentment is great gain.

We all should learn to be contented with what we have.
Nobody owes anyone anything.

Stop selling your birthright because of a plate of porridge.
A word is enough for the wise.

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.

I wish I could give your exposition a million likes. You spoke my mind.

Terrible behaviour.
And most times, they want to do it for ever, because eits awoof money.
What is the difference between online beggers and those who are on the streets with plates begging? Or even the Almajiris?
Yet, they are the ones who will insult the life out of Almajiris, forgetting those ones are still children being exploited while they- grown adults are even worse

Give what you have and do not let anyone determine the amount that you can give- This is my altitude now , it is a take or leave it. I don't care if they are not happy with the amount i gave.

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".

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.

Just imagine

dannybrasky:
CEO WORTH 10 BILLION NAIRA!! 2 TO 3 CHILDREN!!


DIRECTOR WITH 1.2 TO 2 MILLION NAIRA SALARY 2 TO 3 KIDS!!


CIVIL SERVANT WITH 25K SALARY 7 CHILDREN!!


SECURITY WITH 20K SALARY 6 CHILDREN!!

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CLEANER WITH 30K SALARY 6 CHILDREN!!


SHOE COBBLER WITH 15K MONTHLY INCOME 7
CHILDREN!!

ABOKI WITH 10K MONTHLY OR NO INCOME 18 CHILDREN


POLICE CORPORAL WITH 35K SALARY 5 KIDS!!


WHY BEGGING NO GO DEY IN 3D?

Exactly so

https://www.nairaland.com/5776578/coronavirus-ill-giving-ten-persons


https://www.nairaland.com/5775598/closed-mouth-may-soon-turn


Go through these threads and see the entitlement mentality of our youths. Very shameful.

kestolove95:
U will never see igbo begging just Yoruba nd hausa people

mama please let's stop this tribalism thing na.

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?

I don't support begging, but don't shame those who resort to begging rather than robbing. Some of them are in dire need for reasons beyond their control.
Entitlement mentality is what I know is wrong - very wrong.