The reality of everyday life during a power outage 🇳🇬 A common occurrence in Nigerian life!

Article published at: May 23, 2025 Article author: OmataNatsumi
停電時のリアルな日常 🇳🇬ナイジェリア生活あるある!
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hello everyone!

I'm Manat, a Nigerian expatriate 🇳🇬

This time, I'd like to move away from the topic of gloves and talk about my actual experiences living in Nigeria.

"Nigerian thing"

I would like to introduce it to you! 😮

That's... what you need to do when there's a power outage in Nigeria! 🇳🇬

In Nigeria, when there is a power outage, not only does the electricity go out, but often the water is also cut off. 💧😱

In other words, I can't use the toilet or take a shower (or bathe)...! 🚽🚿❌

So what do we do in those situations? We go outside with a bucket, fill the tank with water, and bring it back to our room to use.

They use it to flush the toilet and wash their bodies instead of taking a shower, so their life relies on manual labor.

Actually, this happened again recently...and it continued like this for over two weeks.

Moreover, the temperature outside was over 35℃ every day. It was quite hard!

In Japan, this might be considered a disaster-level incident, but here it's just "a common occurrence!" 😅

Nigeria is a country where lifelines are still not stable.

It is said that it will develop in five years, but will that really happen?

Thank you for reading to the end! 🙏

I would like to continue to share these real-life aspects of life in Nigeria from time to time, so please continue to follow me!

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