Why We Dislike Nigerians With A Passion – Republic of Benin people

Although Nigerians abound in the country -both as students
or workers – there is usually an aggressive attitude once a
Benin indigene realises that one is a Nigerian. The only people
that seem to love Nigerians in the country are their females.
A Nigerian businessman, Promise Nwadigos of Digos Worldwide
Limited, told Saturday PUNCH that he visits Benin Republic
regularly because of the nature of his business. According to
the civil engineer, the men of Benin do not like Nigerians
because their women easily fall in love with Nigerians. He also
added that an average Benin man was lazy and expected his
wife to be the breadwinner of the family.
He said, “I come here every two weeks because of my car
business and also, I import white cement from India and
marbles too. It is cheaper to ‘clear’ the goods here than in
Nigeria. Most young men that come here would want to live at
ease.
“I’ll prefer to date a girl from Benin Republic than a Nigerian
girl because they do not ask for money. In a scenario where
you would give a Nigerian girl N5,000 her, a Benin girl would
rather you feed her, accommodate here and give her N1,000.
Benin people are not rich. Most of them are low-income
earners; so whatever happens here is mostly done by
Nigerians.”
Nwadigos added that Béninoise girls like Nigerian men because
they (Nigerian men) work very hard and take care of the
women.
He said, “They like Nigerian guys because we are hard working
and decision makers. The women work the most here. Their
men are the type of people that tie wrapper and wait for
their women to bring food for them. An average Nigerian guy
will work and want to impress his lady with his success. I
know that some of the men here in Benin do not like Nigerians.
For instance, if you take a cab and they find out you are a
Nigerian, they are always aggressive, even with their bikes.
“Their girls like us, they don’t just like us because we are
Nigerians, they like us because we are hard working, we know
what we are doing and we are rich. They love us for our hard
work. Most of their men here are taxi drivers and they do not
go to school. Some are palm wine tappers, some sell bread.
They live a useless life.”
However, an estate agent in the country, Cena Rodrick, told
Saturday PUNCH that Nwadigos claims were not true. He
stated that Béninoise men were hard working. He
acknowledged that there was hostility towards Nigerians but
said it was because some Béninoise have been swindled
occasionally by Nigerians; especially the Igbos.