What are the biggest mistakes people make when visiting your country?
Visitors come to visit Nigeria as a single, homogenous entity and they miss the entire picture. It isn’t just a country; it is a map of ancient kingdoms, distinct linguistic families, and entirely different ecological worlds stitched together.
That they are visiting one country but the reality is that Nigeria is made up of various nations. Each with a uniqueness not found anywhere. It’s like peeling an onion. The languages, cultures, foods, people and landscape. Nigeria has the savannah, the rainforest, the Sahara and just God’s work in motion. Visitors will experience mixed emotions, a people laughing in the mist of a heavy burden not experienced anywhere. They will see devotion to gods but totally lacking of spirituality. They will see extremely rich people but manifest both the poverty of spirit and earthly comfort. It’s a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds, enjoyment and regrets.
The people. A mixed set of people ever assembled in a geographical expression unlike anywhere on earth. The most brilliant people, the most idiotic, the most funny and the most villainous. The garden of Eden and Sodom and Gomorrah mixed together.
Centre for Nigeria Progress 