DAY 26: CHALLENGES OVERCOME

Amarachi Anastasia Okoro
@amarachiokoro
15 days ago

How my dialect saved my day

It was 2022, I was in Northern part of Nigeria, Kaduna State. I remember standing on the queue for more than two hours at Unity bank due to scarcity of Naria. It's was general, I must say. But I needed money to buy foodstuff for the week. What will I do? I though to myself. The queue is very long and soon it will be 4:00pm.

I decided to wait outside for some moment before returning to my position. Just before reaching the security post, I met one of the staff who was on a phone call speaking my dialect. When she was done, I greeted her in Igbo, “Ehihie ọma, oo” (good afternoon) I said moving forward to her. She answered “kedu ” (how are you doing ). “A dim mma” (I'm fine) I replied. That's how we started a conversation in our dialect, she asked me my state of origin and I told her. Immediately he replied “I'm from Ebonyi too”. In our discussion, I realized she is the manager of that branch. I narrated my challenges to her and she helped me to withdraw the amount that I needed.

For real, I felt proud of my origin.

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