things in Nigeria

Behind the veil

Already a class representative for zoology, all new students could come now to Amblo and request for the lecture timetable, this late resumption was as a result of delayed admission all over the country, phone calls never end as a class representative because people always request for directions and many more.

Amina resumed late, a similar tragedy had happened to her, she applied for nursing and was also moved to study zoology, pushing the crowd ''please who is the class representative'' she shouted repeatedly,

"see am there", someone said in pidgin,

"please where exactly"

"look that slim tall boy for that side", the Nigerian pidgin expert replied.

"OK I Don see the guy", she finally spoke pidgin English.

Meeting Amblo, they discussed on where she can do her registration, pay all the departmental dues and also the timetable was transferred to her cell phone, "alright class rep" I will get back to if I lost my way, class rep was a short form they use to refer to class representative. Quickly she disappeared, Amblo had this feeling. She really spoke classic English, she really did.

Amblo also was so busy trying to arrange for accommodation near the campus, because he didn't want to stay in the school hostel , as people stole from each other alot. His phone soon rang, and he ignored, thinking it's all this fellow course mates who can't do without calling the 'class rep', it rang the second time, he excused himself from the landlord whom he was busy telling him the price of his room per year is too high, to pick the call.

"hello"

"hi, class rep, this is amina"

"well almost every Muslim girl's name is either Amina or Zainab" he said laughing

"OK am the one who met you under that tree today and requested where I could process my registration and pay dues"

"oh, Amina from kaduna state right?? "

"yes, am done with everything, thank you for the directions"

"it's my pleasure"

"alright bye"

"wait, wait" he did the normal pidgin repetition, "come around the school let's read, since you said you applied for university entrance examination again, let's go through past questions"

"am afraid to walk only me from the hostel to school, and am really tired today, so maybe till tomorrow"

"OK I will pick you up tomorrow, bye"

He returned quickly to the landlord, the priced was reduced a bit, he also called his parents and told them, went to his uncle's house to pack his belongings to school. The day soon ran out.