Nigerian engineer Tolu Bablo travelled to Ghana for the first time on August 22nd. It was clear from his first Tweet, about how there was light everywhere, that he was impressed with the country. He then used his fantastic sense of humour to hilariously describe his time in Ghana.
His Tweets ended up being very popular and according to him “I am shocked my story is so popular. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay (in Ghana) and wanted to share it. I had no idea it would resonate so loudly. I used to write and own a blog but I am too busy nowadays to write much and so Twitter is a welcome outlet.”
Read about his experience in Ghana below.
Ghana, first impressions.
They have light. From the air, light full everywhere.
Also, this place is chilled. Like Ibadan or Enugu.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 21, 2016
You Ghanaians complaining about NDC and what not, come to Nigeria and see proper suffer.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 21, 2016
The bastard at the airport sold me a 5 cedi SIM card for 10 cedi. He’s mad.
That money cannot be useful to him unless it’s not God I serve
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 21, 2016
Man if Nigeria can be one-tenth as organized, effective, efficient as Ghana is, we’ll be so far ahead of the rest of Africa.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 22, 2016
Monday morning. At the airport.
Everything is quiet and calm and working.
Meanwhile MM2 is like a rowdy marketplace, at the best of times
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 22, 2016
Look at what these people call rush hour FFS.
No queues. No swearing. Order.
See, I’m moving to Ghana. This is the real stress-free life.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 22, 2016
Internet in Ghana is (by Naija standards) incredibly fast.
I can stream YouTube on my MTN data.
Dem no born @MTNNG well make I try am.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 22, 2016
In perspective, things are rather cheap, considering fuel is about 350 Naira per liter (here in Takoradi at least).
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 22, 2016
I still have not met an angry or openly frustrated person here.
There’s something to be said for eliminating generator noise and fumes.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 22, 2016
I have come to a place where there is more food than I can possibly handle.
I feel bad that I can’t taste everything
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 24, 2016
I am a heavy eater, but the sheer quantity of food is beyond what I can handle.
Challenge accepted, though
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 24, 2016
A bunch of Ghanaians challenged me to a ping-pong contest.
I am proud to say I defended the honour of Nigeria and ISI and beat them all
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 24, 2016
I cannot tell of Ghanaians are more or less liberal than Nigerians.
They, at least, don’t appear to be quite so hypocritical
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 25, 2016
Ghana is safe. And there seems to be rule of law.
I watched someone threaten to slap a soldier yesterday, and he wasn’t shot dead.
Amazing
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 25, 2016
The Nigerian in me was like “ah eleyi ti ku.”
Next thing, soldier apologized and left his path.
Me: pic.twitter.com/2aqwX2x1t3
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 25, 2016
People who prepare or eat boiled carrots will be beheaded and have their bodies boiled in hot oil when I become the king of the world.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 25, 2016
Boiled carrots are Lucifer’s own excrement.
There is no way to make them appear appealing.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 25, 2016
Went to buy lunch and cars were stopping for me at a zebra crossing in traffic.
Lol it’s like you Ghanaians don’t have somewhere to get to
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 26, 2016
Come to Lagos at lunch time and be waiting at zebra crossing for vehicles to stop for you.
You’re not yet ready
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 26, 2016
Probably the most culturally shocking thing here is how easily oyibos move around.
I mean, just this evening, I saw one jogging on the road
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 26, 2016
I nudged the Nigerian next to me, and the same look was on his face.
Look at 50million Naira running on the road in broad daylight.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 26, 2016
If they born that white man well, let him come and jog in PH.
If they don’t kidnap him and give him gari to drink, my name isn’t Bablo
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 26, 2016
White men can move freely without escorts in your oil city.
Let me see any Ghanaian complain about their country again.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 26, 2016
Dinner.
Banku and tilapia.
I believe I have earned the right to say ‘Chale’ now. pic.twitter.com/ukXdEP59MN
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 27, 2016
I’ll recommend this to anyone visiting Takoradi.
Pepper warning, though.
The pepper in this makes Yoruba stew seem like water.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 27, 2016
If you take too much at once, you’ll blow out the roof of your mouth.
It’s like they just put a pot on fire and poured pepper in it
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 27, 2016
The tilapia was delicious.
I don’t even like fish so much, but only home training stopped me from crunching every last bone in it.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 27, 2016
Look at what these people call traffic.
Something that will clear when the light turns green pic.twitter.com/ynNH8VjnRr
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 27, 2016
It certainly appears to someone that I am having too much a good time and not working enough, because my office has recalled me back to base
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 28, 2016
Ah, well.
All good things come to an end.
But I am standing in the airport, and by Jove I already miss Takoradi.
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 28, 2016
Lagos for less than an hour, and I already have a headache.
This country is a madhouse. How do we manage?
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 28, 2016
Bloody hell I miss Ghana already. Nowhere has the right to be so idyllic.
It’s not a perfect town, but I’d swap PH for Takoradi in a blink
— Ebuka (@ToluBablo) August 28, 2016