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Thursday 11 February 2016

Photos: Meet a Nigerian man who wears suit to hawk tiger nut from a wheelbarrow

BBC Hausa correspondent Yakubu Liman met Isa Kebbi (left), who sells tiger nuts from a wheel barrow at a market in Abuja. According to Kebbi, he buys a sack of tiger nuts on credit every month and if he make a lot of sales, he makes a profit of around $19 (£13).

He is not the first food seller seen wearing a suit to sell his goods. In 2015, BBC published a photo of Daniel Nartey (right) who wears suits to hawk fruits in Accra, Ghana. He told the correspondent that he started wearing suit to sell watermelon after he was told by his pastor to dress well no matter the job you do.
at 2/11/2016 03:51:00 pm

73 comments:

  1. STERN11 February 2016 at 15:53

    There was the movie I saw when Frederick leonard always wear Suit and tie to do mechanic job. That was so damn funny

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    1. Unknown11 February 2016 at 17:08

      Lolz anyway it's good shaa,u'r address how u'r dress.

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    2. Anonymous11 February 2016 at 18:05

      Please what is tiger nut? Is it like walnut?

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    3. Linda's pet11 February 2016 at 18:05

      not a good idea...too much sweat....body odor....as dem no dey wash suit evryday. lookn good no b only by suit.

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    4. Unknown11 February 2016 at 18:05

      Hmmmmmm. It's not easy to do in a society like ours

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    5. CHERYL (aka FROM GLORY to GLORY)11 February 2016 at 18:59

      Packaging!

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    6. Unknown11 February 2016 at 19:54

      4 this hot weather na ccrazz....the nuts go just miss with his sweat.....#ataghimnot#

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    7. Adaobilinda her sexcellency11 February 2016 at 21:23

      Re branding...things.

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    8. lekinseen11 February 2016 at 23:45

      Tiger nut is well known as Ofio selling by especially aboki pple.

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    9. Unknown11 February 2016 at 23:56

      TY Bello, you are wanted here.. Plz go and do the needful for this man. Since you're now a street hawking people discoverer.. Abi this guy don't deserve to be featured in CNN?

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    10. Unknown11 February 2016 at 23:56

      TY Bello, you are wanted here.. Plz go and do the needful for this man. Since you're now a street hawking people discoverer.. Abi this guy don't deserve to be featured on CNN?

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    11. Unknown12 February 2016 at 10:34

      No brain @nnenne George

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    12. Unknown12 February 2016 at 10:36

      Not Brian @Nneenne George

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    13. Peejay12 February 2016 at 15:34

      FIN....

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  2. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:53

    Lmao, he is looking really funny.

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    1. Unknown12 February 2016 at 00:05

      Anything for d money. Hustle is real



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  3. @MEETD®EALEVANS™11 February 2016 at 15:54



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    Na wa o, oya TY bello make this one a model too....

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  4. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:54

    Confirm

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  5. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:54

    Very good

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  6. chuksp11 February 2016 at 15:56

    Ofio

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  7. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:56

    Wearing suit and hawking under sun not a good idea




    PEPSI ADDICT

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  8. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:57

    Nice

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  9. De Imperfect Chick11 February 2016 at 15:57

    hehehehehehehehehe! na today? i know one around mile 1 PH, he wears suit to sell Okpa, but now he's no longer wearing suit, after the suit worn out and he was looking dirty wearing it. he was always sweating, kai. suffering and smiling.

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  10. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:57

    Dignity in labour. Go guy God will see u through

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  11. baba11 February 2016 at 15:58

    Hustle

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  12. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:58

    Awesome! He has created his own white collar job na!!







    #commonsense

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  13. Anonymous11 February 2016 at 15:59

    He wan heat kill am.

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  14. Unknown11 February 2016 at 15:59

    Nice one it is his own office why can't he do am.
    Every thing na new na waooo.
    Terrorist buhari can't wear suit but this poor one did what a shame


























    #sad indeed
    #sad indeed

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    1. Anonymous11 February 2016 at 19:44

      U must be a big foolfor dat comment

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  15. Unknown11 February 2016 at 16:00

    Nice one it is his own office why can't he do am.
    Every thing na new na waooo.
    Terrorist buhari can't wear suit but this poor one did what a shame


























    #sad indeed
    #sad indeed

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  16. Unknown11 February 2016 at 16:02

    Wow,his faith will save him...

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  17. Olumide Abiodun11 February 2016 at 16:03

    Okay. I think I read this somewhere a while back.



    There Is No Such Thing As Luck- The Linda Ikeji Story

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  18. Fan Emmanuel 11 February 2016 at 16:03

    Upon all the sunshine in the north? Ndi Hausa anechu nmadu iru anyhow na obodoaa..

    *Linda's best friend*

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  19. NaijaDeltaBabe11 February 2016 at 16:04

    Another olajumoke story loading


    ...merited happiness

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  20. Anonymous11 February 2016 at 16:05

    ....HAHAHAHA...LINDA I SEE THIS MAN ON DAILY BASIS OH. THE MARKET HE SALESN ALWAYS & APPEARED THERE-IN IS GARKI INTERNATIONAL MARKET, ABUJA. HE CAN'T WALK-PASS U IN A CORPORATE WAY WITHOUT U BUYING THIS TIGER NUT (AKI HAUSA) FROM HIM. SUCH A NEAT, JOVIAL, DEDICATED HAUSA MAN.

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  21. Jules11 February 2016 at 16:06

    Epic!

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  22. Bonita Bislam11 February 2016 at 16:06

    Lol okrika suit is one of the cheapest things in abj na.Its as cheap as N200.The guy just deviated from the norm

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  23. Nenyechi11 February 2016 at 16:07

    Suit fr dis kind hot whether

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  24. Unknown11 February 2016 at 16:11

    suit for sun,omo heat go finish you o.haaaaaaaaaa, anyway cool for him,it has made him noticed.

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  25. Unknown11 February 2016 at 16:31

    Make heat no go kill am ooooh!!! Nice one tho

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  26. Unknown11 February 2016 at 16:34

    Suit with all the trekking under dat hot sun...them dey try

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  27. Unknown11 February 2016 at 16:42

    See packagin

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  28. CHRISTIAN11 February 2016 at 16:47

    its all about presentation

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  29. EMPEROR G.11 February 2016 at 16:49

    ORISAGUNNA HOPE YOU DEY SEE WETIN YOU DEY CAUSE????

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  30. Unknown11 February 2016 at 17:00

    That's soo cool...

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  31. Pearlie11 February 2016 at 17:14

    Under the hot sun...im no easy oo

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  32. Unknown11 February 2016 at 17:14

    Nice..

    #FINEST

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  33. Pearlie11 February 2016 at 17:14

    Under the hot sun...im no easy oo

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  34. Unknown11 February 2016 at 17:23

    No be only dress well in everything u do....u go fit wear suit park s***?

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  35. Unknown11 February 2016 at 17:28

    He has added weight

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  36. Eddy Ogbunambala 11 February 2016 at 17:40

    O di ok

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  37. Welcome to Tour9ja11 February 2016 at 18:09

    That guy need office work. Linda u can make him ur bodyguard, he have the size

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  38. U-C-J11 February 2016 at 18:14

    That is his office so he is still on point.
    Linda mee k'anyi fu anya! @uchemacj

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  39. Unknown11 February 2016 at 18:20

    Aki hausa on fleek

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  40. Unknown11 February 2016 at 18:33

    Man must wak

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  41. Pretty face11 February 2016 at 18:36

    I would love to buy from him cos of his Presentable personality

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  42. Unknown11 February 2016 at 18:48

    He's keeping it professional

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  43. Unknown11 February 2016 at 18:57

    Dignity in labour well done man!

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  44. andre kelvin11 February 2016 at 19:06

    Better sun never beat am

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  45. keke driver11 February 2016 at 19:14

    Under hot sun...Hia

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  47. Unknown11 February 2016 at 19:48

    Just keep it up man!
    You might bump into a photoshoot too

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  48. Anonymous11 February 2016 at 20:31

    I know this man. I've bought aki Hausa from him before in garki market. It is his own way of packaging himself.

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  49. Unknown11 February 2016 at 20:35

    In that hot sun abeg guy go remove am ejooor stop seeking for notice
    -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  50. kshankyTaylor11 February 2016 at 21:29

    When companies no gree employ am......., he employ himsef. Instead of the suit to stay on the hanger @home doing nothing... Good innovation.

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  51. Unknown11 February 2016 at 21:54

    Hmmmm!#Lindangwanu#

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  52. Posh Queen11 February 2016 at 22:01

    Hmm, odikwa egwu o

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  53. chyyy11 February 2016 at 22:14

    Which one na tiger nut biko??

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  54. Unknown11 February 2016 at 23:42

    Hehehh..for this kind heat.....Have a man who wears shit to sell Okpa moi moi

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  55. Anonymous12 February 2016 at 01:03

    Too extra. How he clean that suit and keep smelling right during the day? mtscheww

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  56. Unknown18 February 2016 at 14:58

    hmmmmmm

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