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Nigeria's flood-hit residents lament expensive canoe rides
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11 months ago
When floods swept through Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri last
week, canoe owners volunteered to help move residents to safety.
But residents say they are now being ripped off by the canoe owners charging steep fees to move their belongings.
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When floods swept through Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri last week, canoe owners
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volunteered to help move residents to safety.
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Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, is reeling from the worst flooding in three decades
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after a dam wall burst following heavy rains that also hit several parts of West and Central
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Africa.
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With vehicles unable to move in many parts of Maiduguri, residents are relying on canoes.
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But residents say they are now being ripped off by the canoe owners charging steep fees
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to move their belongings.
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Baba Ali Maina, a 51-year-old father of four, said he decided to move some electronics and
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cooking items this week, but was shocked when a canoe owner charged him 70,000 naira for
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a short trip, more than the monthly minimum wage.
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Some of them has been exploited to that extent, but some will get it at a lower price, but
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they do collect money, honestly.
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Some ask even to the extent of 70.
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After losing almost everything to floods, he was unhappy about the cost, but would rather
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pay it than allow whatever remains of his properties to be stolen.
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But fisherman and canoe owner Mohamed Youssef, who also lost some of his canoe's nets and
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stored fish, said he still moved residents for free, but that the boys who worked with
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him are not his children and will need to be paid for their services.
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Not our child, not we bomb them, they are boys, they work together with us.
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We will come here propose to help.
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If you give 100,000, the boys, they will share it and save their own family.
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