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N500 FOR 6 YARDS!

If like me, you have had someone mention to you in passing about how they paid $1500 for 5-yards of cloth for Aso ebi yes, in dollars, and yes, in Nigeria ; then like me also, you are permitted to let out a loud scoff when, on your way home from work, you heard some hawker say ‘6yards, N500’ in Oshodi. LOL… the first thing that came to my mind was “SIX YARDS!!! I can totally make 3 gorgeous outfits out of 6yards o. but N500???? No be only wash hin go wash , It will tear to shreds before I even manage to get it to a tailor”. I like to be under-estimated! Yeah you heard me. Or well, you read me…lol. We were taught in high school, or even primary school to ‘never judge a book by its cover’ . But could you please raise your hand if you have ever judged a book by its cover, a movie by its title (Olympus has fallen was definitely a better movie than white house down, I’m sorry if you feel otherwise) , a man by his blings/rides/watches or lack of them, a woman by her laid edg