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| A Provision store |
I have the believe and strongly too, that many of the people that are given birth to in Nigeria, and that have remained in Nigeria, and those, though born in Nigeria, but left Nigeria for another country after at least living in Nigeria for 20 years or even less are conversant with the typical neighborhood business type commonly known as "Provision store" by Nigerians.
The other category of people that I have the same believe with regard to their knowledge and understanding of what a typical provision shop in Nigeria is, are those living in Nigeria, but were born outside the country, and like the first set captured in the opening paragraph, have been around for upwards of 20 years or again less.
Anyway, for the benefit of mostly none-Nigerians, and all other people that are not familiar with the Nigerian-style provisions store, but are reading this piece, a Provision store in the context of this piece and as used in Nigeria, is a multi-purpose retail shop, reputed for holding in stock small units, pieces and bits of various items of consumer nature: factory products, farm produce and others.
Provision store operators operate mostly as neighborhood shops, therefore, conduct their business activities largely at streets corners, where they are conspicuously located and effectively positioned to trade their stock during peak or prime periods of the morning, afternoon, evening, night, even.
For more input and better understanding of what a typical Nigerian provision store is, reference is here made of a Provision Shop in my neighborhood that residents refer to as "Madam Everything".
You can decide at your convenience and work into a typical provision store in your neighborhood, backed with money in your pocket, and in some cases without any money - credit sales (story for another day); and sometimes in a giffy, that is, if you are lucky, transact your business successfully, such as start and complete picking all the cooking items that you need to make a pot of soup. Same is true for other cuisines and dishes, as it is not limited to soup alone: Rice - jolloff, stew and yam porridge.
You can also dash into a typical Nigerian-style provision shop, pick and pay as you collect the following items: soap, towel and cream, comb, sponge and slippers.
Other items like the writing materials: biro and paper are not left out from the items that one can easily work into a provision shop and pick at a reasonable and affordable cost.
Toothpaste, tooth brush, toothpick and the likes are not also left out among the items found in a typical Nigerian style provision shop. Additional items a consumer can collect from the shop include: razor blade, tea, milk and coffee, electric bulbs, knife and spoon, shaving stick and detergents, kerosene and in some cases, body spray, soft-drinks and alcohol even.
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