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“hellish” to travel to work in the morning and a “nightmare of intractable traffic and bad roads” in the evening

— Lola Akande The Truth About Sadia (2023)

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Source: Describing infamous lagos traffic. Page 36
Work: The Truth About Sadia, 2023
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