A GLIMPSE INTO OGBOGONOGO

Going to the market here at my school is something that rarely happens because I live in an environment where I can get most of the basic stuffs I need. These days I don’t even know how it feels to be in the market space anymore because it’s been quite a while. Well, I always find it hard to go to the market and that is because I hate the part where I have to price what I need to the point where it meets my planned budget.

These days, if you are going to the market it is often advised that you go without adding price tags to what you intend buying or better still, when adding the price tag, do well to double the price you actually knew it to be sold at. This is because, the prices of goods these days are way at the high side. You can barely go to the market with $10 and come back home with something you actually want to get because most times you’d be force to just go for substitutes.

Anyways, in today’s blog, I’d be sharing one of my last market experiences in a market called Ogbe-ogonogo market in Asaba Delta State, Nigeria. This market is one of the most popular markets in Asaba and it is one market that is most recommended for getting groceries in Asaba. When I visited my sister the second time, she asked me to follow her to the market so we could get some groceries to prepare soup and stew that will take us for at most a week. This is possible because they had a very good refrigerator at home to store food for a long time.

I was quite impressed at how the market was, it was an interesting place to be. The market has a very big river at the back and it is called the River Niger, an extension of the river Niger. I was so intrigued at the sight but it wasn’t so intriguing walking down to the sellers who were closer to the river. At that time, my sister was pregnant so I was a bit worried when we went down because the place was sloppy. Little did I know that she was already use to it because she has been there a lot unlike me that started that day, lol.

The traders were friendly and considerate but I think that might be because my sister was a pregnant woman, it will be unfair if they added to her stress, hehe. The market is a local market and they even have some interesting rules too. There are some things that can’t be sold at that market. I guess they are more of traditional people there and that is expected because of the huge river at the back of the market. We were able to get everything we needed, although we still run into deficits because the price of some things were already higher than the last time my sister bought them.

I remember we passed where a lady was selling some clothes for newborn (children generally). My sister was curious and had to check if she would see any one for her unborn child. We got some but I remember her husband didn’t like them because they were not firsthand. The clothes were not bad at all but for the fact that it was from a local market, her husband didn’t just like it.

Well, while we were still at that spot searching for those clothes, it rained and we had to stay at one place to wait for the rain to go away because we forgot to go with umbrella.

Despite the fact that some things were expensive, we were still able to get most of the things we needed and I was happy to get my first experience at the Ogbe-Ogonogo market and finally also get to share it with you.

Thank you for stopping by. ❤️

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