Living as a university student in Lagos is basically a survival competition. One minute you have money, next minute transport, food, and random school expenses have humbled you. Especially, transportation in Lagos is very high; before you get to school, you could have dropped and enter up to 3 times, and none of this dropping is below 200 naira. You can calculate your route 5 times before leaving the house just to save ₦200. Sometimes trekking is no longer an exercise, it’s a financial strategy 😭

Students in Lagos have mastered the art of budgeting like mini accountants. From feeding to transportation and other bills that are to be paid, and sometimes the sentence “I’m not hungry” does not really mean they are not hungry; instead, it means “my account balance is resting.”

Roommates become family because survival is teamwork. If you are the kind of person who likes being alone and you are not financially stable as a student, just don’t come to lagos cause you will be stressed mentally about bills. Teamwork is a great survival tool for university students in Lagos. They come up with plans that can sustain for a week and even a month.

As we all know, Lagos is a busy area, and you can survive once you find something to do and you are consistent with it, so most students have adapted that survival mode in Lagos, having a side hustle apart from school, using their free days to engage in business, and with these skills, they can manage their bills.

Lagos students know how to enjoy life somehow. From free events, omo, you have to be a social person to engage in this one and enjoy free food and drinks🤣🤣🤣, student discounts, to hanging out with just soft drinks and gist, one thing is sure in Lagos vibes must survive even when bank account does not.

In Lagos, being a student teaches you one important course no lecturer can offer: How to survive with vibes, prayer, and little money. Generally, Lagos will teach you how to manage.