| s-101
| so everyting don balance // |
| s-102
| # ehn for office now < as I dey so < # e be &// |
| s-103
| wetin I dey do # be like documentation work // |
| s-104
| # ehn // |
| s-105
| # people wey { go out on assignment |c come back } < # I go ev &// |
| s-106
| or maybe make I talk sey [ I dey in charge of { staff |c # ehen wetin staff dey do |c people { wey dey go training |c # wey dey come back } } ] // |
| s-107
| na admin work // |
| s-108
| I dey collect document // |
| s-109
| people dey &// |
| s-110
| # ah when de write application < forward for my side before me I go con carry am go give our oga wey go con pass am to &// |
| s-111
| # everyting // |
| s-112
| even if people wan see &// |
| s-113
| # if people wan do maybe like collaboration ( sometimes all dis NYSC students < de dey con wan do some work for our local government now //) < # de go write deir application // |
| s-114
| na me >+ go process am // |
| s-115
| na me >+ { go # forward am |c go give oga } // |
| s-116
| oga go con check am before &// |
| s-117
| # even when oga wan reply now < na me >+ { still go || still } &// |
| s-118
| e go still channel di tin # pass my side wey I go con # give # di person di reply // |
| s-119
| { wheder e get di favourable letter |c or # wheder { di tin || di deal } no go work } < na me >+ go still { pass tell } dem // |
| s-120
| # even when dey do { promotion |c and all dis tins } < na me >+ still dey carry letter give staff // |
| s-121
| # sey dis na wetin dey don do // |
| s-122
| I start working at eh # University of Ibadan # here // |
| s-123
| # I dey do electrician # which de dey call onise ina // |
| s-124
| # na dere >+ I dey work // |
| s-125
| # I don serve &// |
| s-126
| I almost eh &// |
| s-127
| at least < # e don reach eh # { thirty five |c or thirty four } years # in service now // |
| s-128
| # di work wey I dey do < # I like am # even though # na # dangerous work >+ na im be di { li~ || work } // |
| s-129
| # but I still like am # cause I don # perfect on it // |
| s-130
| # wey I dey do di work very well // |
| s-131
| # no problem // |
| s-132
| # ehn everyting wey we dey do here ( # we dey lay cable //= # we dey do wiring //= # we dey do housing wiring //) # before light come to di # university < # na we >+ go do am // |
| s-133
| # { we do m~ || we dey mount } # eh { tre~ || transformer } //= # we dey mount { RI~ || RMU } // |
| s-134
| # { many |r many } things < na im >+ we dey ehn use // |
| s-135
| we lay cable |c # but when we want lay cable # ( { dat big one |a cable } < if you carry am < # na big one //) < # we go lay am for inside gutter wey dem go dig for us // |
| s-136
| # after we do dat one < # we go put light dere // |
| s-137
| # light go come make yah # for everybody // |
| s-138
| # den go know sey we don do am finish // |
| s-139
| # but na danger work o //+ # if person no know // |
| s-140
| # but person wey e go don sabi sey e don sabi am < # e go concentrate for di ting wey e dey do // |
| s-141
| # by dis time < # even though university did not compensate us for di work wey we dey do # too much # but we still know sey [ we still dey work ] // |
| s-142
| # we dey still work am // |
| s-143
| # and eh # many people wey dey with us here // |
| s-144
| # we have eh # { cable dressing |c cable jointer } section //= # we have overhead //= # we have eh streetlights //= # we have dose who dey wiring for house // |
| s-145
| # but our own na cable jointer // |
| s-146
| # na we >+ dey bring RMU //= # na we >+ dey mount eh # transformer # for university // |
| s-147
| # every { high |r high } tension wey we dey do < # na our section >+ na im dey do am // |
| s-148
| # na we >+ dey do everytin // |
| s-149
| # apart from dat < # we can do wiring house // |
| s-150
| # but for our own section here < # it's only # { laying cable |c # connect transformer |c # connect eh RMU } // |
| s-151
| # na only dat one >+ we dey do for our own here // |
| s-152
| # for dis section < # at least < we get # { three section || two |c or two } // |
| s-153
| # en # rewinding < # e dey // |
| s-154
| # oh ehn &// |
| s-155
| # mey &// |
| s-156
| dose who dey { re~ || repair transformer } < # e dey //= # dose who dey # connect transformer < # e dey // |
| s-157
| # but for our section here < # I be stational head //= # I be di oga patapata # for dis section # wey dey do dis place // |
| s-158
| # na we >+ dey mount all dis place // |
| s-159
| # we get &// |
| s-160
| { if an || if } de bring form say [ { de || e } see dere is a { pro~ || problem } dere ] < # e go bring di form //= we go fill am //= # we go pass am to our oga patapata for up # wey e go { go do di wor~ || send us } { to s~ || { to go out |c to eh go and do di work } } // |
| s-161
| # na so >+ we dey do here // |
| s-162
| # any oda problem wey e dey < # you will first of all fill paper # say [ problem dey o for dis section o //= # de want { dem || dis people } to { come |c and do } di repair ] //+ # before we can go // |
| s-163
| # it's because oga don put instruction down sey we should not { pass || go } beyond { im || # our } boundary // |
| s-164
| # all dis tin < na we >+ dey do // |
| s-165
| # eh dose who dey for under me < # { we're at least || we are || we } { up to # ten |c or to fifteen } // |
| s-166
| # we have eh dose who dey do { nights |c # afternoon |c # morning } // |
| s-167
| # that is how we { do || divided } dem # sey [ make de dey do work ] // |
| s-168
| # { dose # s~ || di people } wey dey night now < # de dey here early morning // |
| s-169
| # de dey with us here // |
| s-170
| # some people < we dey do regular // |
| s-171
| # regular < na im dis &// |
| s-172
| everyday !// |
| s-173
| we dey come everyday // |
| s-174
| # no shifting for dat people // |
| s-175
| # dose who dey do morning < de go come in di morning // |
| s-176
| # when it is two o'clock < # de leave di work // |
| s-177
| # de go back to their # place wey dem dey { s~ || # sleep } // |
| s-178
| # but dose who dey afternoon go come back by two // |
| s-179
| # de will close by nine // |
| s-180
| # after nine < # dose who { do || dey } for night < de will take over from dem # { from || to || to } { di oda day |a # di second day |a # morning } # because before di morning people come # take over from dem // |
| s-181
| # dat is how we dey work our work here // |
| s-182
| # no // |
| s-183
| we no dey collect money o // |
| s-184
| na only salary >+ we dey collect here # wey yeah di Federal Government dey give us // |
| s-185
| # if we go work for { house sef |a for your house now } < we no go collect kobo for you // |
| s-186
| # because it is our { pol~ || nai~ || du~ || call || duty } # to do di work for you // |
| s-187
| # e no dey collect money //= # e no dey collect ego // |
| s-188
| # only what we collect < we say [ if you say [ { we || eh di work } wey we do for you sey < { e || e } please you ] |c # you go say [ # take !//= go buy minerals !//] < # if to say [ na ten naira you bring ] < we go { take eh happily |c # collect am from you |c # pray for you sey [ God go bless you o ] } //= # e go increase your # your wealth # { very || very } well ] // |
| s-189
| # na so >+ we dey do here // |
| s-190
| # we no dey collect money // |
| s-191
| # anybody wey come here < # we do our own service for am // |
| s-192
| we tank God for today o // |
| s-193
| # my name na Titi Ade // |
| s-194
| # I ehn I marry &// |
| s-195
| # some years ago < # I marry to # soldier man // |
| s-196
| # I 'm living in di barracks // |
| s-197
| # we don live for # northern part of Nigeria before // |
| s-198
| # we live for Jos //= # we live for Bauchi // |
| s-199
| # from Bauchi # to Jos //= from Jos to Lagos // |
| s-200
| # as we leave dem Lagos < # we come # Ibadan // |