Billiri (also now in Gombe state) was particularly atmospherically temperamental. Some of these areas had multi-syllabic names with percussionist resonance – places like Tangale-Waja (now in Gombe state). The mystery of the weather was compounded for me by the names of certain local government areas where the weather was interesting. ![]() In some parts of the state the weather is so erratic it could be diagnosed as schizophrenic. Bauchi is quite an interesting climatic case study. Those who participate in the one-year compulsory programme are called “corpers.” The full name of the programme is National Youth Service Corp. It’s 1,142.5km by road from Lagos, my home base. For this I was posted to a state in northern Nigeria called Bauchi. In Nigeria it’s mandatory for graduates to do a one-year stint of national service.
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