My name is Chiamaka Obuekwe a.k.a Social Prefect. I am a
travel blogger, and writer. I am very enthusiastic about travel, and I love to
explore. I am very passionate about tourism within Nigeria; showing people the
beautiful places we have and telling our own stories. I am also co-founder/ C.E.O
of Social Prefect Tours which is a Nigerian tourism company where we organize
tours. Strangely, I wasn’t the social prefect in secondary school even though a
lot of people have this notion. I was actually given the nickname by a few
friends at work and it just stuck when I wanted to start my blog. I am a ‘wakawaka’
person who likes to travel and socialize, so the nickname ‘social prefect’ was
just very apt.
It all started after I discovered some beautiful spots in
Nigeria and realized people weren’t talking about them. This made me start my
own blog where I documented all of my journeys. I studied International
Relations and wanted to be a Diplomat. I
actually got a job after NYSC, but there was a retrenchment exercise at the
company and I was one of those affected. I decided to continue blogging and
organizing tours. It’s been two years of organizing tours and getting
recognition.
Within Nigeria, there are a lot places that I really love
and enjoyed touring, but I’d pick Bauchi as my favourite; I totally love Wiki
Warm Springs, Yankari Game Reserve. When you visit these spots, you forget
your worries. South Africa is really beautiful, and I think they’ve done a lot
with tourism. They have been able to develop some tourism resources that we also
have in Nigeria, and they are making so much money from them.
As a travel blogger, I often experience culture shock. A
great example is in the South African ‘food culture’; they don’t like too much
pepper, so most of their foods are not spicy. This was really strange to me, as
I love spicy food. Another culture shock I experienced was in Bauchi state,
Nigeria. It’s probably a Muslim thing where you can’t have handshakes with
certain men or even stand close to them. It doesn’t happen like that in Lagos,
but it’s their tradition over there and you have to respect it.
My advice to upcoming bloggers is to be passionate about it;
don’t do it just because of money. You need to really love what you do, because
this love is what will keep you going on tough days when you want to give up.
You also need to be very consistent even on days when you feel like you are not
getting feedback.
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Nice. I usually see her videos on Youtube. I love travelling too but money no dey dey for their Tours. Lol! Well done ma.
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ReplyDeleteThanks dearie! GOD bless you plenty.
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