0:00:06 > 0:00:08These are the world's toughest slums,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11home to over a billion people...
0:00:12 > 0:00:17..who live every day with poverty, pollution and disease.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21But many don't just survive.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24They positively thrive.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Starting with nothing, they use passion,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33guts and determination to succeed.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38But can they inspire young British people
0:00:38 > 0:00:40who think they've got it tough?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46To find out, we are challenging trainee plumbers, mechanics
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and chefs to a ten-day apprenticeship to see
0:00:49 > 0:00:55if they've got what it takes to call themselves slum survivors.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02This time, three mechanics face their biggest test to date...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07..in one of the world's toughest cities.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- This is quite crazy. - Madness!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14They'll have to learn respect...
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Fast, fast, fast!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Sake!
0:01:18 > 0:01:19..act like adults...
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I just want to go home.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24..in the greatest adventure of their life.
0:01:37 > 0:01:4217-year-old Muj has never worked a day in his life.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And he's proud of it.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I don't mind being a bum for the Western life, to be honest,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48like, I wouldn't mind sponging off my mum,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I know I won't be moving out of this house for a very long time.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Even if he does get a job,
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Muj definitely won't be working for minimum wage.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02That's slave work, it's like, £3.95, it's like, what, a kebab a night?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05It's not even enough for a kebab, you just get a portion of chips
0:02:05 > 0:02:06and a drink and that's all you can get.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Muj lives with his family in Portsmouth...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- How many sugars did you put in it? - Two.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17..and, being the youngest, is spoilt rotten by his two sisters.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I just see it as because all my sisters have got a job and they're
0:02:20 > 0:02:24living in the same roof as me, why should I work? So, it's all good.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27But they've had enough.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Any job-hunting or anything like that?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34No, not really. Don't really care.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Muj needs to grow up. He still thinks like a 12-year-old kid.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Hundreds of miles north in Livingston, Scotland,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48strong-minded Kayleigh has one goal. To be a mechanic.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50So many people have told me I can't do it
0:02:50 > 0:02:54and I want to just be like, well, actually, here, look, I can do it.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00She's 18, lives at home with nine dogs and Mum and Dad.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I'm definitely a daddy's girl.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I have a love of cars and my dad has a love of cars.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I would say Kayleigh is very determined and maybe
0:03:10 > 0:03:11when she's having a stressful day,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13you don't want to be on the wrong side of her!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16But will her home town give Kayleigh the life experience
0:03:16 > 0:03:18she'll need to succeed?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I don't want to be in Livingston the rest of my life,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I do want to get out there and see what the world's like.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Time is running out for 19-year-old Scouser Sean,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34who desperately needs a job.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I felt like, you know, I've studied all this hard work
0:03:37 > 0:03:39and can't get nothing out of it.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40I just felt like I've been just
0:03:40 > 0:03:43stabbed in the back, because I can't get nothing.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47After studying for two years, he's on the verge of jacking it all in.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49You think, why bother?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51If I apply for 300 jobs and not one of them's got back to me,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53what's the point in even applying for more?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Sean's girlfriend, Chloe, knows first-hand the effect
0:03:58 > 0:04:00unemployment has had on him.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04One change I'd like to see in him is be more confident in himself,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08because, like, he's not the most confident person in the world.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Muj, Kayleigh and Sean all need to jump-start their lives.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18So we're sending them to the car-obsessed city of Lagos, Nigeria.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Are we actually going to Nigeria?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Oh, what? Where is it?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I don't even know where that is.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27If I had to guess, I'd probably say...
0:04:27 > 0:04:28South Africa.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Is that in Africa?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Oh, my God!
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Yes!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Around here?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Or it could be there.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Or there.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49It's over 3,000 miles away from home on the west coast of Africa.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I can't wait, I actually cannot wait at all.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54You have no idea.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59MUSIC: "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend
0:05:02 > 0:05:04For ten days, our three trainees will be living
0:05:04 > 0:05:08and breathing the life of a Nigerian mechanic.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11But will they adapt, overcome and rise to the challenge?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Hey.- Excited, like?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Yeah, I am a bit, you?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Can't wait to get out there.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Lagos is Nigeria's beating heart.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35It's two thirds the size of London with double the population.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40The only way to get about is by road,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44so the city is at gridlock, with thousands of second-hand,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46knackered old bangers, which are kept moving
0:05:46 > 0:05:49by an army of world-renowned mechanics.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It's day one for our apprentices
0:05:53 > 0:05:57and they're about to catch one of these to take them to work.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Like the black cabs of London,
0:06:05 > 0:06:10these little yellow Danfo buses are synonymous with the city.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14They're cheap, fast and everywhere.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17But the state of your bus may leave a lot to be desired.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20AFRICAN HIGHLIFE MUSIC
0:06:23 > 0:06:27The garage they'll be working in is surrounded by slums.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Despite Nigeria recently becoming Africa's largest economy,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46over 100 million Nigerians survive on less than 63p a day
0:06:46 > 0:06:50and have to live in areas like this.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02It's all just like a mixture of petrol, fish, diesel, cars,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05people, sweat, sun, everything.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10RHYTHMIC HAMMERING
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Our three will be working here, a typical Lagos garage.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24This garage is so much different, like, my garage is inside,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27because we get rain all the time, and it's tiny.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31To succeed as an apprentice in Nigeria,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34you need grit and determination.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39Muj, Kayleigh and Sean will be expected to work in 30-degree heat
0:07:39 > 0:07:41with the most basic of tools...
0:07:45 > 0:07:49..while meeting the high standards demanded by their supervisors.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51This is Idris.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57He's a notoriously tough taskmaster.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01SPEAKS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE
0:08:03 > 0:08:05He's worked his way up to the top,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08and will be putting the group through their paces.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Getting punished at work is a daily risk for Nigerian apprentices.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40But luckily for our lot, Idris sets them
0:08:40 > 0:08:43a job any trainee should be able to do.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47They have to service a car. Simple.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01With confidence high, the group split the tasks and get to work.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Today we're doing front brake pads,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08spark plugs, oil filter, fuel filter. Simple, easy.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10No failing this task at all, no,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I reckon, definitely be able to do it straightaway.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Idris knows exactly how long each job should take
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and is keeping a close eye on the clock.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23What?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Our group will have to roll up their sleeves as well as think
0:09:27 > 0:09:31on their feet if they are to match the work ethic demanded of them.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- Oh, crap, is it this way or this way? - Pull it round.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Which way is it? - Turn it towards you.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39- Towards me?- Yeah.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47Down to the smallest screw, the average car has over 30,000 parts.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52However, Sean is struggling with three of the most basic ones.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54The spark plugs.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Oh, it's going the wrong way. Sake!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Make it fast, fast, fast, fast, fast!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Back in the UK, Kayleigh and Muj would be able
0:10:05 > 0:10:08to change the brake pads in the blink of an eye.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10You use your power.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15In Lagos, they're struggling to even jack up the car.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16How do you use that?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I don't know and I'm not seeing it move and that's what's worrying me.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23We're trying.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Have you fixed three plugs? - Yeah.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Three minutes left.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- It's turning, Sean.- Yeah.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48I just don't think that we're taking the time limit seriously enough
0:10:48 > 0:10:51and I think we do need to get our asses in gear.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Time's up.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Please, time's up.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Just...angry.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Apparently we can't even get this done.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Have you finished the pad?- No.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Fuel filter?- No.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Having failed this simple task, Idris isn't happy.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27What would happen to them?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30What's the punishment?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Well, that's just disgusting.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41So what do you want us to do?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42What's that?
0:11:43 > 0:11:44What is it, then?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Shut up, he's having a laugh!
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I'm not doing that for three minutes. I'm not doing that.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I can't, my back hurts.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Ah, shut up and do it. Stop whingeing and do it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08And so, our UK mechanics experience punishment the Nigerian way.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Three minutes, is he having a laugh?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Aagh!
0:12:12 > 0:12:13My leg is killing me!
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Just don't speak and just concentrate on your finger.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I can't concentrate, my leg is dying!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I know, but just try and cancel that pain out
0:12:21 > 0:12:23and just concentrate on your finger.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25One minute left.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I'm looking like a laughing stock.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Well, that's a minute, I've done a minute.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I was counting in my head, I was counting in my head, 60 seconds.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Oh, my God.- Oh, what?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42That is so pathetic. I'd rather get beat up than that.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Right, what does he want us to do now? Can we go home?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I've had enough of this garage.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50He obviously hates us. Our fellow Nigerians here, they obviously
0:12:50 > 0:12:52think we're a laughing stock because we come from the UK,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55we're giving all the dog's bollocks saying yeah, we could do this,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59we'll do this in such and such amount of time, but obviously we couldn't.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02But then again... Actually, do you know what, I don't even know.
0:13:02 > 0:13:0520 minutes to do all that, you know, I think is a bit ridiculous,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08but if they can do it, then, you know, why can't we?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I'll be honest, I am struggling a little bit
0:13:11 > 0:13:13and I'm still adjusting to the way they work.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Failing at the garage has highlighted to Kayleigh
0:13:17 > 0:13:20just how out of depth she is in Nigeria.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I just want to go home.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I didn't think it was going to be this hard at all.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33I just never really thought about it,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37I kind of was like, oh, let's do this, let's go, we're going to
0:13:37 > 0:13:42have fun, and yeah, I'm having fun, but at the same time it's so hard.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03UPBEAT AFRICAN MUSIC
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Muj, Kayleigh and Sean are not just in Lagos to work.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21They're here to experience all aspects of Nigerian life.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29So they head off to explore the nearby slum in Ogudu.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- This is quite crazy. - Madness!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Watch out for the bikes. - It's so busy here, isn't it?
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Ah, look at that. Ah, it stinks.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Man, look how they cook and that.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Wow, look at this guy here, look at that.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- That's mental, that is. - That's crazy.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02This is what life is like for slum dwellers.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Three quarters of the population in Lagos have no choice
0:15:06 > 0:15:07but to live like this,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11with no running water and daily power cuts that can last for hours.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Hello. You all right?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- They're lovely. - Everyone's so lovely.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to live with the people,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24but I couldn't live here, I couldn't live here because of, like,
0:15:24 > 0:15:25the state of things.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27They're not really fussed, like.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Our way of poor is probably like...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33our poor that we know is probably their rich.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Their rich, yeah, everything is pretty much like,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37you don't have a job, you get benefits.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39They don't - if people over here don't have a job,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43they have to live here, they have to live in the slums.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46HE ROARS
0:15:46 > 0:15:48TRIBAL DRUMMING
0:15:48 > 0:15:50In Ogudu, there is a King.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55As a sign of respect, the group have come to meet
0:15:55 > 0:15:58the ruler at his annual masquerade parade.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06However, they didn't read the rules about meeting Nigerian royalty.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Rule number one - don't be late for the King.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Oh, my God, we just got called white people being late.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22That was a bit unfair.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Rule number two - bow to the King, do not shake his hand.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Oh, oh, right. - What do you do?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46And rule number three - no silly dancing when sitting with the King.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Centuries ago, Nigeria was a network of hundreds of tribal communities.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56These dynasties still exist today
0:16:56 > 0:16:59with their own traditions, rituals and ceremonies.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Whilst the King has no political power,
0:17:03 > 0:17:05he's still an influential figure in the slum
0:17:05 > 0:17:08and it's very rare for Westerners to visit.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Love you.- Love you too.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15So it's not long before they become the centre of attention.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22That was crazy, that was just...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25That was proper, proper mental.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32It's been a long, eventful day
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and there's been a lot for the group to take in.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38We don't realise that we have it so lucky.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Like, all those slums, man,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- we don't have slums in the UK. - Yeah, I know.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45We have, like, council buildings, that's our...
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Yeah, that's our equivalent.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51That's our equivalent of slums, but they're living in proper houses.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53And they get benefits and stuff.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55And they still abuse it, and they still abuse it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Aye, they still abuse it. Send them here, man.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Send them to the slums.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Seeing all this poverty and that kills me.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Why should they live like this?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05They can't wash, they can't eat.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09They ain't got nothing, like, it does kill me. But...
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- What can you do? - What can you do?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19To lift their spirits, they all get to call home.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21'How you doing? You all right?'
0:18:21 > 0:18:23No, I'm absolutely hating it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26I'm joking, yeah, I'm liking it, I'm really liking it.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I met the King of the village.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31'Oh, aye?'
0:18:31 > 0:18:33His assistant's got a fancy for me.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38He called me his baby girl and tried to kiss me.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41What's it like at home? Is everybody missing me?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Thought so.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44You wouldn't believe what I've been up to.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47'Go on, tell me.'
0:18:47 > 0:18:51I've been working in the garage and just walking around, like,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53the village and the slums and that.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- 'Are you missing home?' - I am a bit.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57'Are you missing me?'
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- Of course I am. - 'I miss you.'
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Love you.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01'Love you, bye.'
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Bye, bye, bye. - 'Bye.'
0:19:04 > 0:19:07It's a bit weird actually, because I'm not used to being
0:19:07 > 0:19:10apart from Chloe, especially when I'm at home, so to be abroad
0:19:10 > 0:19:17from her, you know, it's a bit like, a bit emotional, should I say?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Just missing everyone, really.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28To be apart from everyone is quite overwhelming.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47SKA MUSIC
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Having failed at their last job,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Idris sets our aspiring mechanics an easier task.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00To wash his overalls.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04It's custom in Nigeria for all trainees
0:20:04 > 0:20:07to clean their supervisor's clothing on a weekly basis.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12But this doesn't go down well with idle Muj.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Such a piss-take.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I don't do washing for my mum, why should I do it for this?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21So you guys, you know...?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Oh, I've actually got to put it on my head?!
0:20:23 > 0:20:24What, even men?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Even men, even ladies.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Heavy.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33OK, right, OK.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34I can't believe how...
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Oi, this is going to fall, it's going to fall.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I'm OK, I can do this.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I can't feel this, but I can do this.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Once again all eyes are on our British mechanics.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51HE SQUEALS
0:20:53 > 0:20:55HORN HONKS
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Put it down, put it down.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06You take this.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Normally getting waited on hand and foot by their mums back in the UK,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14our trainees get a quick crash course in washing clothes by Daniel,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16the head apprentice at the garage.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21You wash the armpits side, because you know, they sweat.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Yeah, everybody sweats.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Yeah, so let's go.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30And of course in Lagos there's a time limit.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32I give you ten minutes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Make it fast, please.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I've never done this in my life.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41If my mum was watching me now she would be proud of me.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44She'd be like, "Go on, son, you can do it."
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Five minutes left.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Do we get a punishment if we don't do it?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Of course.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Oh, no.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Take it through.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Did we do a good job?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03You're happy, we're happy.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Thank you very much.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09I know.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So it's back to work, and Muj is shadowing Olulumi.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- You're cool, yeah? - Cool, yeah.- Yeah, good.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29He's a 19-year-old trainee and a rising star in the workshop.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And in contrast to the UK,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35apprentices in Nigeria have to pay for the privilege of being trained.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38So what are you doing?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46And how long have you got to do this?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Just, like, one hour.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50One hour to do all of this?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- Yes.- So what would happen if you didn't finish it in an hour?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Beat you up? - Yeah.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58And do you think that's OK?
0:22:58 > 0:22:59It's OK.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01You think it's OK? Does it hurt you?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Yeah, yeah. - It hurts you?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09So you do two jobs?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13And do you get paid with your mum?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Ah, right.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20See, like, if that was me,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22and if my mum said, "Work for me,"
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I would ask for money, I couldn't do it for free.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I know it sounds horrible, but I can't do it for free.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32No, no, no.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41See, if I take you home with me you'd have so much fun.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43So much fun.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46I would never let you work, I would make you relax.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48If you didn't relax I'd flog you.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49HE LAUGHS
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I just feel sorry for him.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55It's just all the normal 19-year-olds I see back at home
0:23:55 > 0:23:57just getting pissed or they're either going out
0:23:57 > 0:24:00or they ain't worrying about working constantly six days a week
0:24:00 > 0:24:02and then going back home, helping their mum out,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04knowing that they have to complete a task,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07or if they don't they can get beat up and things like that.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It's a really hard life he's got.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17To succeed, this is the life a trainee mechanic has to endure.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Like this?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Having experienced punishment themselves,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Muj and Kayleigh want to learn more
0:24:24 > 0:24:28and supervisor Keldroy is all too keen to show them.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32And how long will they do this for?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- One hour? Like this? - One hour?!
0:24:35 > 0:24:36KAYLEIGH SCREAMS
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Oh, this is so hard!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51It's hard, innit?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06What else do they do? What else?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Smack across the head like this?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Do you want to try it with me?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Yeah, go on. - Like this?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Ooh. Bloody hell.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22The most extreme kind of punishment is flogging...
0:25:24 > 0:25:27..when the apprentice is whipped with a fan belt...
0:25:27 > 0:25:29MUJ SCREAMS
0:25:29 > 0:25:30..for any reason...
0:25:31 > 0:25:32KAYLEIGH SCREAMS
0:25:33 > 0:25:35..such as being lazy,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38right through to poor quality of work.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40And is this how you learn to be quicker?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Yes.- That's mad. How can you do that?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45What type of punishments have you had?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- They whipped you? - I got whipped, yes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50- What?!- Have you got any scars?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53By this?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57- By the stick one? - Yeah.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Oh, my gosh. - Did they hit you on the back?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Why not?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02When you get hit does it hurt you? Did it hurt you?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Ah.- A lot? - A lot.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07But you can't say anything.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08You can't...
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- You've got to keep the feeling? - Why not?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Did you cry any time?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14At times you did cry.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I think it's quite a good way of learning,
0:26:17 > 0:26:18cos obviously look at them,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21if you're getting hit the last thing you want is thinking of getting hit.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24If I'm doing something bad and go, "I'll probably get hit in a minute."
0:26:24 > 0:26:27That's what you're thinking, so I think it's a good way of learning.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29I think it's a good way. If I went back to the UK though
0:26:29 > 0:26:31and someone tried to hit me with a fan belt
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I'd take it back off them and hit them back.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Yeah, exactly, I think anybody would.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36But they have to take it.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39If they've done something wrong they just have to sit and take it.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Our UK mechanics have been invited to dinner in the slum,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50where apprentice Olulumi and his family live.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Olulumi lives with his mum, older brother and younger sister.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03They live, eat and sleep in this one small room.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Very, very nice. Very nice.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14LAUGHTER
0:27:18 > 0:27:19That is spicy.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Oh, that is really spicy.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25It's very nice, but very spicy.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Very, very, very spicy.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Spice is a major don't go, sorry.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- But it is lovely. - Sorry.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38It's OK, don't worry about it, it's fine.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Olulumi is a very good mechanic, he is very, very good.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44I was working with him today, he's absolutely amazing.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Better than me, better than anybody that I've seen.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- He was amazing. - That's right.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- He's the man. - Works really hard, doesn't he?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Yeah, really, really hard. No break, nothing, no problems at all.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00So you work to eat?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09As a young, hard-working family,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13living in the slums is a struggle on a daily basis.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Themselves and no-one else.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29All they care about is money?
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Like medicine?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02You don't have a generator, you have to wait.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04You just have to bite your lip until the power comes back on.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- Yes. - No way.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11It's customary in Nigeria to offer your guests
0:29:11 > 0:29:13a place to stay the night.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19- Sleep?- Yes. - Tonight? Here?
0:29:19 > 0:29:20Wow.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Olulumi's uncle has a room available nearby,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28so the boys go and check it out.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31I'm really, really happy that you offered us a room,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35I'm completely happy, but I just don't think I'll be able to sleep.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36I couldn't.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37I would love to stay.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40If I was used to staying in a room like this then...
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Honestly, deep down, no disrespect.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44I understand what you're saying.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I'm very, very happy that you offered us a place to stay,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50I'm very surprised, like I don't even know why you did it.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56I won't be able to get no sleep in here,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59it's just going to be too hot and then I want to wake up in the morning
0:29:59 > 0:30:01and I'll be expecting to have a shower,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03decent food and all the crap like that
0:30:03 > 0:30:06and I know I ain't going to get any of that, so yeah.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07I wouldn't even see this as a room.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08This would be like...
0:30:08 > 0:30:10It looks to me like a prison.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18This is Kayleigh's first time abroad,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20and she is shocked by what she's seen.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I don't know how they can live their life like that.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I just don't know how they can be happy like that.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31I know that sounds horrible, but I just don't know.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32People live...
0:30:33 > 0:30:35And this sounds so horrible,
0:30:35 > 0:30:37but people live in such shitty areas.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43I'm really homesick, I'm really, really homesick.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46It's just when I see things like that,
0:30:46 > 0:30:51it's hard, like, not having anyone, like...
0:30:54 > 0:30:56..that knows how to cheer me up to be here.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06Just my mum and my dad and my dogs.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Life in the garage continues at breakneck speed...
0:31:27 > 0:31:30..and our inexperienced mechanics struggle to keep up.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I don't see it going anywhere.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Hurry up. - Oh, yeah, shit.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41This time they're failing to impress Lekon, another supervisor.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44He's been working at the garage for over 20 years
0:31:44 > 0:31:46and doesn't suffer fools gladly.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11I don't think we're actually getting on as well
0:32:11 > 0:32:12as what they want us to.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I don't think they expected us to be this slow.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Work faster, work faster. Time is money.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22We're sat here, he's gone,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24"Hour and a half, time is money, money is time,"
0:32:24 > 0:32:26what do you expect us to do? Superman?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28We ain't Superman, are we?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30If you did this yourself, a whole engine, how long?
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- You would have been finished? - Yes.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39We've got better tools to work with, we've got, like, ratchets
0:32:39 > 0:32:41and all this and all that. I'm used to using that,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44I'm not used to using all crappy tools like this.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Time is off.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Yeah, I'm sorry.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52Yeah, we understand that.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57He's expecting us to do so much.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- He just doesn't understand, does he? - No.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03I think we're done, Sean.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17Hopefully a bit of local Nigerian cuisine will brighten up their day.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19It smells very nice. Is that meat?
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- Yes.- Yeah, that looks nice. That actually looks quite nice.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Thank you very much.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Thank you.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Spicy.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Oh, my mouth.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36I'm a mechanic.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Yeah.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Do you not see girl mechanics in Nigeria?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45You don't have a lot? Just a little, few?
0:33:52 > 0:33:53That's really scaring me.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59What is it? Why has it got hair on it?
0:34:01 > 0:34:02- Shaki. - Shaki?
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Intestine?
0:34:11 > 0:34:12No way.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Intestine?
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Yes. This one is good.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Oh, my God. It's intestine.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22It's been inside of somebody.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27No, but it's good for you.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Oh, that looks rank. It's hairy and everything.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Right, that'll do for me. Thank you very much.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38I'm eating intestine with rice and really spicy.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40It's just getting worse and worse.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41It actually is.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I bet tomorrow's just going to be like, a penis or something,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- like a kang... Like a cow penis. - Kangaroo.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49On my plate, like, "Yeah, tuck in." I'm not having it.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53As Kayleigh is discovering,
0:34:53 > 0:34:55being a female in Nigeria can be tough.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Despite the country's recent economic boom,
0:34:59 > 0:35:03the country still ranks as one of the worst places to be a woman,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06with few getting access to education, employment
0:35:06 > 0:35:08and opportunities they need.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Kayleigh gets a break from the boys
0:35:11 > 0:35:13to visit the Lady Mechanic Initiative,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16which wants to change this.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Hiya, my name's Kayleigh.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- I'm Victoria. - Nice to meet you.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Girls who are 18 in Nigeria,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28what would they be doing right now other than school?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Where do you see yourselves in about like, five, ten years' time?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Will you have females employed as well?
0:36:10 > 0:36:11- Yes.- Yeah.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Compared to the garage that I've been working in,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20this place feels a bit more relaxed and chilled out a bit.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22I wish I could work here.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25I might just move over from Scotland and come work here with you guys.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33The institute was set up in 2004,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35not only to inspire young females
0:36:35 > 0:36:37but to also put a stop to human trafficking.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45One in four of all women and children sold around the world
0:36:45 > 0:36:46are from Nigeria.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50They are often lured with false promises of work and money.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Ah, how you doing? Welcome to Lagos, Nigeria.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57Thank you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00LMI founder Madame Sandra
0:37:00 > 0:37:02grabbed the headlines around the world
0:37:02 > 0:37:05for being the country's first female mechanic.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33When you say take women out of poverty, what do you mean by that?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59What kind of advice would you give me
0:37:59 > 0:38:02if I'm feeling down about being a mechanic and stuff
0:38:02 > 0:38:03like failing at things?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05What kind of advice would you give me?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Thank you. - So thank you.- Thank you.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- My colleague lady mechanic from Scotland.- Yes.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39SANDRA LAUGHS
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Meeting Sandra has motivated me so much,
0:38:42 > 0:38:43it's made me feel like...
0:38:43 > 0:38:46You know what? Keep pushing, keep going through all the dirt
0:38:46 > 0:38:50to get to the good, because everyone has to do that
0:38:50 > 0:38:52to succeed their dreams.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Sandra's done it and she's just done amazing.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Nigeria might be a country plagued
0:39:01 > 0:39:03by poverty, corruption and inequality,
0:39:03 > 0:39:07but surprisingly its people are some of the happiest on the planet
0:39:07 > 0:39:10and this is one of the reasons why.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Daniel, one of the other apprentices at the garage,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22has invited Sean and Muj on a boys' night out.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31These beach parties are popular with everyone in Lagos, rich and poor.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Unsurprisingly, Daniel has absolutely no inhibitions
0:39:37 > 0:39:38on the dance floor.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44However, the same can't be said about Sean.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51But with a little bit of encouragement
0:39:51 > 0:39:53he pulls out some of his best moves.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20What better way to work off the cobwebs from the night before
0:40:20 > 0:40:22than to do some hard graft?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28In Lagos you have no choice but to work.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32There's no such thing as unemployment benefits,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34so if you don't work you don't eat.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40How are you?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42One man who knows this all too well is Prince,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46who, five years ago, set up a scrap yard in the garage.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52In Nigeria we have to work hard, work hard to make a living.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53A hungry man...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- Is an angry man. - ..is an angry man.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57If you are hungry you are angry.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59If you are hungry you are angry.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- I like that, I like that. - Yeah, you like that one?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05If you don't work there will be no food for you,
0:41:05 > 0:41:06no food for a lazy man.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- So if you don't make money then you're not eating?- You not eat.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- So you work as hard as you can. - You work hard to get money.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Did you have a choice to do this?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- I don't have a choice. - You have to do it, either way?
0:41:15 > 0:41:16I have to.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20I've been looking for work since three, four, five years, no work.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- So you came to this? - So I came to this.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- And do you really like this job? - I like it.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26- You like it? - Yes. I like it.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29When car is honking, I smile, I dance.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- You love it? - I love it.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35You smile when you are doing your work, you smile,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38you are happy when you know what you are doing.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Coming from Britain, obviously if you don't work
0:41:40 > 0:41:42then you've got things to, like, keep you stable,
0:41:42 > 0:41:45you've got benefits, you've got a house, you've got the council,
0:41:45 > 0:41:47government will give you all of that.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50But here if you don't work you're not going to eat, find a place to stay.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Yeah, it's just the real world, isn't it?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Prince and his team walk the streets of Lagos
0:41:58 > 0:42:0024/7 looking for metal.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07With two new trainees in tow it's time to get to work.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Where's the brakes on this thing?
0:42:12 > 0:42:14It's starting to hurt my hands already.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17I had an itch on my hip.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Watch that car.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Yeah, we're not just used to manual labour,
0:42:21 > 0:42:23that's what it is.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- So do you do this every day? - Every day.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- You walk with a wheelbarrow? - Yes, every day.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- And you go and get metal? - Every day, yes.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Faster.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33- Mr Prince?- Yeah?
0:42:33 > 0:42:36If I look to my right there's very nice houses,
0:42:36 > 0:42:38and then when I look to my left it's all like... Yeah?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Why is it like this?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Because this side is...area.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44This is rich area?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Yes, they work in a bank, oil sector,
0:42:47 > 0:42:50in an insurance company, big, big insurance company.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51One day will you have a house like this?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- I know I will. - You will?
0:42:53 > 0:42:54- Yes.- Definitely?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Definitely, because I wish to work hard.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- You do work hard. - If I work hard I will do this.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02In this city everything has a value.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07And the bigger the better.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Is he having a laugh?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Put it well on, don't let it fall down.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Yeah, got it.
0:43:17 > 0:43:18It's not too heavy?
0:43:18 > 0:43:19No, no, it's not.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22You see, in Nigeria,
0:43:22 > 0:43:23it's not a sin to be born poor,
0:43:23 > 0:43:28but you know you are born poor, you have to work hard to get a living.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Your mummy and your daddy doesn't have money.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Then you have to work to give them money?
0:43:33 > 0:43:34Yes, to give them money.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38It's what you do to your parent that your children will do for you.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Oh, so your parents, like my parents have done a lot for me,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43so I give back the same?
0:43:43 > 0:43:44The same. Exactly.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46How are you? Are you good? Very good.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49INCOMPREHENSIBLE CHATTER
0:43:52 > 0:43:57Everybody's so nice here. Everybody in Nigeria, so nice and welcoming.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00So nice, so nice. If you work hard people will like you.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02People don't like being lazy in Nigeria.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- Being lazy and sitting around. - They don't like lazy man.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Then they won't like me. When I'm at home I don't work at all.
0:44:07 > 0:44:08You don't work at all?
0:44:08 > 0:44:10But I still get money off my sisters, though.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Oh, no, no, not depend on your sister, that's bad, that's bad.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15- Don't depend on your sister again. - Yeah?
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Don't depend on your sister, you work.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Your sister works to get money.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Yeah, and she works very hard to get money. I understand now.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Before I didn't understand what she does to get money,
0:44:23 > 0:44:25now I understand she works very hard to get money.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27You work very hard to get money, you work very hard.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29You get money when you work very hard.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30- Mm.- That's it.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Only a week ago Muj wouldn't have thought twice
0:44:41 > 0:44:43about sponging money off his family.
0:44:45 > 0:44:50It just made me realise everything my sisters have done for me
0:44:50 > 0:44:51and my mum has done for me.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55It's just hit me.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00I have been selfish, I've been very, very selfish.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02I'm not afraid to say it.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05I've been so selfish it's unreal.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06I could have done more to help my mum,
0:45:06 > 0:45:09I could have done more to help my sisters.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14If my mum did pass away or anything like that
0:45:14 > 0:45:17then I would regret everything that I did.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20I'm just glad that I realised what they actually do for me.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27I can't even believe I'm crying, I'm meant to be a flipping man.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30I just wasn't expecting me to cry at all.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44Muj has had a moment of realisation, which might change him for good.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48Only a few days ago he refused to sleep here in the slums.
0:45:48 > 0:45:49Oh, God.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51But tonight he's giving it a go.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06This is how people live in Nigeria.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10This is home for them, I guess.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19At the moment what's going through my mind is just
0:46:19 > 0:46:22hot, sweating and just thinking about bugs,
0:46:22 > 0:46:24like, I can just imagine myself sleeping
0:46:24 > 0:46:26and waking up with a bug next to me.
0:46:28 > 0:46:33All you can hear is music going off and the generator going,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36it's hot, the power keeps going on and off just like constantly.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Seeing Wumi living in the room...
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Oh, there you are, see, power just keeps going on and off.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48I don't think I can live here for more than one night,
0:46:48 > 0:46:50I'd break down, I'd get depressed.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01ROOSTER CROWS
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Can just hear this bloody chicken going on for ages.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25HE IMITATES ROOSTER
0:47:28 > 0:47:31I'm glad that I gave it a go, even though that I was moaning
0:47:31 > 0:47:35so much, "I don't want to stay, blah, blah, blah."
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I pushed myself to do it and I'm glad.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46It's time for Muj's morning shower.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Only one in ten households have running water
0:47:49 > 0:47:51and this isn't one of them.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55The rest drink, wash and cook with water collected in a bucket.
0:48:02 > 0:48:03HE SQUEALS
0:48:06 > 0:48:07Bloody freezing.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Muj is now ready for action.
0:48:21 > 0:48:22It's the last day in Lagos
0:48:22 > 0:48:25and our three trainees have one final attempt
0:48:25 > 0:48:27to get it right at the garage.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33This beaten-up Danfo bus needs to get back on the road.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34There's a lot to do.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37Muj, Sean and Kayleigh have to repair it fast,
0:48:37 > 0:48:41because the driver doesn't want to lose a day's earnings.
0:48:41 > 0:48:42How are you? Are you good?
0:48:42 > 0:48:45Supervisors Lekon and Idris have joined forces.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05The team splits, with Kayleigh on brake pads...
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Sean changing the oil...
0:49:07 > 0:49:09and Muj tackling the broken wing mirror.
0:49:10 > 0:49:11Time is going, hurry up.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Do you want to drop the fuel filter?
0:49:21 > 0:49:23- Muj?- What? - Come here.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Wait there, I'm doing this.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Hurry up, time is going. Hurry up.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31I'm trying.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Despite having over six years of experience between them,
0:49:34 > 0:49:36history looks like it's repeating itself
0:49:36 > 0:49:41as the group encounter problems and the pressure is getting to them.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42Muj!
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Wait there, I'm just trying to do something.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51Everybody's trying to call me at once and I'm trying to do something.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53I wasn't strong enough, so I kept shouting on him,
0:49:53 > 0:49:55but obviously he was like, "Wait the now, wait the now,"
0:49:55 > 0:49:57and I was looking like an idiot.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Obviously I understand Kayleigh's getting frustrated
0:49:59 > 0:50:01because she needs help, but she needs to...
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Oh, you know what? I'm not even going to moan about it,
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- there's no point, is there? - We do need to work as a team,
0:50:06 > 0:50:07but... Oh, well.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10It is hard, you know, I'm getting frustrated
0:50:10 > 0:50:12and just knowing that we've got a time limit
0:50:12 > 0:50:14and I don't want to fail, if you know what I mean.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18If we continue like this we're going to fail and that's simple.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20With the thought of another punishment
0:50:20 > 0:50:24at the back of their minds, they begin to make silly mistakes.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Where has it gone, man?
0:50:26 > 0:50:30The bloody bolt for the thingy, I left it on here.
0:50:30 > 0:50:31Now it's gone.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47The repairs are nearly complete.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50It's time to get this bus back on the road.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Or not.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Spark plugs.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59- It's not the spark plugs then? - No.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Trying to think.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04It could be that, it could be the leads, it could be anything.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:51:09 > 0:51:10Bet you it's something stupid.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Check the connections on the battery.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Is it the alternator maybe?
0:51:16 > 0:51:19What the hell is going on with this?
0:51:19 > 0:51:22The clock is ticking, the customer's waiting,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25and our trainees are staring failure in the face again.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Ah, just this one thing.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31What is it though? What could it be?
0:51:31 > 0:51:34Unbeknownst to our UK mechanics,
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Idris and Lekon have deliberately sabotaged the engine,
0:51:36 > 0:51:39so it won't start.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41We've done everything that was asked of us.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- And it's still got a fault in it. - And it's still not working.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46They would do this to their own Nigerian trainees
0:51:46 > 0:51:48to test their knowledge.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50Please, please. Make it fast.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- We need to check the coil pack. - Coil pack.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Never seen that before here.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58- Let me see. That's, like, got plastic in it.- Let me see.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Check it. What is that?
0:52:01 > 0:52:02That was a plastic bag.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04What is that?
0:52:04 > 0:52:05MUJ: Ah, you!
0:52:07 > 0:52:09So it was covering the wire.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11So does it not need to go round the wire
0:52:11 > 0:52:14and then back on there, so it connects so that it will send?
0:52:14 > 0:52:16- OK.- Have I got it? Have I got it?
0:52:16 > 0:52:19I've got it. Yes!
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- Fingers crossed here. - Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25If it doesn't start, I'm going to cry.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- Ready? - Yep, start it.
0:52:28 > 0:52:29ENGINE STARTS
0:52:29 > 0:52:30CHEERING
0:52:35 > 0:52:36We done it.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Yay, we got it.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46It means a lot to actually have succeeded,
0:52:46 > 0:52:48because people in the garage,
0:52:48 > 0:52:50they know that we're not pissing them about
0:52:50 > 0:52:53and that we're not being here just to make a mockery of them,
0:52:53 > 0:52:55and I'm so happy and proud of us.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57- Thanks very much. - Appreciate it.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59To do a job well and succeed, it feels good,
0:52:59 > 0:53:03so you succeed in what you got tasked to do within the time limit.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05I couldn't do it without your help.
0:53:05 > 0:53:06It has made me proud, you know,
0:53:06 > 0:53:09it has made me proud that we did the job, we finished it,
0:53:09 > 0:53:12we completed it and we made Lekon and Mr Idris happy.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Our three aspiring mechanics have been in Lagos for ten days.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23They're lovely, they're absolutely lovely.
0:53:23 > 0:53:24Everyone's so lovely.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26They've been challenged...
0:53:26 > 0:53:27Fast, fast, fast, fast.
0:53:27 > 0:53:28..stretched to the limits...
0:53:28 > 0:53:32THEY SCREAM
0:53:32 > 0:53:35..worked harder than they thought possible...
0:53:35 > 0:53:37You have to work hard, work hard.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42..experienced unusual sights, sounds...
0:53:42 > 0:53:44- That's mental, that is. - That's crazy.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46..and taste...
0:53:48 > 0:53:49That is spicy.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51..that they'll never forget.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57That was crazy.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10Muj, Kayleigh and Sean have been back in the UK for six weeks.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15But has their time in Lagos given them the jump-start in life
0:54:15 > 0:54:16they all needed?
0:54:16 > 0:54:19I'm really glad that I went to Lagos.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22It's been an eye-opener and it's changed me, it has changed me
0:54:22 > 0:54:23and for the better.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Kayleigh has got a new job
0:54:26 > 0:54:29and set her sights on ultimately running her own garage.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32The Kayleigh after Lagos is confident,
0:54:32 > 0:54:34she stands on her own two feet,
0:54:34 > 0:54:37she does what she needs to do to succeed.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Being in Nigeria has reignited the passion Sean had
0:54:40 > 0:54:42for being a mechanic.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44I think Lagos did change me in a way.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46I realised that mechanics is for me
0:54:46 > 0:54:48and what I want to do for the rest of my life.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51He's determined nothing is going to stand in his way
0:54:51 > 0:54:53of getting his first job.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55Before Lagos I was a bit down confidence-wise, you know,
0:54:55 > 0:54:58keep getting knock-back after knock-back with jobs.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01But now coming back from Lagos it just doesn't faze me,
0:55:01 > 0:55:04I just keep applying, you know, surely there's someone out there
0:55:04 > 0:55:07who wants to take me on.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11And for Muj, well, Lagos has achieved the impossible.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14He's actually started pulling his weight.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18From meeting Olulumi, he's taught me how not to be selfish,
0:55:18 > 0:55:22how not to be relying on my sisters, how not to be lazy
0:55:22 > 0:55:25and not to be like, expecting things from my family
0:55:25 > 0:55:26and understanding...
0:55:26 > 0:55:30The understanding of life pretty much, that's what he's taught me.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35So he's got himself a part-time job in the local curry house.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Looking back at the old Muj now, I am a bit embarrassed
0:55:39 > 0:55:41with what I used to do.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45I used to think it was normal just to take money off my family like that
0:55:45 > 0:55:47and just to be selfish and be lazy.
0:55:47 > 0:55:48I thought it was normal.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50But I am glad that I've changed.
0:55:50 > 0:55:51If it wasn't for Nigeria,
0:55:51 > 0:55:54I think I'd be still that same old Muj sat on the sofa.
0:56:00 > 0:56:05Next time, three inexperienced but enthusiastic chefs...
0:56:05 > 0:56:07I'm going to be sick, I reckon.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09..have to master some curious recipes
0:56:09 > 0:56:11in the back streets of Jakarta.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Ah, I've got to go. I'm actually going to hit her.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Is there anything I wouldn't eat? Probably not.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19People like you are so far up their arse.