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