Nigerian Lady Sparks Outrage With Her Cultural Observations About Ghana, Video

Nigerian Lady Sparks Outrage With Her Cultural Observations About Ghana, Video

  • A Nigerian TikToker has shared her cultural observations from Ghana, sparking debates with remarks on food, behaviour, and social norms
  • She claimed Ghanaians swapped soup with stew, painted flags everywhere, and minded their business even when problems occurred publicly
  • Her comments about phone snatching, teenage motherhood, and crime triggered strong reactions from many who dismissed her views online

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A Nigerian lady has caused a series of reactions on social media after she shared her personal opinion and observation from her time in Ghana.

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A Nigerian lady causes reactions online with her cultural observations about Ghana. Photo credit: tovia. Image source: TikTok
Source: TikTok

Though not disclosing how long she had been in the country, the young lady, identified as Tovia Goodness on TikTok, shared some 'cultural' differences that she found bizarre in Ghana.

She narrated her story through a series of images taken on a Ghanaian beach alongside captions on each of the images.

The captions contained a mix of amusement and frustration, ranging from culinary confusion to observations of social behaviours among Ghanaians.

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In the first caption, she said:

"They call soup stew and stew soup, which, after I checked, I found out they are right and we [Nigerians] are wrong."

Nigerian lady shares divisive opinions on Ghana

She also said she had noticed that the citizens usually paint the country's flag colours everywhere.

She added that she had also noticed a social norm she found absurd and strange compared to her country.

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A Nigerian lady, Tovia Goodness, shares cultural observations from Ghana on social media. Photo credit: tovia. Image source: TikTok
Source: TikTok

In her words:

"They don’t care if things are wrong and keep it to themselves. They mind their businesses even when something is going wrong, unlike Nigeria, where 1 or 2 people will come and know what is going on, and they help out."

It was her claims that Ghanaians are known for snatching phones and breaking into houses to commit theft that triggered reactions.

She also stated that it was easy for one to find an 18-year-old mother of three children.

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The video of the woman's observations about Ghana is below.

Reactions to Nigerian's cultural observations about Ghana

YEN.com.gh collected reactions from Ghanaians who watched the video online. Some of the comments are below.

@blakk_messiah said:

"I'm so happy with the way Nigerians are very, very obsessed with Ghana. These negative lies they spread and feed on about Ghana satisfy their inferiority complex. Yet, data stats show GH is far ahead of NIG in all aspects of development."

@dannygh_ said:

"I can boldly tell you this is NOT Ghana."

@_Kems24 commented:

"Wait, do you mean Ghanaians hardly greet and hardly accept greetings? Which Ghana are you talking about because the Ghana I know, they like greetings and accept greetings."

@ayo__oyewole wrote:

"18 years old with 3 babies. It is like responsibility is a taboo for their men."

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YEN.com.gh had earlier reported that a Nigerian man had expressed frustration with his country's leadership, compared to Ghana.

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His comments followed calls from Ghanaians for the deportation of their West African neighbours, particularly the Igbo community.

Ghanaians reacted online, with many agreeing with the man’s frustration over Nigeria’s leadership and corruption troubles.

Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Oluwadara Adebisi (Human Interest Editor) Adebisi Oluwadara is a Human Interest Editor who joined YEN.com.gh in May 2025. He has over six years of experience in press release writing and journalism. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Food Science and Technology. However, he was mentored in journalism and became a certified journalist after completing the Google News Initiative courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation.

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