Nigeria's Repairmen in Local Areas

Flat screen
In a dusty, oily alley in the heart of Wuse market in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, 25-year-old Joshua Ejike sits with the guts of a flat screen TV in his lap.

"There's nothing we can't handle" he says. “LCD screens, DVDs anything.”
He came to the capital three years ago from rural Abia state after finishing secondary school.
He has never studied any technical or science subjects.

'Pop'
Power-cuts are common in Nigeria, often followed by power-surges when generators are turned on.
“Our light [electricity] is not stable and even surge protectors can’t handle it,” says Joshua.
A “pop” sound from your TV or expensive new DVD player could mean you need the skills of a repairman.
But most repairs are only temporary and it might not be long before the smell of burning diodes fills the room again.

Boss
Napoleon is the boss of these repairmen.
He rents part of the shop behind them where reconditioned sound systems are sold. Each of his workers makes around 3,000 naira ($25) a day.
“I have been in this business five years. I served under a master, now he set me free and I set up for myself,” he says.
“Give me anything dead, I will rewind it.”

Music
"China” specialises in CD players.
He brought out a dusty wreck he said he had just finished working on.
It looked like it had just been dropped from the roof and kicked about.
“Don’t mind the dust, I will clean it. It works.”
He fired up the generator and music came out of the speakers.

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