What is Benin City like,the people,cost of living,is it a safe place to live?

Question

I would like to visit Benin City, Nigeria..What is everyday life like?

Answer 1

FOR ChildofGod's.
Dear member, you have lost a lot of time and web space to offer unasked information about the Benin Republic, copying from other sources.
Our friend was inquiring about the Nigerian town of Benin, capital of the Edo State, former capital of the Benin Empire.
Please, next time read attentively the question and copy the right answer!!!

Answer 2

One of the answerers got it all wrong.Benin City is in Nigeria,not to be confused with Benin the country next door.
Everyday life is a struggle for most.Heavy traffic and quite heavey weather sometimes;flasfloods,high humidity,hot and humid.Can be pleasant though.It is not that safe because of armed robbers,stickup-kids,healthhazards and unsafe traffic.People can be nice but distant as everywhere these days.

Answer 3

For the neighbouring West African nations of Togo and Benin, most of the past year has been plagued by power cuts that have been an inconvenience at best -- and a source of financial hardship at worst.

Some 80 percent of electricity used by the two countries comes from Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, which are struggling to maintain the supply. Togolese authorities ascribe this to low water levels in key hydroelectric dams in the region: Akossombo in Ghana, and Taabo and Kossou in Côte d'Ivoire. This has been caused by drought.


There have also been problems with the supply of natural gas that fuels power stations producing electricity in Côte d'Ivoire.

As a result, the Volta Region Authority (VRA) of Ghana and the Ivorian Electricity Company (Compagnie ivoirienne d'électricité, CIE) reduced their transmissions in March when the crisis began. Supplies were cut from 140 megawatts (MW) daily to the current 80, says the Electricity Community of Benin (Communauté électrique du Bénin, CEB) -- based in the Togolese capital of Lomé.

According to the CEB, which manages power in Togo and Benin, the countries have a total daily electricity need of 200 MW.

The remaining 60 MW of power have previously been supplied through the CEB and national distribution firms: the Electrical Energy Company of Togo (Compagnie énergie électrique du Togo, CEET) and the Beninese Electric Energy Company (Société béninoise d'énergie électrique).

However, a drop in water levels also occurred at the dam on Lake Nangbéto in southern Togo, used by the CEB to supply power to Benin and Togo. This created an additional deficit of between 19 MW and 36 MW, said CEB communications director Amah Tchamdja.

The energy crisis reached a peak in June, and worsened again in November. In a bid to ration power in an orderly fashion, Benin and Togo started daily four- to six-hour electricity cuts that are shared between different cities and neighborhoods. However, the outages can last for up to 14 hours.

Some people have been able to plan accordingly. Assam Ahmed, a restaurateur in Lomé, has bought a generator to assure himself of a reliable power supply. "My restaurant is constantly busy and I don't have any outages," he told IPS.

Others find matters more difficult. "The situation is disrupting our lives," complained Edmond Séshie, the manager of a fish shop in Lomé, who doesn't have money to buy a generator for refrigeration. "We need electricity full time to keep our fish fresh, but more and more often, we're finding ourselves with rotten fish."

The cost of generators varies between 500 and 20,000 dollars -- while solar panels, an alternative source of power, sell for between 200 and 24,000 dollars: prices beyond the reach of many in Benin and Togo.

Radio and television stations are also affected by the power cuts. "The shortages interrupt our work, and what's most inconvenient is the fact that the CEET does not respect the set outage hours," says Junior Edem Aménunya, editor in chief of the TV7 television channel in Lomé, who has just bought a generator.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612150049.html

Check the CIA fact book.

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html

Answer 4

I am literally surrounded by the United States Marine Corps. The best of the best come here to train. Also the biggest helicopter training station is here. I'm pretty safe.

Answer 5

Well I know they traffic alot of children and havealot of mining there.

Probbly just like any other west african city thats not warring and has oil.

Answer 6

Perhaps this can help you: http://wikitravel.org/en/Benin

Answer 7

what's ur question?