A Nigerian lawyer has taken to the microblogging platform X to rant about how his sister was unable to secure an apartment in Lagos because she is unmarried.
He said that the landlord had listed several reasons to uphold his statement and then told her to come with her man on her next inspection.
His reasons were;
“1. I can’t rent my house to a single lady because it’s different kinds of men that you will be bringing over.
2. Who will I now be discussing with if something comes up as you don’t have a husband (as per she’s not a human being that can comprehend English)
3. Can you afford the rent? If you have husband, at least he can be adding to your small salary. My sister, small salary? too funny
4. You need a man so we can discuss details”
The lawyer who is quite vocal about how people face discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, age and tribe, vehemently condemned the actions of the landlord.
He went on to attach a picture of the form that was given to his sister to fill out by the house owner and pointed out one of the requirements that caught his attention.
The landlord had included “Name of wife (if married)” on the form instead of Name of spouse which proved that he was not going to rent his house to a single lady.
See tweets below,
