There's no limit to what is sold on the streets by hawkers. Some are genuine while others are
sub-standard goods.
Whether you like shopping on the streets or not, these street hawkers can be pretty helpful
when you're stuck in a mind-boggling traffic jam and you're dying of thirst.
The other lagos shopping options available to you are the open Lagos market option and the street
shops.
Most people shop from the local market.
The local market system in Lagos Nigeria and the whole of Nigeria is such that vendors come to the
market with their wares and display them in spaces allocated to them.
The open market system is usually rowdy and crowded. But that's where most people shop - the poor, the
very poor, and even some of the rich.
Products mostly sold in open Largos markets are foodstuff like Garri, yam, palm oil, vegetable oil,
tomatos, beans, rice etc.
Yes, the rich folks . . . even the very rich folks . . . also shop from the open markets.
Why?
Because much of the foodstuff available in the open markets are not available in supermarkets.