 but for my mind I know say na woman I be and dis na sometin wey dey give me sleepless nights.' Dat na how one 30-year-old intersex pesin begin im tok with BBC Pidgin of how life dey very 'tough and rough' as e dey try get one identity instead of living double life for years now. 'Na only operation fit give me normal life and my family no fit afford am, for two years now, na im me and some odas like me dey wait since goment promise to help us but di help still neva come.' 'My female side dey stronger and more dominant wey make me woman but I also get male features wey make pipo outside dey treat me as man but I no fit comot tell dem my secret.' 'If I dey comot outside, I get veil wey I dey use cover my chest tightly.' Sani explain. 'Na only my immediate family know my secret even my extended family no know wetin dey happun because I dey try fit in like everybody.' Sani say hope bin come im way wen two years ago Nigeria First Lady Mrs Aisha Buhari sponsor intersex operations for Kano but afta some time, di hospital say di money don finish and no go fit carry out di operation for more pipo. 'Afta dem say First Lady money don finish dem come tell us to not worry she go send more but we just dey visit di hospital always and dem go say notin don come. 'Later, Kano state goment say dem go helep us by paying money for di operation but until now, notin so I just tire.' 'At di moment, I just leave everytin for God hand because na only im fit helep me.'Play video, "Wahala wey intersex dey face for Nigeria", Duration 5,0705:07Wetin we call dis Video, Wahala wey intersex dey face for NigeriaSani say even few weeks ago, e codedly visit one local radio station to beg one programme anchor to use im program remind goment of im and odas like am situation.Meanwhile, anoda intersex pesin tell BBC News Pidgin say im family don dey gather money as dem no fit de){kind=link}
Sani say even im extended family no know im secret
“Pipo for my area for Kano sabi me as Sani (man name) but for my mind I know say na woman I be and dis na sometin wey dey give me sleepless nights.”
Dat na how one 30-year-old intersex pesin begin im tok with BBC Pidgin of how life dey very ‘tough and rough’ as e dey try get one identity instead of living double life for years now.
“Na only operation fit give me normal life and my family no fit afford am, for two years now, na im me and some odas like me dey wait since goment promise to help us but di help still neva come.”
“My female side dey stronger and more dominant wey make me woman but I also get male features wey make pipo outside dey treat me as man but I no fit comot tell dem my secret.”