Pubs, popularly called beer parlour, is a thriving business in Nigeria which attracts patronage from a huge number of clients on a daily basis.
A trip to some beer parlours in Lagos by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday revealed that men are the major customers when compared with women.
Research has also shown that most men who do white collar jobs dominate 50 per cent of the beer parlours.
However, some of their opinions are far away from the thinking of what most men go there to do.
Most women think probably it is where their husbands take girlfriends to for relaxation and fun.
Some others who usually visit joints after work told NAN that the purpose of doing so was to relax and get relieved of tension.
Mr Saulam Ola, who usually visits a beer parlour in Ikorodu area of Lagos, said that he visits there to cool off from work stress before going home to face another family stress.
“I prefer to stop over at beer parlour so that my wife and children would have slept before I get home.
“Whenever I get home on time my family issues will give me stress. So, I prefer to stay out late in beer parlour,’’ he said.
Another business man, Mr Thomas Ojo, said he visits beer parlour to probably mingle with the right people to discuss the happenings both at home and abroad.
“I usually go there to mix up with people of different calibre and status in order to know the happenings around me.
“We discuss politics to catch up with the happenings in the country, so that we get the update of issues.”
