One of the most exhausting parts of creating content in Lagos isn’t the filming. It’s dealing with touts who show up the moment you set up a camera.

You’re not blocking the road. You’re not filming strangers. You’re simply working with your actors in a public space. Yet you’re… expected to pay people who have no legal authority over the location. Refuse, and you’re met with threats to damage equipment worth millions of naira.

We’ve normalized something that shouldn’t be normal.

Creators shouldn’t have to negotiate with people just…