You wanted to surprise your wife by shopping for the family
on your way back from work, and as a sharp guy, you wanted to find out if it
really cost, let’s say, N10,000 to prepare a pot of ‘banga’ soup as she claims.
You stopped at Mile 12 market in Lagos where she normally does her shopping.
You bought everything and discovered that ‘madam’ had been playing you ‘boju
boju’ with the money for food. You were cursing under your breath and sweating
profusely as you pushed your way through the crowded market to where you parked
your car and a little boy said, “Oga, you too fine to dey carry your load by
yourself naa. See as you dey sweat. Make I help you. Oga I no go charge you too
much, na only N50.”
you didn’t budge. You simply ignored and looked ahead resolutely, much to the
little boy’s disappointment.
that you were struggling to hold on to the ‘gbogbo ero’ you bought. You didn’t
trust the market boy or cart pusher, fearing they could take off with your
stuff. Most of us are often guilty of this.
boy or the cart pusher your luggage, you may have denied someone their daily
bread? Does it occur to you that if that market boy doesn’t make enough to
survive on, he might be forced to go into armed robbery or kidnapping? Who
knows if the guys that kidnapped Olu Falae were once market boys and cart
pushers who couldn’t make enough to survive daily?
can comfortably afford both our needs and wants, and that those at the bottom
of the economic pyramid look upon us to make their lives better.
society to make impact on the less-privileged. Why then should we complain when
the rate of crime among the youth is ever on the rise?
the ‘agberos’ and the jobless among us make our neighbourhoods unsafe to live
in? With our selfishness, we are daily churning out criminals borne out of
poverty and who are engrossed in their current trade because we care little
about them.
of poverty, disease, and uncivil people by wholly relying on their government
to do so. No society!
wish for. I am not supporting kidnapping or lazy people, but it is appalling to
see the huge economic disparities that characterise our society.
society is unprecedented.
their neighbours can afford basic needs such as food. Even churches amassing
bountiful offerings and tithes don’t care if members of their congregation have
anything to eat when they get home after church services.
with domestic help rarely want their domestic help to develop beyond that
status. We want our lowly-endowed friends and relatives to always look upon us
when they need help.
Porsche or Range Rover SUVs, yet their parents or siblings can hardly afford
food? This has become the definition of civilisation for us. We don’t realise
that we only need to help out just a little to make someone’s life better.
but bright child in our neighbourhood goes to school, or helping a dutiful
house help to learn a skill that will help them become independent, or simply
creating a job for a hard working and disciplined jobless person?
our brother’s keeper? We are all guilty for the spate of kidnappings and
insecurity in the country. Everyone is guilty, including me.
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