By Cyril Onoja
We see them in major bus stops all around Nigeria, 3years old and above, hanging to your hand, trouser or skirt, pleading for money, saying something, like “abeg give me money i never chop” sometimes you hand them a 10naira note or just simply ignore them, or totally avoid them. What we fail to understand is that, we have a society that has totally damaged the physic or emotional state of the little child.
1. The child is pushed out by his mother to fend for him/herself, refusing the child love and protection, even mother hens fend for their little ones, not to talk of human beings.
2. When the child gets 10naira note from you, he feels he cannot get anything in life, only by begging for it (mental slavery)
3. When the child gets refused by you, he/she gets embarrassed and suffers emotional breakdown, feeling to him/herself that he/she is not wanted, and feels less human, that’s why some develop habits of rudeness to block such feeling.
The very foundation of this child is already traumatized, not to talk of female child beggars who get violated, molested and kidnapped for ritual purposes. As a nation we must question our conscience and humanity to see such things and turn a blind eye, as if we were not once kids. Most of us were pampered, spoiled and protected as a child, shielded from such hardships.
Today, i don’t want to blame the parent of the child, nor the government of the day, i want to focus on you and I, what we have done in adding or reducing to this dis-humanization. Oh , we may say whats my business, am I the parent, but are we that callous not to have human feelings for another human being, have we totally lost our sense of pride and love as a nation.
The fact remains that the parents of those children have failed, the government too has failed in their duties, must we also fail too as a person. Must we fold our hands and pray that all will be well, go to church or mosque and raise holy hands to God, asking him to bless us. The joy of living is to help another human being to live. In our little way we are capable of helping this children. If he/she were your blood child, sister or brother, would you really be happy to see those children go through that,? The truth is that they are not our blood relatives, but they are our children, because God has placed them in our care.
This nation will never move forward if we leave our problems in the hands of Government, or turn a blind eye to our problems, and saying that it does not concern me, then we are a nation of jokers who day dream of a better nation, when the people of the nation are not willing to be better persons. Nations can only be built when Citizens come together collectively and tackle their community problems.
Don’t just sit there and fold your hands, we can do something no matter how small, if 10 people come together and donate just 500naira a month, to keep a child in school and also feed him/her, with that act of kindness, you would have saved the life of that child from a terrible way of life.
We are the future leaders of tomorrow, lets make a better leader than our current leaders
We see them in major bus stops all around Nigeria, 3years old and above, hanging to your hand, trouser or skirt, pleading for money, saying something, like “abeg give me money i never chop” sometimes you hand them a 10naira note or just simply ignore them, or totally avoid them. What we fail to understand is that, we have a society that has totally damaged the physic or emotional state of the little child.1. The child is pushed out by his mother to fend for him/herself, refusing the child love and protection, even mother hens fend for their little ones, not to talk of human beings.
2. When the child gets 10naira note from you, he feels he cannot get anything in life, only by begging for it (mental slavery)
3. When the child gets refused by you, he/she gets embarrassed and suffers emotional breakdown, feeling to him/herself that he/she is not wanted, and feels less human, that’s why some develop habits of rudeness to block such feeling.
The very foundation of this child is already traumatized, not to talk of female child beggars who get violated, molested and kidnapped for ritual purposes. As a nation we must question our conscience and humanity to see such things and turn a blind eye, as if we were not once kids. Most of us were pampered, spoiled and protected as a child, shielded from such hardships.
Today, i don’t want to blame the parent of the child, nor the government of the day, i want to focus on you and I, what we have done in adding or reducing to this dis-humanization. Oh , we may say whats my business, am I the parent, but are we that callous not to have human feelings for another human being, have we totally lost our sense of pride and love as a nation.
The fact remains that the parents of those children have failed, the government too has failed in their duties, must we also fail too as a person. Must we fold our hands and pray that all will be well, go to church or mosque and raise holy hands to God, asking him to bless us. The joy of living is to help another human being to live. In our little way we are capable of helping this children. If he/she were your blood child, sister or brother, would you really be happy to see those children go through that,? The truth is that they are not our blood relatives, but they are our children, because God has placed them in our care.
This nation will never move forward if we leave our problems in the hands of Government, or turn a blind eye to our problems, and saying that it does not concern me, then we are a nation of jokers who day dream of a better nation, when the people of the nation are not willing to be better persons. Nations can only be built when Citizens come together collectively and tackle their community problems.
Don’t just sit there and fold your hands, we can do something no matter how small, if 10 people come together and donate just 500naira a month, to keep a child in school and also feed him/her, with that act of kindness, you would have saved the life of that child from a terrible way of life.
We are the future leaders of tomorrow, lets make a better leader than our current leaders
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