THE EKO IDUMOTA STRUGGLE
I don't know why it took me so long to realise this but I went to the popular Eko/Idumota with my shugalee (mum) on Saturday: Take this advice from me though,’never follow your mum to the market’.I spent the entire day in the market, walking to and fro, tired, angry and hungry. I was so irritated: people pushed me with dirty hands, stepped on me and they were so lousy , lacked courtesy, etc.. I WAS IRRITATED!!!!.We got to a particular place where my mum wanted to get souvenirs and then I sat down because it was like i was going to faint plus I felt I had like 500ltrs of germs on me.While she was checking out what they had in the store, i don’t know but in my irritation, my eyes suddenly opened, my sight became clearer and my ears were so sharp they could hear the conversations of people miles away. I sat and then saw how people struggled just to make a living. I saw people ready to kill themselves just because of “ordinary 20naira ” difference. Two things touched me that day thoughTHE FIRST: I saw women who would carry heavy neck breaking loads on their heads for people (alabaru) for just 200naira and those who owned the load were acting like bosses. Like the so called Alabaru were camels or dogs.One of the alabaru’s suddenly walked up to where I was and said sadly “I haven't carried any load today, who did I offend God”. I was in so much pity that I almost cried.
THE SECOND:I saw a pregnant woman who looked like she would give birth anytime soon, working like ..I can’t even explain it but I really pitied her and her unborn child. She was struggling in PAINS and then I thought I’ve been ungrateful for all I have.
I remembered I would get pissed at my parents for not getting me super expensive things or for not driving me to school or for giving me rice without biiiggg meat or for not allowing me use expensive phones and so many other stupid reasons I cant even remember.
They would cook at home, and I would throw the food away simply because its not what I asked for but yet people were eating from the floor
My mum will buy clothes for me and I’ll reject it but people wore rags, some even wear the same cloth for 7days(wash and wear)
You even need to see where they eat or sell…dirty environments with gutters blocked and smelling like…………………..and I have a comfortable dinning!
I was like there are people here who don't have up to a quarter of what I have and yet I complain that God is unfair..then felt that I really need to be slapped!!!!
Honestly I used to be a CEO when it comes to complaining but ever since then I’ve been really grateful. I can afford to buy cold stone ice cream and Domino pizza or even get some expensive wears and shoes and still complain that its not enough but yet this people have to sweat real hard before they get ordinary 20naira just to buy one wrap of amala! JESUS!!!!.
Things like these are happening and then there are some people on social media fighting over age, mansions, sexual accusations, brand names, girlfriends that are not even worth it,blabla and so many others like that.
The most anoying thing is we devaluate the human person alot.Just because people don't have what we have, we look down on them forgetting that its not by their own making and it is the same God that gives that also Takes!
I write this with much pain to see people suffer this much just for daily bread and I’ll be angry because they didn't get me kfc chicken! I felt ashamed!
Oh Lord This is me “yormee’’ saying “I know I’ve been too spoilt and ungrateful pls have mercy on me and help me to give to the needy.Help us also not to devaluate the human person. Change the status of the needy oh LORD.Finally Lord, help those self centred people to see what I’ve seen and let them CHANGE!!!
