In any society where standard education regress, there is likely to be poverty, unemployment and other social vices. The story of a very young teenage whom I came across last two days carrying out a very hefty job which is above his natural strength trigger my interest to make this call, I noticed that the boy was not doing the job with joy, his effort was much with sweat all over his body but the results he got pierced my heart and break me apart seeing such a little boy in that manner job when his mates whom parents are well to do are at the comfort of their parents. I was provoked and walk closer to him and ask what could push him into this manner of job? He replied, Sir thanks for your concern, my NECO is fast approaching and the pressure to raise money to pay is really taken on my parents. They don’t have neither do I have anyone to help. I was touched because I thought this is the same money we see others spending lavishly for their children while some of them keep saving billions for the future of their own children.
From December till now I saw a lot of Igala rich Men, woman and well-to-do citizen of Kogi state traveling abroad with their children for holidays, others are still spending lavishly to celebrate birthdays, and golden jubilee. You are using your resources to develop another man’s country in the name of making life fun for your own biological children meanwhile many children are out there in your country struggling to feed or even go to school. Why not develop them? The N100,000 naira you pay just to play games or dance in a club is enough to pay two people’s school fees at the tertiary institution, the millions you pay for temporary accommodation in overseas during your long duration holiday can pay school fees of reasonable numbers of people. If you are touched, help someone obtain a primary school certificate, Waec results or degree.
It’s January again, primary, secondary and most tertiary institutions are resuming. As children are set to return to school the pressure to pay school fees and settle bills is huge. Many has no means, and so much got admission to higher institution with no hope to pay for registration, it’s also period when secondary schools resume with payment for WAEC, or to talk about the innumerable nursery and primary school pupils whom hope is in shambles. This is our responsibility as good citizen of kogi state let’s stand up to it.
Although, we all complain of societal ills around us, we are all afraid of the length which the incident of social vices is growing on daily basis without taking into account the causes of this problem. Security they said is issue of all concern same I want us to take service to humanity and building education of Nigerian students as matter of urgency to curtail antisocial incidents in our state. Hence it’s not enough to develop your own immediate children but important you take the children of other people within your rich as your own children because the kind of people they grow to become will affect everyone in the same region.
Today I’m challenging you to join forces with me let’s raise the children of the poor masses under a single umbrella, I challenge you to take responsibility of as much children whom you have the financial strength to pay their school fees and let the whole world know. It’s best we spend for the sake of humanity than traveling abroad to celebrate holidays, birthdays, golden jubilee and lots more of ungodly incidence for the sake of fun.
My door is open to welcome like mind into this struggle.
The Advocate of a good governance.
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