They Are Vexed? -By Isa Salisu

To live in this world, sometimes you will be carried away by thought like something or someone who is close acquaintance to you loathe you. Almost a year or so since the inception of the social media debate on ALMAJIRI CHILD which start after a simple tweet, escalates to something hugely. Normally, in every argument there is plenty of things which is contain and dependent on it. But what brings me back to reality and pop me up to write this was an occurrence that occur earlier this month. The story is disheartening and impassioned, the empathetic I have of it is evident though incredulous. In it where I sight the inane of some, it’s so naive and irreverent to children. This is a cautionary that all those facetious things have been going on. A phenomenia where truth and lie ply together.

I was on my way back home from school when one small underaged and barefooted boy looking tired and hungry stopped me. Guess what, he pleaded with me to give him some money that he was famished and wanted to buy some food to quench his stomach. I searched my pocket trying to locate the changes I have which I offered him some out of it. He collected with a little bliss to his face and offered some prayers in return and moved on.

Out of a nightmare, how on earth one will leave this kind of underaged boy who supposed to be under the care of his parents, to be roaming about looking for what to eat all by himself. One must be aghast that these children engulfed all over places one can think of dangerous or not, one mission, looking for food to eat. One single thing is scaffolding all this, “PARENTS.” ideally parents are known with the task of carrying the burden of their respective offsprings, this need no introduction of. But it is amazing how easily some run away from their responsibilities as parents. Sending out children’s whose socialization is at the tender stage without good financial support to cater for health, food and all sorts of needs and act like the childrens defucted. Dire? all those things makes me debilitating every time I recalled it. So unfortune for those morose children who are nagging.

Hurting one child is like an insult to all Children. These children are angry, all of them certainly has every right to be. Like every child, either from poor or rich background, will loved to see his parents around, and caring for him. Every Child we talk about is unique, just imagine how millions of potentials were wasted. When everyone in your life says you need this, it’s hard to know what to do.

I’ve watched many mother’s with respect, due to structural formula of out living especially here in the North, since mother’s have little or no say on matters that affect them, they are left with zero turn or way to stop the purge. One needs no any force to say or illustrate the mother-child love.

Finally, when one mother has the courage to say no to sending out younger children out, a ripple effect begins. It’s possible that within our lifetime we could see a change.