We can reduce poverty by controlling our libido thou

Let me just keep calm.... Four..... What... With... This cocococondition they into added to this Bubu problem ok

joseph1832:
I won't even bother to read the opening post but this Ayuba's situation is something I've seen/witnessed one time too many.

You won't be surprise if you engage him (Ayuba), in conversation you'll see he gave birth to those kids in the hope that the kids, might grow up and save him from his wretched state.

The mindset of many Nigerians seriously need to be change as soon as possible. Don't even be surprise this same Ayuba will see someone like me, who's not married, don't have kids and is doing Far better than him, he'll now believe he's better than me and even insult me just because he gave birth to kids he can't even take care of, talkless of taking care of himself.

The boldfaced, very accurate

Nawa oooooooo.......

wit dis kind condition pesin stil dey get erection...

I bn dey thik say na happiness dey make prick rise oooo

Las Las dem go blame the govt......


Na poor men dey born pass wanlai............


This life sha,,,,

It is pitiable, but I tell you the fact, bulk of them do not pity themselves. They are products of cultural and religious brainwashing.

Am not surprise when I heard he was a hausa_ begging is like a booming occupation to them, they render this service with optimum dignity...

uche87:
Being the Director of Communications at Helping Ordinary Lives, HOL Foundation is challenging. Every day of your life, you feel the gas left in your tank would dry up and then your race will end before the finish line. Every day is a battle to put at least short smiles on the faces of people, who hope for reason to express genuine happiness. The biggest or funniest jokes by the best clown or comedians in town can't move them as their pains are bigger than them all.

It is easy to read about the spate of poverty in Nigeria and Africa on the pages of newspapers or journals. It is harder to get a full picture of poverty and stand to look at it in reality. You not only fight to hold your tears, you also fight for the strength to stand on your feet. 89 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty in Nigeria despite the yardstick for the measurement of poverty is being below spending $2 (N684) on food per day. The figures are simple to look past as a headline, but it is a different ball game when you see the people living in extreme poverty physically as well as listening to their stories. I wish the people could be granted free passage into heaven on judgement because the planet earth has been hell for them.

I will never forget the 27th of June, 2020. It was the day I saw the image of poverty and believe me, poverty is ugly and scary. My Managing Director had contacted me to prepare for a regular field exercise which entailed sharing of relief materials amongst residents of vulnerable communities. It was a hard decision to make considering the menace of the coronavirus pandemic, which had ruined businesses and plundered the financial resources of many. For the first time, I felt it was over for the foundation. I saw myself joining the vulnerable people we swore to bring succour and hope to. The director wasn't going to let Covid-19 deter him from a cause he has dedicated his life to. He gathered funds here and there and even went as far as borrowing, to purchase food materials for the vulnerable people, whose conditions have been made worse by the infectious and deadly disease.

We arrived at one of the shanties at the Agbado Ijaiye area of Lagos State to share relief materials. We had arranged portions of rice, beans, noodles, vegetable oil and others in sizeable quantities for a targeted section of the population living there. They were happy to see us. Most of them lamented the failure of the government to share its highly publicized Covid-19 palliatives amongst them. They argued that they need them the most in Nigeria. We pacified them with soothing words and in no time, the smiles on their faces almost overpowered the rays of the sun. It was a beautiful sight.

Our relief materials were not enough as news spread around town that we were around and the number of people on the ground kept doubling. We soon took our leave and promised to return at a future date. We felt fulfilled to a large extent as we journeyed back to our various homes. Then the rain began to fall; as Africans, we regarded this as showers of blessings. We assumed that Providence was happy with our efforts and was trying to part us on the backs. The business of the day seemed done and dusted but that wasn't all, something that would mark the beginning of another landmark story was developing.

As we negotiated excruciatingly with the potholes around the Agbado-Ijaiye axis, we spotted a middle-aged man who was physically-challenged. He was only moving around with a makeshift wooden wheeler. It was quite small and low. It is commonly used by crippled beggars. He sat on it and used a pair of bathroom slippers worn on his hands to move it around. Everywhere was flooded. The vehicle we came in was already crying for help as the bad roads had the best of it. This man was navigating around the potholes by the roadside energetically. Some of the potholes at times looked as if they were going to take his life.

The director was moved as he stared at him from the car. He ordered that the car should be parked and he approached the man. For once, I felt he had wanted to heal him like Jesus Christ as he alighted from the vehicle and gazed at him. When he got close, he bent and said 'Please gentleman, what is your name?'

He struggled to respond as he could barely speak the English language. From his intonation, it was clear that he was Hausa. One of the workers who understood the language perfectly interjected and communicated with him. It was then that he gave his name as Ayuba. The middle-aged man whose looks tell the gory stories and wicked challenges of life revealed he begs for a living. The boss ransacked the vehicle for some palliatives. Luckily, we found some. He also handed some cash gifts to him. He explained he is a married father of 4. His wife is crippled too. We all abandoned our trip temporarily and followed Ayuba to his home. Ayuba's life was a true image of poverty. His first child was about 10 years old. All of them have never seen the four walls of a school. They were not only malnourished with their bodies covered by tattered clothes, they also had no future to bank on. Tears flowed down on the cheeks of everybody as Ayuba narrated what it takes to put the cheapest meal on the family table every day. If the tears weren't controlled, the imminent flood around his house could have been fastened by the collection of tears from our eyes. One could only peep through Ayuba's house with fear. It was dark and looked like a dungeon from which the next pandemic could emerge. The door was so low and small that a fat animal might be discouraged from entering.

"I want my children to go to school. I want a better future for them. I don't want them to end up like me. Life is hard, life is just too hard" he said with the tears been seamlessly unleashed.

"I can't afford a wheelchair. It is so difficult for my wife and i to move around during the rainy season. I can't count the number of times I have fallen into deep gutters. Going out is a risk. I feel I could die anytime but the well-being of my family means a lot to me. I just have to go out and make something no matter how little" he added.

The boss looked up and signalled to everybody that it was time to leave. Ayuba looked at the relief materials again and thanked us. He wished we could stay longer and eat with his family but we respectfully declined.

For the first time in a very long time, the boss was quiet all through the trip home. We all knew he was touched by the story of Ayuba. We were all moved too. When I got to the junction of my street, the car parked and I came down with my bag containing my personal effects. The boss looked at me and said, Ayuba is our new project now. He is part of our family. His children are our responsibility and we have to make the sun shine on that home. I nodded my head in acceptance. Waved him goodbye and left for my home. I was troubled all night and restless due to the day's experience.

HOL Foundation has struggled to solve the structural challenges of Ayuba but we are very hopeful and will never forget him. The boss ordered the logistics team to dispatch some relief materials to his home recently. Life seems the same for Ayuba but we are very sure things will soon take a U-turn in his life as we continue to gather the needed resources to make the promised change.

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George Osayimwen is the Director of Communications at HOL Foundation

Source: https://www.tori.ng/news/158431/my-facetoface-encounter-with-poverty-and-his-four.html

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Check back in 5 years and there's a good chance Ayuba has added 2 more kids to the fold and the cycle of poverty continues

CharleyBright:
Short of Words.
But truth be told.... Why have many kids you can't fend for?
Rich people these days are settling for 2 kids or 3kids at most. Poor people these days are having 5 to 7kids, and they open their mouths to tell you the God that giveth will provide.
By end of the day, the children will suffer and pass thru hard lives and in most cases never make it to higher institutions.
As you lay your bed, so you shall lie on it.
The North should Stop breeding children they can't cater for.

....We arrived at one of the shanties at the Agbado Ijaiye area of Lagos State....
You can take it up to raise the awareness. One NGO cannot handle everything.

Horror!

Ayuba the striker



Pls OP try to give him some good orientation about life

There is a man for every woman, a woman for every man

One message from T.D Jakes changed everything about my thinking, ' Never make decisions that will complicate your life'. If you should take risk, take calculated one don't put all your eggs in one basket because you think there will always be a God that answers prayer.

Well done to you and the Director of HOL foundation. You know best how you want to help them. The truth is you cant do everything. Prioritizing is key.

1. The Children's Education and/or 2. Empowerment of the parents (e.g via vocational training and access to practical entrepreneurship opportunities should be considered priority.

May you find the wisdom, strength and resources to continue your good work.

Always north and they were born to rule.

shit happens nigerian most expecially the northerns need orientation

CharleyBright:
Short of Words.
But truth be told.... Why have many kids you can't fend for?
Rich people these days are settling for 2 kids or 3kids at most. Poor people these days are having 5 to 7kids, and they open their mouths to tell you the God that giveth will provide.
By end of the day, the children will suffer and pass thru hard lives and in most cases never make it to higher institutions.
As you lay your bed, so you shall lie on it.
The North should Stop breeding children they can't cater for.

These economically disenfranchised northern kids are growing up to be ruthless bloodthirsty bandits & kidnapper-herdsmen, beggars, garbage collectors and roving shoemakers all over the south.

Northern elite are even more heartless than their southern counterparts, aided in no small measure by the injustice and fatalism enshrined within their religion

Life is a b!tch and death is her sister

Life is not fair!!

Nbotee:
Life is unfair and some ppl are also not being fair to demselves... Ayuba is crippled and is married to anoda crippled and dey beg for a living but somehow he's comfortable with birthing 4kids he cannot raise..

Abokis+ mysterious ways=5&6

It is well! May God bless your organization for reaching out to the less privileged.
Let Love Lead!

You all forget that sex is one of man's basic needs behind food, clothes, shelter and the likes.

Now a cripple woman is pregnant, you want abortion when they can't even afford a condom.

Now, I'm not saying breeding children in poverty is a good thing but you can't blame them nonetheless. I just hope these ones get help in form of financial empowerment perhaps through learning a skill.

Even blind people hustle.

joseph1832:
I won't even bother to read the opening post but this Ayuba's situation is something I've seen/witnessed one time too many.

You won't be surprise if you engage him (Ayuba), in conversation you'll see he gave birth to those kids in the hope that the kids, might grow up and save him from his wretched state.

The mindset of many Nigerians seriously need to be change as soon as possible. Don't even be surprise this same Ayuba will see someone like me, who's not married, don't have kids and is doing Far better than him, he'll now believe he's better than me and even insult me just because he gave birth to kids he can't even take care of, talkless of taking care of himself.

reminds me of a novel called joys of motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

joseph1832:
I won't even bother to read the opening post but this Ayuba's situation is something I've seen/witnessed one time too many.

You won't be surprise if you engage him (Ayuba), in conversation you'll see he gave birth to those kids in the hope that the kids, might grow up and save him from his wretched state.

The mindset of many Nigerians seriously need to be change as soon as possible. Don't even be surprise this same Ayuba will see someone like me, who's not married, don't have kids and is doing Far better than him, he'll now believe he's better than me and even insult me just because he gave birth to kids he can't even take care of, talkless of taking care of himself.

for real, that last paragraph sums up the life-philosophy of 99% of Nigerians. They believe marriage and parenthood is an achievement that elevates them above anyone who is yet to do the same, regardless that they might be living in horrific squalor compared with the unmarried dude who wisely maintains a decent standard of living within his limited means

Nbotee:
Life is unfair and some ppl are also not being fair to demselves... Ayuba is crippled and is married to anoda crippled and dey beg for a living but somehow he's comfortable with birthing 4kids he cannot raise..

Omo the thing shock me ooo.

Not against Education , but what has the higher Education gave you or you never see president without higher Education.

I'll keep typing this. People like Ayuba is the reason why Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world. We keep blaming the economy for our woes, the main issue is that we as a country is clearly overpopulated no thanks to the north. Our population is a huge liability and that's the honest truth.
I didn't bother reading that epistle to know that Ayuba doesn't even deserve to have a testicle. He should have been long castrated. It folks like him that fuel the poverty index of the country.

See all the ignorant comments up there... None of those accusing Ayuba will marry or let their sisters marry him. He is challenged and his best chances are challenged people like him for he isn't learned. That being said, Nature when it calls can sometimes leave him with no chance but here are people who have good food asking a man who can barely afford food use his money to do family planning or sterilize or what's not. Do you people even rationalize things at all? His situation is dire, his condition is partially Nature and the rest his choices. If he were to be in good hands should be not be entitled to disability funds and same for his wife. I kinda also blame our looting and backward thinking governments for this.

Summary please

I wish they were or could be been in a better situation....life is hard,that I know

I wish them well

zubimete:
Summary please

I encourage you to read that article, it's worth it.

Ayoswit:
It is the kids I pity not their ignorant parents. Those kids never begged to be born by the wretched couple. It seems d poor breeds more kids than d rich in naija sha

Don't be harsh on them...nobody prayed for the life we all have today
Let's just pray and hope things get better