There’s no doubting the fact that God in his mightiest would bless a land that respects the human rights of His creation – man!
I was in the bus this morning going to my next home. It is within a strolling distance but it’s too windy for me to venture a trek.
A younger man, probably in his forties, stood aside for me to have a seat. When we got to the next bus stop, a lady entered with a baby in a trolley.
She made for my seat. I wanted to try the, it doesn’t concern me style, knowing there were some three seats before me.
But then, I realized there was a man in a wheelchair entering at the same bus stop. The lady had seen him, that was why she made for my set of seats.
So, I had to get up for the lady to use not only my seat, but all the three seats on that row.
Now, the practice here is that bus drivers help challenged people into buses. The buses even have devices to assist them in entering.
When the man entered, it took him up to seven minutes to make himself comfortably seated on his wheelchair in the bus.
Rather than showing signs of impatience, other passengers seating close by tried to make way for the man’s comfort. The driver, on his own part, was all for the man’s convenience.
Where I was used to, the saying is, eyan o ribi sun aja n han’run!
I specifically refuse to translate what that means into the English language. But the meaning represents the, ‘I’, mentality of the people.
The earlier we stopped, our being selfish, maybe and maybe Nigeria would start enjoying the fruits of its land!
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