A man in Kano went to a food seller. He had not eaten in 3 days. He begged the seller for food on credit.
The food seller said no because he already gave food to too many people on credit. The man sat down beside the foodseller’s shop as he had nowhere else to go.
The food seller told him he was very sorry and that he would like to help but too many people in the neighborhood have collected food on credit and his business is sinking. The man sat there and said nothing.
As time went on, other people came into the shop to buy foodstuff and went out they noticed the man at the door sitting there sleeping. But nobody bothered.
Until one man came later in the day and asked the food seller: “Who is the man sitting at your door? Why is he there?”
Then the food seller said, “Oh, it’s a man who says he has not eaten for 3 days and he wants to collect food on credit but I could not give him because my business is struggling with all the credit I have already given out.”
Then the other man said: “How much is the food he wants?”The food seller said “It’s a few cups of garri, rice, and beans. Everything may be 2,000 Naira.”
The other man said “Alright pack everything he wants and more. I would pay for it. Let him go home to his family and eat.”
The food seller packed all the food and went outside to tell the man with joy that someone has paid for his food.
He saw the man still sleeping. He tapped him to wake him up, but he didn’t respond. Tapped him again, but nothing. The man had died. He died sitting and waiting for help.
This happened just a few days ago in Badawa, Kano. Some people who live in that area know this story.
The man was dead all along while people were coming in and out of the shop thinking he was sleeping.
He died hopelessly. He died helplessly. He died a man whose country failed.
Kano has 17 million people.
Less than 200,000 people got any form of palliative from the government.
Many people got hungry. Many people died in their houses. Many people starved to death from a govt that locked them in and gave them no food. An evil clueless thoughtless leadership.
If you know anyone in this period who is hungry around you and you can afford a little food or money to give him/her, please do.
Many people are walking the streets with an empty stomachs, and sorry faces, and are dead within. It’s only a matter of time before they physically die.
