The Burden of Blessing
Life can be one heck of a conundrum- an unrelenting puzzle of paradoxical events and circumstances often juxtaposed and intertwined in the most bizarre manner. The picture above (courtesy of Sam Olusegun of Nigerian Guardian Newspaper) depicts a mother with her quadruplet sons supposedly begging for alms at one of the markets in Lagos, Nigeria.
Must Nigerians (or anyone for the matter) beg for alms and endure incessant humiliation because nature has been too good to them?
Unfortunately instances like this are not uncommon in Nigeria- proof that the nation needs to create social and economic safety nets for its teeming vulnerable citizens.
Imnakoya @ 12/03/2005
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