I went to collect my PVC today and saw a father with his physically disabled daughter. She was there to get her PVC too.
On election day, she’ll stand in line and vote like every other Nigerian. But when the elections are over, will the politicians remember people like her?
“A Lesson I Will Never Forget ❤️
Last Thursday, around 4:00 p.m., we were called to the hospital to donate blood for my younger sister, who was about to undergo a C-section.
When we got there, they tested our blood, but unfortunately, none of us had the matching blood group. I decided to rush back to the market so we could find other relatives or friends to come and get tested. Time was running out.
On my way, around Danjar Yankura by France Road, a traffic officer stopped me for allegedly making a wrong turn (changing direction).
I was already stressed and worried. I explained to him that I wasn’t trying to be difficult, I was only in a hurry because my sister urgently needed blood for surgery. Instead of listening, he asked me to “settle” him. I only had ₦150 in my pocket, and I told him that was all I had and I couldn’t give it away because of the emergency. He then said I should wait for his superior officer (OC).
When the OC arrived, I explained everything that had happened. He asked me a simple question:
“What blood group is needed?”
I replied, “O positive.”
He looked at me and said,
“That’s my blood group too. Let’s go to the hospital.”
I was speechless.
He followed me to the hospital, donated his own blood, and that blood was used for my sister’s operation.
By the grace of God, the C-section was successful. Today, both the mother and the baby are safe and healthy.
That moment changed the way I see people.
If someone had told me before that a traffic officer would personally donate blood to save a stranger’s life, I might not have believed it, especially with all the negative stories we often hear.
This experience reminded me that everywhere you go, you will find both good people and bad people.”
Moral lessons; We should never judge everyone by the actions of a few. There are still kind-hearted people who are willing to help without expecting anything in return.
May Almighty Allah reward that officer abundantly, protect him, bless his family, grant him success in his work, and continue to use him as a source of goodness for others.
Humanity still exists. Hope still exists. And kindness can come from the most unexpected places. ❤️
“Minister of defence Bello Matawalle you will answer to God, the blood of these innocent people is on you. We don’t care about politics, we have to tell the world you are lying. This is your constituency, you promised to send troops to protect these people”.
- Man at burial of Zamfara victims
Now that Nigeria just discovered lithium and rare earth deposits in Kaduna and Abuja worth an estimated $2 trillion.
Maybe, just maybe, Elon Musk will start smiling at Nigeria now.
Tesla needs lithium. We have lithium. So here is what I want as part of any deal that gets signed. We don’t just want extraction contracts that ship our wealth out raw while we get crumbs.
I want a Tesla manufacturing centre built right here in Nigeria. To be precise Bwari, Abuja close to the factory Wike brought to bwari.
Give us the processing plants. Give us the jobs. Give us the technology transfer. Let Nigerians be the ones turning raw lithium into batteries and vehicles, not just digging it out of the ground for someone else to profit from three times over.
We have made this mistake with oil for sixty years. Dig it raw, ship it out, buy it back refined at ten times the price. I refuse to watch us repeat that with lithium while calling it a win.
Elon, if you are reading this, Nigeria has the resource. Bring the factory. Build with us, not just from us.