Onokoya in a post on X, stated that the lady acted in a cruel manner by making a video of the mother and daughter engaging in their gainful duty for social media.
Activist and chess champion, Tunde Onakoya has condemned a lady who recently attacked a mother who went to Ikoyi with her daughter to sweep a compound.
Onakoya in a post on X, stated that the lady acted in a cruel manner by making a video of the mother and daughter engaging in their gainful duty for social media.
He also offered to sponsor the education of the 11-year-old girl.
Taking to X, he wrote:
Extremely cruel to humiliate a mother in front of her daughter like this. Even worse that this was recorded and posted on social media.
My mother used to sweep people’s houses and gutters in 2016. It hurt too much that I could do nothing financially to stop her. I often insisted on going with her, just to help fetch the water she needed so we could finish quicker and get back home before daylight. I didn’t want anyone to see us. The poverty that pushes one to hide their labour in the dark is a painful one.
Yes, that child should not be working. But more than outrage, what she and her mother deserve is compassion. The only humane response is to help.
If no one has done this already, I would like to take full responsibility for the girl’s education through university. I hope this eases their burden in some way. These are incredibly hard times.
Our Privilege blinds us in ways we’ll never truly understand.
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