Do you think there should be some kind of punishment for parents/guardians who send an innocent child out on the streets instead of school? I think we should all get involved. Send a child to #schoolnotstreet! See more photos after the cut...
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Child labour: 6 year old boy photographed hawking drinks
Do you think there should be some kind of punishment for parents/guardians who send an innocent child out on the streets instead of school? I think we should all get involved. Send a child to #schoolnotstreet! See more photos after the cut...
Child labor, I hate Africa and all black people
ReplyDeleteBt the blog is owned by a black person why are u on it?
DeleteSatan loves u... Mumu anonymous!
Delete@Anonymous 1:37pm......u will never reap d blessings of d black race IJN (Amen).
DeleteThis is why Stella will alwaz be a better blogger. She never sees smtin like this n not help. Unlike u Linda!
DeleteAnon 5.19 very good question/ansa. Fools like this person do nt deserve audience @ alll
DeleteLinda, maybe you should adopt this boy from a distance and train him, since it touched your heart to make a post on him. You may not help everyone, but you can do something for this boy. This will be a seed that will open greater doors for you, esp in husband and children.
DeleteJst shut ur pie hole! Obviously u hate ursef cos I knw u are black if u aint black then u are in the bleaching zone... Oponu ode oshi... INDIGENOUS LIB
DeleteU hate black pple, u no get common sense, u be fowl, look for foreign blog and attach urself to it.
DeleteDear uncle TOM, look in the mirror with opened eyes, you are black!
DeleteIdiot!
Deletewhat a life
ReplyDeletejulietonyeike71@gmail.com
Prolly he was asked to look after it, I dont think he his the one hawking #whatifeel
ReplyDeleteMy thought exactly. ..
DeleteThe fact that he is there, not in school is totally wrong.
DeleteSame here too
DeleteSame here too
DeleteSee my country
ReplyDeleteLinda! He sat wit d drink nd not hawking it,he could probably be wit a older person
ReplyDeleteOh this is terrible! So terrible. ..whenever you have the opportunity to do good please do even in situations like this..you can help in cash and kind. It is well. Gal 6:10. BishopDammy#
ReplyDeletei'm all for the whole sending the children to skool and not street idea but this is caused by poverty if they had the money to send these children to school then it would be different
ReplyDeleteSo why produce children u can't look after? Poverty is everywhere o! But my child is never gonna hawk because I am wise enough to be able to plan for em
DeleteLinda, instead of giving out 25k on ur Blog every month, why not reach out to people like this with that money? Do u knw what 25k would do for the mother of this child? Or maybe u can even help pay his sch fees, #trainachildtoday its truly heartbreaking to see people like this...
ReplyDeleteLinda dis is so true u shld do dat God will continue to power u
DeleteNawao! What a sight.
ReplyDeleteI guess he was with someone bigger.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
You English is awful man!!! Go to school again, half baked prat!
DeleteLinda, do charity on him. At least pay his school fees and it wouldn't kill you.
ReplyDeletePunishment ke? Hmm Linda when u hear some poverty stories,you'll thank God you're a daughter of Mr Ikeji.The parent should be punished only if govt makes free education from pri to secondary.Child protective service should be established in this country.
ReplyDelete#schoolnotstreet all the way!
ReplyDeleteOMG some of these mothers need to be floged... This is sooo wrong..
ReplyDeleteIts such a shame that such is a norm in this country
ReplyDelete*smh*
u know u can offer to sponsor him to school Linda!
ReplyDeleteThis is not new at all and yes i agree with you Linda. We must put an end to all of this, send a child#toschooolandnotstreet#
ReplyDeleteAwww such is life
ReplyDeleteOw much garri dis boy dey chop wey go mke dem send am hawk?? Pple sha, well d small boy don kukuma carry chair sidon. whoever sent him out 2mke money shld get ready to receive nothing.
ReplyDeleteEveryday you men & women hovering around good looking ladies & guys bothering them to get married ("what are you waiting for?"). I'll always maintain that life's in phases and we should be careful with every decision(s) we take...getting married, getting pregnant and bringing a child into the world when you have virtually nothing to offer that child. Government should jail anyone who will send his/her child less than 18yrs old to hawk stuffs. Our attitude ehhhhh....
ReplyDeleteIn appropriate systems, Govt is 100% responsible for every child's welfare. From monthly up keep allowance to free education. Our system has failed, Govt. Has failed and Nigeria needs interventions.
Deletehe cannot possibly carry that load,maybe he just sat next to it.please verify
ReplyDeleteTalk is cheap. The whole family is probably involved in hawking of some sort to meet up.
ReplyDeletethat's just what I see everyday. The government should take those kids away from them and send the parents to jail. I will be more than glad to see the government take care of such kids with my hard earned tax payers money. For as long as these thrill seeking parents go to jail for been wicked! Even God can never be happy with them. They have kids indiscriminately under the guise that children are gifts from God nonsense!. What business does an okada rider for example have in bearing 4 kids? or a civil servant that barely makes a living? Our parents have to share the blame as well. For forcing their young married kids to have babies in the name of having grand children... As if the punishment they meted out to us was not enough. The churches as well share the blame for not encouraging use of contraceptives during copulation and impoverishing people in the name of salvation while the pastors fly around PJs and drive in limousines. Until we all get our heads in order, it will continue to be a vicious circle. And the greedy politicians will not do anything to stop it because poverty and illiteracy are strong catalyst doing election. When 60 million adult Nigerians are illiterates, why wont we have such people as leaders? The best is for us to outsource of governance in Nigeria if that is possible. Rubbish!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, in my opinion photographs and campaigns with # don't really do much. To send the message across is to contribute towards the future of that child you just saw. Wont be much to fund his education. Reach one reach all. In my opinion, better than the LIB giveaway sef. i admit i have a log in my eye oh so not removing the splint in yours. God willing, i hope to reach out to people like this in the very near future.
ReplyDeleteHow many will she help??? If their parents can't take responsibility and keep their zips firmly up, how e take concern linda?
DeleteAll these people that dont have control on themselves bcos they're idle and jobless
DeleteWhat do you expect they do?
Baby factory ofcourse and now you ask linda to train their kids? ......SMH
life is unfair
ReplyDeleteWhen you say it is wrong on every level, you completely miss the nuance of the situation. The core question is to ask what the foundation of the situation is which will lead us to the heart of poverty and inequality. Yes, arguably there are parents just as poor or even poorer who have not taken this option but then, we can never fully understand the intricacies of people's lives and struggles when we judge based on our point of view and ideas of morality.
ReplyDeleteBeyond right and wrong I think the question here is not about punishment but how we can begin to engage with the nuances of the situation and parents in this context and see ways of negotiating a way out. Options abound but engagement and understanding is key.
You guys will never understand. The problem is more deep-rooted than you think. Which parent will throw her child unto the streets rather than school if s(he) can afford it?
ReplyDeleteIf you decide to jail the parent(s), maybe you will adopt the children!
Some may argue that why did the parents bore the children when they can't afford it; well procreation is a natural phenomenon. Chikena.
You guys will never understand. The problem is more deep-rooted than you think. Which parent will throw her child unto the streets rather than school if s(he) can afford it?
ReplyDeleteIf you decide to jail the parent(s), maybe you will adopt the children!
Some may argue that why did the parents bore the children when they can't afford it; well procreation is a natural phenomenon. Chikena.
why give birth when you cannt give such a child basic means of life. So sad! What an innocent boy
ReplyDeleteHow about you try attacking the government. I'm more than sure if free quality education was provided, they would choose that route without a thought. But no, in Nigeria unfortunately this is the only way they are able to feed them self and their child. It's terribly heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteTell me one country where free education has ever worked. One. In fact there is none. The reason is simple: if I pay for your education, you should be able to pay for your child's education. Plus no govt can afford to foot the entire bill from crèche to masters. It's just not possible
DeleteAt this age the parent should care for the child and not the other way round. its really heartbreaking seeing a child so young doing dis, pls the govt need to do something about it cos.
ReplyDeleteAunty Linda,
ReplyDeleteCome to warrri n see more of those kids, hawking at Warri/Sapele Road.
for sure they need to be punished. in the uk they fine parents for every day a child misses school without permission or a doctors note. we need to invest more in our children.---diiwoon
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Some parent wicked die i swear... Even down here, kids are going through this punishment......
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I don't think he is the one hawking the drinks, the mother probably left the items with him to do something else. Anyway, he should be in school not following her about.
ReplyDeleteJONATHAN SHOULD DO SOMETHING AND CONSIDER GIVING FREE EDUCATION 2 THOSE KIDS. THIS IS BECOMING ALARMING. *****QUEENMAYA*****
ReplyDeleteWho is to blame? Save the future of our children looters!
ReplyDeleteIt's a pity. This is one of those things u see and u ask which way Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteLindaway this one tire meooo me am feeling for the boy slf ,he is too small. CHI.
ReplyDeleteSo Li next time u go abt buying cars worth millions think abt that little boy and kw u can help him in every way... wen u wnt the parents to be punished ask ursef weda or wat u hv done to help him??? and wat punishment do u tink is good for his parents... maybe u can help dem train the boy afterall u live in lagos too
ReplyDeleteTry this! Reach out to that family and give them cash. 20m naira and watch how they squander it on things that don't involve education.
DeleteTha!!!!! Keep quiet there
DeleteLinda has become a bad person bcos she posted it on her blog----abi?
As if you don't see dem on the streets hawking and you've adopted them
Onye oma Messiah!!!!
this is not true,mabe d mother just left him wit d drink to buy one or two tins
ReplyDeleteHey Linda. If u wanna do somtin about d boy u could start a foundation or so to save d likes. Calling out his parents for punishment isn't a worthy course. U dnt knw half d struggle. D suffering for some pple is unimaginable. Use ur media to do a better tin for them not calling for punishment. Take a cue from Stella. She's touching lives!!!
ReplyDeleteverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrronggggggggggggggggggggggg
ReplyDeleteLinda this can't be true
ReplyDeleteNawa. Can I take the child back to school. Linda mail me if u can. Ozalagbaemeka@yahoo.com. ENGR E
ReplyDeleteNawah ooo.
ReplyDeletehaba Linda! that lil boy can't carry that load. maybe he accompanied his mum. he do not even have the smart look of an Hawker. ....he is obviously clueless of that stuff beside him...via..79BBA6DD
ReplyDeleteMy observation too,there is no pics that captured the boy carrying the drinks,guess his waiting for someone.
DeletePlz, linda do sometin plz.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Are u just seeing this? We have 3,4yr olds Hawking d street of lagos,some of dis kids hold ur shirt while walking and u hav no choice dan to gv dem money...its really sad,i dnt blame them,we shud jst tank God 4d luxury we enjoy and try as much as possible to help the NEEDY
ReplyDeleteHIS PARENTS SHOULD BE PUNISHED biko!!! *100 strokes of koboko each** and the both of them should Hawk from lagos to kano.... poor boy!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so disheartening.
ReplyDeleteHw sad :( When I see sm of these things I jst shut up frm my complaints...#Blessed
ReplyDeletei support ur ashtag linda....#school not street...dan boiz segun
ReplyDeletei support ur ashtag linda....#school not street...dan boiz segun
ReplyDeleteUnder16 #Schoolnotstreet!!!
ReplyDeleteLinda oooooooooo
ReplyDeleteThis is not right no matter how poor the family is, this boy should be in school.
ReplyDeleteThis is very wrong
ReplyDeleteInnocent kid in such condition
BORN TO SHINE!!!
Ah this bad oooo. Why should someone be this heartless, cry whenever i see this wicked act. Pls government should do something about thisoooo.
ReplyDeleteThe poor boy looks hungry...and his mummy be sitting down at home expecting money....#SAYNOTOCHILDLABOUR
ReplyDeleteGod will provide for us all! This child will definitely find help some day. But the parents are wrong send such an infant into street that is so hazardous. God help us all.
ReplyDeletena wa ooooo.....they should trace the boy to the owner and deal with the situation
ReplyDeletePoor boy his even sleeping...i pity him yes the parent deserves punishment...what happens to the both parents are they cripple that they can not provide for this innocent child my God...
ReplyDeleteThis is certainly not acceptable... He didn't beg to be brought to this world... Send a child to #schoolnotstreets.... Definitely d government should pass more important bills against this act.., may God help us..
ReplyDeleteAnd so I wept....
ReplyDeleteWhen this kid was hawking what was his mother/father doing? If they need to make ends meet, they should be the ones hawking to send this kid to school, so he can give them a better life.
ReplyDeleteExactly. How did he even manage to carry such a heavy load. Besides are parents not aware of these ritualists and kidnappers that re lying in wait on the streets of lagos. In fact his angels are at work sef.
DeleteDisheartening...
ReplyDeletethe parent of the little boy need to call an and explain why. when his mate an in school.
ReplyDeletePurlease Linda, why are you acting brand new on this when 10 year old girls are housegirls and wives and boys like him hawk on the regular. Stopping it is a good idea of course, but it's nothing to be surprised about.
ReplyDeleteKimmy*****
This definitely not acceptable... The child didn't beg to be brought to the world... Government should concentrate on passing more important bills against dis act... Send a child to #schoolsnotstreets... May God help us
ReplyDeletei don't think the boy is the one hawking it, most likely his mother dropped the drinks to go sell a few bottles and asked him to watch over it. this boy is too small to be able to carry that much drinks. linda find out first.
ReplyDeleteIts condemnable and the parent or guardian should be send to jail & sentence for hard labour since they are lazy failures.
ReplyDeleteArgh ! This is so disheartenin'. .my heart goes out to the small child. .This is a grave offence; school is in session and instead of sendin' this little child to school, you send him to the streets exposin' him to all forms of danger and maltreatments. .why'd the kid work to make money for the family? Why does he have parents then? It's high time FG started arrestin' parents/guardians who have refused to send their wards to school. .Education is a basic human right of every child !
ReplyDeleteDOCTORALIEN !
HEARTBREAKING! YET THE PRESIDENT WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE POVERTY IS ALMOST ERADICATED!
ReplyDeleteNah hand work of our government,no money,no job and everybody want live better life
ReplyDeletePublic schools in lagos are free,there is no reason parents/guardians shouldn't send their wards to such schools if money is their excuse. This is heartbreaking.
ReplyDeletewas he actually selling or watching over the goods ? they 2 diff scenarios, howbeit, he should be in skool.
ReplyDeleteLots of people have been layed-off jobs. So...the most imperative punishment, will be, making provisions for employment, that includes those hawkers and parents involved, and not seizing their means of survival, sharing it amongst yourselves, detaining them afterwards seek bail from these same hustlers, hence causing more pains to their lives.
ReplyDeleteLots of people have been layed-off jobs. So...the most imperative punishment, will be, making provisions for employment, that includes those hawkers and parents involved, and not seizing their means of survival, sharing it amongst yourselves, detaining them afterwards seek bail from these same hustlers, hence causing more pains to their lives.
ReplyDeleteLots of people have been layed-off jobs. So...the most imperative punishment, will be, making provisions for employment, that includes those hawkers and parents involved, and not seizing their means of survival, sharing it amongst yourselves, detaining them afterwards seek bail from these same hustlers, hence causing more pains to their lives.
ReplyDeleteI dnt think d little boy is d one hawking, it shld be d mother, maybe she went to sell to her customer
ReplyDelete*Onyi*
This litte boy can't b with his parents, naa. God will see u thru boy.
ReplyDeletethis is saddening also check out www.updatedvibes.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI hope and strongly wish my comment is posted, except you want to continue posting what viewers want to read, besides the painful truth.
ReplyDeleteThis is bad,if you can't take care of them,don't bring to the world to suffer.Remember,child labour is a crime against humanity.
ReplyDeleteWhile we can all sit behind our keypads and hurl all sorts of abuses to the parents of this boy, we also have to bear in mind that the poverty really does affect some people's mental health. Going forward, whoever is blessed enough help . The government also have to implement free education in the primary and secondary levels so parents have no excuses whatsoever.
ReplyDeletePublic schools in lag are free yet these parents chose to send him to hawk. Pls reconcile this. It's not about the kid, it's about the parents.
DeletePunishment ke? I agree that he's young but Linda you have to understand that for some people,there's just NO OTHER WAY! Sadly,that's the reality of over 80% of the Nigerian population.Not everyone is a successful multibillionaire blogger who wears luxury designer clothes every day of the week...There are people who endure terrible suffering in this Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThat is what our stollen billions by our government as to result.. Punishment? to the parents or the government? Our budget is a Fraud!
ReplyDeleteIs a pity,he z too young fr dt.
ReplyDeleteHe shld b in sch nt strt.
ReplyDeleteIt is very wrong for any parents/guardian to send a child out to hawk instead of school. It is true that school nowadays is expensive, but the Lagos State Government has made it somehow easy by their free education programme in primary and secondary schools. If u cannot afford private, please send your child to government school in order not to endanger his/her future.
ReplyDeleteBefore any punishment, i think that parents/guardians should be enlightened the more, after which if any child shld be found hawking again, that child will be seized by the government.
Linda there are lots them and I have seen many of them.
ReplyDeleteFaceoflib
This is absolutely wrong irrespective of the reasons behind it.....how on earth can this child change his destiny if he is not given an opportunity to go to school?? Education is very important and it's the key to make it in life
ReplyDeleteWho ever did dis z wicked. His my younger brodas age mate my bro can nt even cari 5lts of water witout complaining. Dis is wickedness in its highest
ReplyDeleteVery heartbreaking indeed.
ReplyDeleteOur leaders of tomorrow...
ReplyDeleteKenaan
ReplyDeletePoor thing looks tired. Most have woken up by 4am and probably sleeps late too.
this is so wrong in every way, no sane parents will have the heart to send out a little child on the street to hawk, it could be his foster parents, Linda please report this to Child Welfare Service, this child's life is exposed to a lot of dangers, he could be kidnapped,or hit by vehicles, and by the way this little child cannot even count money properly or give change, he should have been in primary 1 improving on his counting skills.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow when some of these evil men get a hold of the kid, they will cry to high heavens asking God why, forgetting that they put the kid in harm's way themselves.
ReplyDeleteit happens anyway....just so sad about it..maybe the mother could be his step
ReplyDeleteThis is certainly not acceptable... He didn't beg to come to dis world... Government should concentrate more on passing more important bill against dis act...send a child to #schoolnotstreets ... May God help us..
ReplyDeleteI was sick to stomach when I saw this. Linda am in the north and I see this every day but not this young haba mana! Nigeria where will all this end?The parents must be arrested
ReplyDeleteoh no poor boy, may god help us in this country. Amen.
ReplyDeleteI'm not in support of child labour but d way I see this I feel there s no way this lil boy could carry those drinks, there is a possibility of an older person around mayb he was just asked to sit with d drinks.
ReplyDeleteOfcourse dere should b a great punnishment lindodo....dis is so bad
ReplyDeleteI dnt think the boy is the actual hawker of this.
ReplyDeleteA lot of parent have lost their parental responsibility. poverty has blinded their eyes , but why not do the hawking yourself rather than subjecting this children to all sort of abuse. in my own point of view maybe punishment by the law will open that blinded sight.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not in support of child labour but d way I see this I feel there s no way this lil boy could carry those drinks, there is a possibility of an older person around mayb he was just asked to sit with d drinks.
ReplyDeleteTosintall
This is heart breaking Linda. I totally agree with you on this. This is one of the reasons i still think you don't need three cars not to talk of one worth as much as 24million. No doubt you worked for it but I feel you should give back to the society that made you who you are.The government can't do everything. Your monday giveaway is still nice but the people who really need the money can't afford a computer.
ReplyDeleteIs she his mother? Father? Pls don't heap someone else's responsibility on her. When she has her own children, she can stop buying expensive cars.
DeleteIf Fashola does something drastic to stop this form of child labour it is the Igbo people that will start protesting! Pls fellow Igbo try and control ur birth rate...biko
ReplyDeletei thnk the parent shld be arrested, what does dis boy no this small boy with big bowl this is so unfair
ReplyDeleteu shud have taken d child to d police nd den contact necesary agency rather dan jst snapin nd postin
ReplyDeleteHow sure re u,madam linda? Bcos its not possible 4 such age....
ReplyDeleteChinor2gud@gmail.com
This is so sad and yes the parents should be punished for totally exposing him to lot of danger..
ReplyDeletePoor thing, people need to stop giving birth to kids they cannot take care of.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the child's parents can't offord to send their child to school...
ReplyDeletewho send this one biko????kai Nija kids are in trouble
ReplyDeleteoh dear!....ds is sad....d boy is damn too young for ds.....i bet d tin was heavy for him & so he decided to rest....poor thing
ReplyDeleteNigeria my country! SMh all these things just dey spoil person mood.
ReplyDeleteNaawa ooo!what is the mother looking at?if trailer knock him down she wil start crying out for help.its so so wrong.
ReplyDeleteDis is unacceptable!
ReplyDeleteLinda, before parents can be punished for this, first government must provide free schools, how do u force a broke parent to pay school fees.
ReplyDeleteSecondly if schools were free parents would be happy because then they know their children are in safe hands while they work instead of sending them to the street with their peers.
i taya for my country
Its unfair but our government is not helping matters...#schoolnotstreet#
ReplyDeleteOur government and society has to protect the right of our young ones. if not, it will tell on this country in future.
ReplyDeleteFingers are not equal linda
ReplyDeleteCan he even carry dat bowl???? 😟 this is just mean!!!!#schoolnotstreet#
ReplyDeleteSomethings are inexcusable.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of them.
No level of poverty justifies this.
#schoolnotstreer!!!
This is highly unacceptable no matter d level of poverty. D oda day I saw a very lil boy pushing a wheelbarrow filled with empty drink bottles at rumuokuta junc by 9:30pm! It is highly unacceptable! Govt n NGOs n we all shld look into it.
ReplyDeletecorrect me if am wrong, but from the looks of this pix, that child cant carry that bucket with its content. it looks like his mother is the one hawking the goods and has gone somewhere to sell it. however the main issue should be why is a child of that age not in school. # if u ask me na who i go ask
ReplyDeleteI can c d boy hawking,hes jst sitting close 2 d goods.
ReplyDeleteWhile I do not support child labor, I think that punishment of parents who turn children into employees may be counter-productive.
ReplyDeleteI am probably wrong but it seems the roots of child labor within sub-Saharan Africa has roots as far back as pre-colonial times. My suggestion for a solution will be an intense focus on educating parents on the harms of such. It's such a multifaceted issue that meting out punishment seems to me a fire-brigade approach. We should think of house-helps: It's a norm in our society for children to work as house servants.
Create better opportunities for parents, enlighten them, and perhaps we will see less and less of such.
Yes, something should be done, but to begin with punishment ignores the reality of poverty and its destructive effects on families.
Still, what do I know?
Na today?
ReplyDeleteI can c d boy hawking,hes jst sitting close 2 d goods.
ReplyDeleteLinda good to have brought this up. BUT LEAVE THE MESSENGER AND TAKE THE MESSAGE. YOU CAN SPONSOR THAT CHILD AND MANY MORE
ReplyDeleteMy goodness!He's tooooooooooooooooo young biko.
ReplyDeletethe problem is with the country, such child should be picked up and their irresponsible parents adequately punished!!!! parents should plan for their kids b4 bringn dem into the world....don't av dem and make dem suffer like dis.
ReplyDeleteAm not justifying it but it might be that he was asked to stay with it.By the way why is the boy's face not censored?
ReplyDeleteMaybe when the government stops stealing and starts putting money into the educational system and a better system for helping out the poor then we can talk about removing child labor. I think it is quite ignorant to suggest that the parents should be punished. For all you know his parents are dead or sick or on the streets as well. You can't choose education over basic survival needs unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteLinda this is the calamity that we should be addressing. If we had #school not street 30 years ago, I can assure that Boko Haram would not have been in existence! However our legislators are concerned about how much money they can ascribe to themselves and one bill against homosexual people ....things like the welfare of our children should take priority and should be an ongoing debate.... It is excuses like 'I know that families are struggling and have to make ends meet' that lead to these unfortunate events! In the U.k they used to have 'Truancy police' arresting families or kids that are under 16 who are not in school , ie when I used to live there and I believe this has not changed. God help Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteI hawked as early as 6 or 7 but today I am a medical doctor. This is not to justify the act but believe me, naija is hard for many pple
ReplyDeleteI have to say that though I feel your sentiments on this, you do not know the family's situation and why they have him hawking. Why would you want to report his parents to get them into trouble instead of finding out what they are faced with as a family?? You built a house for your parents and have been supporting yourself probably much earlier than you had to did anyone arrest your parents for neglect? Please not that I am not condoning him hawking but the family probably needs help so that he can be in school and they can all survive. A lot of families are faced with tremendous difficulties and issues and need help not arrest or problems.
ReplyDeleteYou totally picked my brain on this one! I couldn't have said it better..
Deleteyu hv spoken well my brother/sister whichever yu are... Linda be sounding as if she doesn't knw of untold hardships some pple hv to go through in dis country.. Am not in support of dis either, i fink its wrong but 'arrest'? Dat cn't b d solution.. Tinz ar ok for yu but yu do not knw pple's plight, dey need to be supported not chastised..
DeleteGbamm...you are blessed for this state my fellow citizen...
DeleteYou(linda) give away 1million naira to lib readers that can afford at least 10000naira phone..nw you want to champion the arrest of the parentsof this kid whom i strongly blive his parent cant mk 5000naira a month...OGUN kill anybody weywan arrest the boy parents....empower them,he will b in the classroom!!..@EKEMYXsaySo
You dey mind her? Acting as if she was born wearing Gucci and Prada,as if she's suddenly unaware of the situation over 80% of Nigerians exist in as their daily reality. Abject poverty.Madam Linda,face your work oh.Locate them and help them (if e go gree you) otherwise keep it moving.Reporting the parents or whomever is just self seeking in my opinion.Nsogbu Nigeria di egwu.
DeleteNice point, there is poverty in the land, but this kid is too young.
DeleteLinda never told u that she started hustling at this age.
What if this child gets hit by a car?
What if he falls into the hands of ritualists?
Can this child run away from harm in his own?
This is totally wrong and is nothing like Ms. Ikejis case.
The Bible has told us all to "remember the poor" let us use out of what God has glasses us with to Bless others.
ReplyDeletePaul speaking... Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. (Galatians 2:10 ESV)
What a world
ReplyDeleteOh child abuse..i hope the mother of this boy really know what she is doing..6 yrs old boy,baba God come help us out of poverty oo
ReplyDeleteAm against that though!!! But The country is so bad, people are suffering!!!! Govt should do something to cutdown the level of povery level in this country, we get the money sure...!!!! and I and Govt knows that. Let all Nigerians' open a bank account where they will receive @least 10k on monthly bases, it won't shake the government. Government try pls try u can do IT GEJ I guess u can pass that bill huh
ReplyDeleteThis ain't NEW to me cuz i witness too many growing up. But today i give thanks to ALMIGHTY that i'm a registered citizen of two countries where are...NIGERIA AND CANADA...#GoD'SvERYOwn!!!
ReplyDeletedts sad
ReplyDeleteEhya
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ReplyDeletei am short of words but i know there is God.
ReplyDeleteLinda,pls visit dustbin village,most children there don't school as there is no means for them.the campaign should be #sendachildtoschool if we all suport a child in our little way then all these kids wil be in school.kiks
ReplyDelete@lindaikeji, how can we reach out to this particular kid? Or his family or guardian
ReplyDeleteIts too bad for parent who do dis
ReplyDeletemy beloved linda and africas numner 1 blogger,i think u shld set up a fumd to help some under previleged children,or maybe an ngo,they can feature u on naija diamonds etc,u sef don enjoy na,house,fleet of choice cars,designer wears etc,pls love,set up something and help these kids,God will bless u
ReplyDeleteFind out what the parents situation is before condemning them. I saw this a lot growing up and I even know some people who did this when they were young because they had to. Life is extremely tough in that country and this is a way out for some other than armed robbery.
ReplyDeleteit is so sad that the young boy is hawking at this tender age, but ermm Lin LIn , i want to see a post of how u donated money to this boy's family. the government cant reach out to everybody but since you could write about it , u may as well do something about it .
ReplyDeleteYOU GUYS DONT KNOW THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH.
ReplyDeleteNO ONE SHOULD BLAME THE PARENTS BUT OUR GOVERNMENT.
ANY1 WHO HAS EXPERIENCED POVERTY WILL UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF PAINS THE CHILD AND PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH.
That little "man"does not look like one who can bear the weight of the contents on his head. I agree with others who say he's with someone older. Whoever snapped the picture is just been smart by half and intend to stir up controversy and comments in the direction of child labour... in any case, the picture further draws our attention to the sick existence of child abuse and labour in Nigeria.... Alehandre Bracamontes
ReplyDeleteFor many, life is hard!
ReplyDeleteThis is very bad I wish could help the poor child
ReplyDeletethats what we face in nigeria he is not the only one but he is the one you came accros
ReplyDeleteyou hate Africa and all black people yet your on an African and black person blog #thisteaissaltysha
ReplyDeleteLinda, when you give out 25k, you want something in return. You want to boost your blog. Please give to people like that boy and God will continue to bless, protect and prosper you.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pity we live in a world full of vanity, this should try and make us a bit humble
ReplyDeleteI don't think there should be any form of punishment. In my opinion because these people are not very educated they need to be enlightened on the differences between wrong and right.
ReplyDeleteLife in Nigeria is very tough abeg. And I am sure people are very aware of that.
I don't think there should be any form of punishment. In my opinion because these people are not very educated they need to be enlightened on the differences between wrong and right.
ReplyDeleteLife in Nigeria is very tough abeg. And I am sure people are very aware of that.
he isnt hawking it
ReplyDeleteYou this wicked parents, don't have children you cant afford! Foolish people!
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