KIND NIGERIANS MADE AMPUTEE PURE WATER HAWKER, MARY, N25M RICHER IN A WEEK

Kindness has not ceased in Nigeria. Everything has not collapsed or gone bad.
We all know there is economic hardship in Nigeria but there is no scarcity of kindness.
It’s only a dark cloud that tries hard to hide the sun from shining.
That fateful day, Mary Daniel, the young woman in her 20s left her home as usual to fend for herself.
Someone who felt touched spotted Mary at Oshodi, the rowdiest and maddest part of Lagos, took shots of her with plastic basin filled with sachet water that we call Pure Water on her head.
Mary wasn’t the only water hawker there, but there was something different about her.
With the water load on her head, she clutches wooden crutches with the left hand and does the picking of water to hand out to buyers. She jumps around to run after buyers in that state.
And that somebody felt something was quite special about Mary that needed to be celebrated.
That thing worth celebrating was Mary’s courage and resolve not allow amputation and disability define her. She challenged life in that state and life took her challenge seriously and challenged Mary back.
Mary had paid the price of ceaselessly tugging at nature to yield its reward for people that work hard because we must reap what we sow. And in Bible based religion, it is a sure promise from God to bless the work of man’s hands.
Mary is a witness and so the story changed.
Using the social media impact, Nigerian netizens said Mary can’t continue living like she is not part of the society and deserves care.
They started donating to change Mary’s life and pooled N25m for her like in a movie in just less than two weeks.
The Lagos State government also played a noble role to intervene and organize Mary, protect her, teach her skill, reorder her mind to start thinking higher and not waste this golden opportunity.
Days ago, the office in charge of Mary’s rehabilitation handed her back to her kit and kin to continue with her life. That was quite warm, encouraging and inspiring.
The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Civic Engagement, Aderemi Adebowale, handed Mary over to a committee, including Irede Foundation and Onu (King) of Igala in Lagos, Mr Sanni Yakubu, to assist her in setting up a business.

The handing over was done in the presence of a senior police officer who represented the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.

Adebowale said, “When Mary Daniel came here on April 13, for safety and security because of the donations she got, she had over N14m in her account. But today (Wednesday), she has over N25m. We still want to protect her even though she is not from this state. Today, Civic Engagement has handed her over to special worker in the Ministry of Youth and Social Services, a lawyer in the Ministry of Justice and an NGO, the Irede Foundation.”

The SA stated that Daniel would be residing with Yakubu until she gets her own accommodation and starts a business.

She added, “We have protected her and handed her over to people that will help her plan her life going forward.”
So, there is still enough kindness in Nigeria to go round and keep us going strong.
Humanity hasn’t ceased to exist in Nigeria and if we activate it, we drown out the destruction and poison emanating mainly from the management of the country.
Mary’s case goes to consolidate the old truth that Nigerians are naturally good people and divided by political leaders that gain when the people they set their hearts and heads against each other are at war.
Let us activate enough kindness because we didn’t run dry after intervening for Mary.

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