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Please I am hungry! Part 2

Good day,

I wanted to tell you about something that happened to me lastweek.

I was on the queue to buy fuel (usual periodic scarcity of fuel) and a young lad sent greetings to me. I looked up and it was a boy of between 11 to 13years of age so I responded.

He lingered for a bit so I figured he was trying to communicate and said is there a problem? I am hungry he responded timidly.

This was when the war in my head began. 'To give or not to give?' I wondered.
I finally decided to ask the young man some questions before taking a stand albeit being careful not to be called a 'kidnapper' or an 'abductor' (I don't even want to be called conductor so it won't sound similar to abductor. I am not trying to test whether jungle justice exists).

I asked (I): where are you coming from?
He answered (H): School

(I): Where is mum & dad?
(H): Mum will be home, Dad have kick (sic) bucket

(I): why are you hungry & did Mum say there will be food when get home?
(H): I did not eat in the morning but Mummy promised me food in the evening

(I): Has Mummy ever broken her promise to you?
(H): No

(I): Do you know me at all? Do you know if you will jump into my car as a frog after taking money from me? Why did you not tell your teachers in school to give you something to eat?
(H): No, Nothing

So I decided not to reinforce begging as a habit to him, I told him I would not encourage him to beg but however gave him my phone number to give to his mummy as I would be more willing to help her.

I still felt bad that I did not give him anything but I felt better that I had told him it was not in his place to fend for himself and opened his eyes to some of the dangers of roadside begging or talking to strangers.

I welcome your comments,
PEARL.

Please I am hungry!

Good day,

Its been almost two years I have been here (phew), I figure I have been more present at the other 'joint' (inspiredbythegreatest.blogspot.com) but that is not why we are here.

It is a blessings where I have been and what I have been empowered to achieve so far.

I am currently keeping busy at the radio station discussing Nigeria and her topical issues with two other great women mondays to fridays. (radio is my thing, if you remember it was first Miss Pee on Naijamix show- Ujima radio, then Pearl on Friday night with Charles Dallas- inspiration FM, also Pearl passively on the morning show of Top radio.)

I have a wonderful platform on WFM and I am blessed to have sisters such as Omasan Buwa who was one time Nigeria's beauty queen and Regina Chris Ogbodo who is a seasoned diction and media personality. I have not left out Toun who I know does not like the media paparazzi although a media guru herself.

I wanted to talk about an encounter I had with a young chap of probably 11 or even 13 years old.

I have exhausted the time for further talk so I will continue the discuss in a subsequent post with the main story I have for you.

Your friend,
Pearl.

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