An old woman who sells sand collected from Lagos High for Living

 

An Indian man once said “If you walk in the street of Lagos you will pick Dollars on the floor”, the Indian man doesn’t literally mean you will pick physical cash on the floor of street of Lagos, he simply means opportunities are abound in Lagos. I want to introduce an elderly woman who makes her little money doing the work of the Lagos state Waste Management   (LAWMA), every morning you will find this woman sweeping the highway of Thomas Owode Ajegunle Ikorodu road high.

  

She sweeps the high ways , not minding her old age and the high risk the work entails she goes ahead to gather the fine sand collected from the Lagos high way and store them in bags to sell. Instead of subjecting herself to begging, this diligent old lady device a means of survival the hard way not minding how little she earns and at the same time she is indirectly serving the Lagos road commuters by making the road clean. If this old lady could be doing this to survive shame be upon any young able man begging or stealing for survival. If you only open your eyes to the overwhelming opportunities surrounding you, solve problems, make life easier and be smart enough to transform it into income like the poor old lady.

“Eko o ni baaje o”