Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - 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.
See post below:
Extremely cruel to humiliate a mother in front of her daughter like this. Even worse that this was recorded and posted on social media.
— Tunde Onakoya (@Tunde_OD) April 1, 2025
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… https://t.co/HoN6gIeIbl
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