What hope for the Nigerian Child???

Children, like the Holy Bible said are “Gifts from God”, but the present situation in Nigeria and the World over doesn’t depict this at all.

The way children are being born by single mothers, whose men refused to take responsibility for is quite alarming. If these men very well know they are not ready for this kind of responsibility, why not quit impregnating ladies who will end up bringing forth a bastard child to the World and causing heartaches in the process.

I am writing this because of my encounter with numerous fatherless kids roaming the streets of Nigeria, but this particular one caught my attention.

Yesterday, while on my way home from work. A street kid met me for arms and this is the conversation that ensued.

Street Kid: Abeg Sir gee me money make I take chop. My mama go market and she no keep anything for house. I dey work for car wash, but no money.

Me: Why you go dey work at this age?

Street Kid: Nooo! I still dey go school o.

Me: So you dey go school, that’s good. But where ur papa?

Street kid: I no get papa.

This single answer signaled the end of our conversation. How terrible???

Most definitely his mum is a single mother, who was impregnated by one arrant guy who can’t hold his zippers.

Now see what single parents give rise to. Tomorrow the boy will impregnate a lady and abscond because he has been made to believe that a man should not stand by his responsibility. How can you blame him either, he knows no better. What a shame!  

If only adults will learn to act responsibly and stop this arrant frolicking about with sex, half of the Worlds problems will be solved. When the family structure is shaky then what hope for the kids?