1 day Ago By Owolabi Ayobami
Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya has pledged to sponsor the education of a girl seen in a viral video helping her mother with a cleaning job in Lagos.This followed a viral video of a woman sweeping a street in Ikoyi with her 11-year-old daughter.Human rights activist JustAdetoun criticised the woman for engaging her daughter in cleaning work, calling it “child labour.
”The activist also cautioned the woman that she could lose her job if she persisted.However, Onakoya, in an X post on Wednesday, criticised the public shaming of the mother in her child’s presence.READ MORE: “My True Vocal Talent Shows During Live Performances” – RugerDrawing from his own childhood struggles, the chess master shared how his mother did menial jobs, including sweeping houses and gutters, to support their family.
Onakoya, founder of Chess-In-Slums, stressed that the mother and daughter needed compassion and support, not criticism.The chess master also pledged to fund the girl’s education through university.“Extremely cruel to humiliate a mother in front of her daughter like this.
Even worse that this was recorded and posted on social media,” he wrote.“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 BELOW:The post Onakoya Pledges Scholarship To Minor In Viral Video Helping Mother Clean In Lagos appeared first on Information Nigeria..
