I do not know this young Nigerian enough to say that I
want to write an article about him, in fact, I have never met him before in my
life, our relationship is merely a technological one, like the one the whole
world is conforming with lately, basically one which entails clicking on the
like button when we see each other’s updates that we like, nothing extraordinary
from the way we relate with the teeming number of “friends” if those we somehow
find saddled among our friends´ list on the social media (Facebook) could
really be referred to as friends.
But the
truth is, I am fascinated by the many informative and above all so many
enlightenment projects with great conviction that this young man is carrying
out with his blog and his Facebook account, especially as relates to the issue
of the over 200 abducted Chibok girls. He is probably the only Nigerian today
if not the only person in the world, at least that I know of, that has been
keeping the daily record of the abducted chibok girls on his Facebook Updates
from day 1 up till now. Although, I am also committed to this cause and have
maintained my #Bringbackourgirls profile photograph until the girls are
hopefully brought back to reunite with their families but then I want to seize
this medium to laud the daily effort of this young Facebook friend, Charles
Kehinde Alasholuyi for not giving up even when world momentum on the issue
appear to have died down.
One key
thing lacking in most Africans is the spirit of resilience, we give up too soon
and this is one of the areas where our local and international oppressors
appear to have us constantly under control, they know we cannot resist for far
too long and so they just hang on and wait for the momentum to pass away.
This young
man, Charles Kehinde Alasholuyi has proved that he is not the type of Nigerian
to be taken so lightly or one that easily chickens out of his conviction and
commitment. I cannot say more since like I said, I do not know him much more
than I know everyone on my Facebook friends’ list, but I just want to show him
that some of us Nigerians still know how to appreciate little but positive
gestures. Thank you for waking everyday and showing you care about our abducted
daughters.
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