OKORO JOHN: YESTERDAY, I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT

     

Yesterday, i stopped by a gas station to fill up my tank after a very long day. While waiting on the line, a young and nibble boy walked up to where i was parked with some oranges in his hands. Apparently he was about to market them to solicit for my purchasing power. I momentarily did the permutations and additions, and i discovered that the entire resources at his disposal was less than 500 naira. This means that even if he did all he was capable of doing, he could make no more that that ammount for that Night. I had to contain my tears to give justice to the plea of my reason and examine him socratically (via interrogation). To my greatest surprise, i discovered that this young boy had a very bright future and intelligent mind. To be told that he was the fifth in academic position in his class was no mean feat. And i was very touched that he has to go through a very tough path to get to his success. I felt deeply touched to help, even if it was just to bear a little of the burden of his academic quest...but my attempts were distal because there was no way i could communicate with him because no one in his immediate family had a mobile phone. It was amazing! I was left with only one option and that was to buy up all the stock he had left at an ostentatious ammount...and i did. I told him that i knew what it meant to go through his path. I told him about my life...the times i had to read with lantern to pass examinations...times i was a cleaner earning 400 Naira monthly....times i had to spend my last dime to purchase a priceless book...the times i worked as a brick layer for 500 naira perday (half of which i spent on drugs)...I could have avoided those times because my family was comfortable but i did them to feel the profit of pain and the benefit of a appreciating little things...Those were the moments that shaped me. Those are the moments that keep hunting me when i do not maximize my potential. Most of the thing i know now were learnt during those moments.... I made him know that his present situation was only temporary.

I know that that young man wil never forget the 5 minutes i spent with him because it will forever be a guide to his conscience, and it will be a momentum for his success.
Who knows, i could just have spoken to the future president of our great Nation. Greatness is not a respecter of lineage or backgound. 
I believe it is our responsibility to help when we can because who knows, you could have been that young boy.

OKORO JOHN