towards the end of her national youth service assignment in October
2015, has released her birthday photoshoot which shows her hawking tomatoes in the Market.
According to her, she chose to honor and encourage hawkers because they are the most important set of
people: the unnoticed, the undervalued, and the under-appreciated MIGHTY
ones Nigerians forget so easily.
A CREED ON MY BIRTHDAY
A taste of a well sweetened cake and a sip of fine tasty wine I crave.
To be showered with flamboyant gifts and surrounded by the high and
mighty, did I imagine. To be celebrated in front pages of newspapers,
magazines, blogs, surely crossed my mind. But the reality is, it’s not
now. It’s GONNA HAPPEN sooner and in the FULLNESS OF TIME…
I will get there not by hook or by crook but by work, by impact and by influence…
I
shall not be desperate; I shall not be intimidated; I shall not be
stopped; I will thread where no path has crossed; I shall break new
grounds; I will chart a new course.
I will follow my passion… &
on this note*** Today (my most treasured day) I choose to identify with
the most important set of people: the unnoticed, the undervalued, and
the under-appreciated MIGHTY ones we forget so easily. I mean the market
women- the petty traders, the hawkers.
I choose to honour and encourage those who dedicate their time and life
in bringing home-breed, locally-sourced fresh food items into our
markets. They go through the pains of hawking goods, bringing them
closer to us. Even when we underprice their goods, insult them they
remain upbeat.
One good thing about them is they never stopped believing, they never
stopped being positive about life. They will tell you “akuku daa l’ojo
kan”. They never stopped dreaming big even from their small but honest
hustles.
I know “lojokan” by dint of hard work they are going to raise kings and
queens- children that will take them from the street to the throne!
Their gifted hands will make room for them. Their stories will sure one
day be from tomatoes to thrones… *** BE INSPIRED*** …
Happy birthday to me!!
Queen Nimat & Mr Kwara International |