Someone wrote: I visited my 120 years old grandmother and gave her some money when I was leaving and she told me she doesn’t need money again. She said that she can no longer buy nor sell at her age, so I should give the money to the younger ones who need it.
I also have a former governor friend whom I worked with as a green horn journalist. He was governor from 1999-2007. Not too long ago, I saw him. After I checked in, he was left seated by the corner of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria awaiting his flight. No one even recognized him again, not even passengers from his State where he was governor, and as I walked up to him and greeted him, then I asked if he wanted any assistance, he stretched forth his trembling hands to hold me and simply said, “Thank you for even recognizing me again. I just want your attention briefly, my son….