Skills: What today’s Mothers Must Know and Why Boys Must Wake Up
Last week, while on phone with Malama, my mother discussing the kids – my brothers, she told me something that amazed me about her friend, Mallama Hama. Recently, my mother said, Malama Hama paid a sum of ₦20, 000 for her son to learn “Computer Studies” at a Business Café cum learning center for a period of one year at the end of which however little the boy learn, he’ll be given a certificate to leave. Now, I know some of you might be thinking what’s there if a mother paid such money for her kid. Well, this isn’t like any financially buoyant mothers you know. She’s an Arabic school teacher whose only four-month salary that I know can add up to the said amount. She’s one of the most hardworking mothers I know, doing everything they can to make the lives of their children and of others in their community meaningful even before the death of her first husband. She earned my respect since I was in primary school for her intrepidness and thirst for knowledge. Once my mother’s studen...