THE RESTRUCTURING WE NEED MOST:


A man took a loan, bought a house, it was about to be seized, just because he could not pay the loan as agreed. He posted his situation on Facebook looking for help, but all he could get was zero comments

So he sent 250 messages to his contact list requesting a loan of #200,000. Unfortunately only 10 people responded. 6 out of 10 said they could not help him, only 1 out of 4 who promised to help gave him some money.The other 3 gave excuse and never took his calls. In the end, he was dejected.

He did not have a place to sleep. He walked in the dark looking for options and unfortunately, a thief stole his empty purse with his ID. The thief was badly hit by a car in high speed as he fled and died without his body being identified. Only the bag containing the identity card served as I.D. The next day the news spread quickly around that he (the Man) had died.

** 2,500 people posted on his Facebook wall how they knew him and how kind he was. A committee was formed by his "faithful friends" who raised #750,000 to feed people at his funeral. His work colleagues organized themselves and brought #1.5m for the coffin, the tents and the chairs. He had to be buried in a coffin worth #350,000 but as they hastily bought it there was a man who sold it to them for #200,000 saying it was his contribution.

The family met again, it was a rare opportunity for the family to meet again. There was a sitting and a funeral family contribution of #400,000 was raised.Everyone wanted to volunteer to show that they were participating. They printed t-shirts and polos for more than #85,000.

Now imagine the scene when he decided to show himself up on the day of his burial. While everyone vamoosed thinking they'd seen a ghost, the man felt embittered, seeing how both family/friends ignored him at his darkest hours spending all they had on a mere carcass. So is life today in Naija: a sad reality but part of our daily lives. The restructuring most vital now is, INDIVIDUAL MINDSET SHIFT.
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