79-Year-Old Mama say, “Na me carry my old leg enter plane go America with sweet promise of enjoyment, but as I land, na baby diaper dey greet me!” She say the man wey carry her come Yankee tell her say better life go land sharp-sharp. But instead of enjoyment, na baby cry and feeding bottle full her calendar.
Mama say, “Every morning na me dey wake first, boil water, cook breakfast, clean house, prepare pikin dem for school. Na who born me for this kind slavery?” She talk say the three children wey no be her own, na she dey raise like say she be the original mother.
Mama say, “As I dey suffer for house, oga dey waka go work, return around 10pm with him belle full. He go just ask if pikin dem sleep. Who dey ask if I don chop?” She laugh small but the tears for her eyes no gree smile follow.
79-Year-Old Mama Shout Say ‘For 7 Months I Work Like Generator, But Money I No See!’
79-Year-Old Mama say, “You dey imagine say I dey Yankee, but na only picture dey show abroad – my wallet dry pass Sahara!” For 7 whole months, Mama say she no see one kobo. All the work, all the sleepless night, she do am free of charge. “Even NEPA dey collect bill, but me – dem just use like free WiFi!”
Mama say, “Anytime I ask oga for small money, he go say make I no worry, say things go balance. But na my waist dey bend, no be things!” She say the children even begin call her ‘Grandma Uber’ because na she dey carry dem everywhere without rest.
Mama say, “If to say na Naija, I for don carry broom pursue am. But here, I no sabi road, I no get phone. I dey stuck like fried egg for burnt pot.” She say every time she remember her condition, na only garri dey give her comfort. Yankee garri o, not even the sweet one from Warri!
79-Year-Old Mama Don Carry Matter Go Police, Say ‘Make Government Help Me Collect My 7-Month Salary!’
Mama say, “As the suffer pass pepper soup, I carry my old bone waka go report am. Na police go balance this table!” She don file complaint to US authorities say dem use her like domestic robot without pay. Now dem don begin investigate the man matter.
Mama say, “I no fit go back Naija like this, empty hand and bitter heart. Na justice or nothing!” She say she dey now live with kind Nigerian people wey hear her story and decide say she no go suffer alone again.
Mama say, “Make other old mama shine eye. No let anybody use ‘abroad’ deceive you enter wahala. This my own no be ‘japa’, na ‘japain’!” She don vow say whether dem like am or not, she must collect her seven months’ salary, even if dem pay am in cents – she go count am one by one!
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