If We Don’t Hustle, We Don’t Eat – Street Kids

[Shola Sholaz]

Now that the annual Children's Day celebration has come and gone,the question of what happens to the average Nigerian child after that one day jamboree?, still lingers in the hearts of concerned parents and education stake holders.
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As a matter of fact, it appears that the Nigerian child is only celebrated once in a year, May 27.
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Even the so-called annual ritual celebration organized by each state of the federation doesn't really go round as it parades and favours mostly children of the high and mighty. But to children of the masses, May 27 is just like any other day. And a normal day for an average Nigerian child pictures him already turned into an adult before his time.
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He not only has to worry about going to school that lacks almost all necessary amenities , he also has to hawk on the streets and do other menial jobs to assist his family.
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And while hawking and roaming the streets, some become prays in the hands of social miscreants.