New Year Essay: Giving, even when you don’t have

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If we are passionate enough about helping others, we will find a way; if not, we will find excuses

By Osa Mbonu

Some people go so broke they cannot find ordinary N20 in their house until may be the next envelope or alert comes in.

New Year Essay: Giving, even when you don’t have
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At such a time, the only two options are to go a borrowing or go a begging. I hate begging, so the only option for me whenever I find myself in that condition is to borrow. Even at that, finding someone who would be willing to lend you as little as N200 is in itself a nightmare.

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But people do also come to borrow from me, sometimes, unfortunately when I am broken into pieces. Few months ago, a highly valued, honorable, and respectable friend whom I have never seen go to anyone before to borrow, sent me a text message asking me to lend him N5, 000 to enable him give his children something to eat.

And that day, I was thinking of how I was going to manage to get to the office with the…



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