• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
  • Login
The Daily Reality
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Sports
    PSG, Man Utd, Chelsea scramble to sign Nigerian striker Osimhen

    PSG, Man Utd, Chelsea scramble to sign Nigerian striker Osimhen

    Cristiano Ronaldo puts own private jet up for sale

    Cristiano Ronaldo puts own private jet up for sale

    Luka Modric in talks with Ronaldo’s Alnassr over possible move to Saudi Arabia

    Luka Modric in talks with Ronaldo’s Alnassr over possible move to Saudi Arabia

    Thomas Tuchel set to replace sacked Bayern Munich Manager

    Thomas Tuchel set to replace sacked Bayern Munich Manager

    Why men flirt with waitresses in hotels?

    Why men flirt with waitresses in hotels?

    Can Arsenal be stopped?

    Can Arsenal be stopped?

    Veteran actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ is dead

    Veteran actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ is dead

    Rahama Sadau is just a western copycat

    Rahama Sadau is just a western copycat

    Messi leaving Camp Nou — Barcelona

    We made the best decision by letting Messi go—Barca president

    • Entertainment
  • Local
  • Education
  • International
  • Kannywood
  • Religion
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Sports
    PSG, Man Utd, Chelsea scramble to sign Nigerian striker Osimhen

    PSG, Man Utd, Chelsea scramble to sign Nigerian striker Osimhen

    Cristiano Ronaldo puts own private jet up for sale

    Cristiano Ronaldo puts own private jet up for sale

    Luka Modric in talks with Ronaldo’s Alnassr over possible move to Saudi Arabia

    Luka Modric in talks with Ronaldo’s Alnassr over possible move to Saudi Arabia

    Thomas Tuchel set to replace sacked Bayern Munich Manager

    Thomas Tuchel set to replace sacked Bayern Munich Manager

    Why men flirt with waitresses in hotels?

    Why men flirt with waitresses in hotels?

    Can Arsenal be stopped?

    Can Arsenal be stopped?

    Veteran actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ is dead

    Veteran actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ is dead

    Rahama Sadau is just a western copycat

    Rahama Sadau is just a western copycat

    Messi leaving Camp Nou — Barcelona

    We made the best decision by letting Messi go—Barca president

    • Entertainment
  • Local
  • Education
  • International
  • Kannywood
  • Religion
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
The Daily Reality
No Result
View All Result
Home Opinion

Narrating our story from the inside

Admin by Admin
30 March 2022
in Opinion
0
Narrating our story from the inside

Abdul Muttalib Muktar

0
SHARES
10
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By Abdul Muttalib Muktar

Growing up in a community like our own does not avail one’s face with the chance to glow with smiles. On the contrary, due to a series of nightmares, one often thinks we live in an entirely different world. 

It is not our personal choice to become drug addicts at a tender age. Despite knowing that we are a nuisance, we feel sad when referred to using derogatory terms. But what people sadly fail to understand is that we are a creation of our community. Should we be conceived and be given birth again in an entirely different society with an established family institution, where the quality of children is prioritised, we would not grow up to be a nuisance as we are today. 

Some of us have already gone mad because of excessive drug abuse; many of us are in prisons awaiting trials for many offences, a lot of us are scattered across different markets and parks. We pickpocket, steal and cause trouble; some of these troubles even escalate into ethnic and religious crises. The number of us caught in the act are wounded, others lynched. We terrorise our community today by the commission of robbery, burglary, housebreaking, thuggery and phone-snatching while stabbing our victims with sharp objects.

See also  Reflection on poor parenting

We grew up under no umbrella of a family. Right from our toddling days, the family becomes broken. Our fathers get married again and again to new wives–these wives are scattered into different rented places. Our mothers also get married, move to new houses where they begin a new life, give birth to a new generation of children, and abandon the old generation.

We begin to fend for ourselves from the age of nine or ten. One could see us inside, smelling gutters, dirty rivers, dusty dumping grounds and abandoned buildings, scavenging for iron, copper, aluminium, brass, etc. In the course of our search for these materials, we steal properties.

Fundamentally, we do all this to buy food and clothes for ourselves. Our younger ones are seen today in the streets following suit. It is not like we have no conscience, but the substance we have been taking and the realities that define our growth,  harden our psychology. So don’t be surprised that we behave with no shred of humanity today.

We could not go to school. Some of us that started have eventually dropped out and returned to the streets because our parents prefer multiplying us rather than moulding us into responsible men. 

See also  Tinubu and blueprint for the North

We learn to take hard substance from the collective decision of our community – an unfortunate decision of bringing us to the world in multitude and throwing us out even before our legs could firmly hold us. We commit all the horrible acts today because our community’s tradition is that you must go and fend for yourself once you have learned how to walk. We are what we are today because some of us are forced to become Almajiris outside their towns, where they end up peering at other versions of ourselves.

Sadly, the central and local authorities and a vast majority of the people derive pleasure in cursing and punishing us for our deviance. They never bother to ask questions, much less search for answers. No wonder my peers are multiplying, reaching a point of outnumbering the responsible ones in the community.

Abdul Muttalib Muktar can be reached via abdulmutallib.muktar@gmail.com.

Previous Post

Waqf would have saved the situation!  

Next Post

El-Rufa’i: A politician without political ambition?

Next Post
Kaduna government imposes curfew on Jema’a and Kaura LGs

El-Rufa’i: A politician without political ambition?

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended

Peter Obi supporters clash with police in Ebonyi

Peter Obi supporters clash with police in Ebonyi

6 months ago
Bauchi: Many escape death after truck crashes

Bauchi: Many escape death after truck crashes

3 months ago

Popular News

  • An open letter to Barrister Abba Hikima

    Re: An open letter to Barrister Abba Hikima

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Barau Jibril, Nigeria’s 10th senate leadership and BAT

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Connect with us

Facebook Twitter
The Daily Reality

The Daily Reality

The Daily Reality is an online news medium with a physical address in Kano State, Nigeria. As our name suggests, we aim to be realistic and truthful to our readers. Moreover, we are an independent, non-partisan company. Thus, we will always do our best to be fair, factual and accurate in our journalism.

Follow us on social media

Category

  • Business (79)
  • Education (300)
  • Engausa (10)
  • Entertainment (34)
  • Health (65)
  • International (181)
  • Kannywood (39)
  • Lifestyle (52)
  • Literature (37)
  • Local (313)
  • National (383)
  • News (1,323)
  • Opinion (1,026)
  • Politics (388)
  • Religion (177)
  • Science (15)
  • Security (43)
  • Sports (40)
  • Technology (62)
  • Travel (6)
  • Uncategorized (2)
Barau Jibril, Nigeria’s 10th senate leadership and BAT

Barau Jibril, Nigeria’s 10th senate leadership and BAT

29 March 2023
Language and the specific gravity of identity

Hausa names as ethnographic identifiers

29 March 2023
Ramadan: ABU Professor distributes 40 bags of rice to students

Ramadan: ABU Professor distributes 40 bags of rice to students

29 March 2023

© 2022 The Daily Reality - Powered by EasyLife Creative Studio.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Business
  • National
  • Entertainment
  • International
    • Kannywood

© 2022 The Daily Reality - Powered by EasyLife Creative Studio.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In