Omo, you don hear wetin dey happen for Makoko? Dem demolition wey government don start dey affect plenty women wey pregnant, no be small wahala o!
As I dey talk to you now, some women dey sleep for canoe, chop dey far from dem body and na serious hunger dem dey battle. Imagine, some of dem dey suffer from anaemia and hypertension. Na dem right so wey dey cause wahala for Mama and pikin!
Theresa wey dey pregnant, don share her own story. She dey sleep for canoe since she lose her house wey dem demolish. Na so she wake up one day, wey government waka come clear dem area, she gree say ‘I no fit go anywhere!’
As she talk, ‘I don sleep for water for weeks. Now I no get where I go lay my head.’ Her Antenatal care don disappear along with her house. Wetin go happen when e time to born reach? Na God go take care of am o!”
Adeline Zosu too dey face similar issue! She dey wait to born pikin, but all the clinics don tear down. Now she dey ask herself, ‘Where I go fit place my baby after dem born am? My neighbours dey help me small small, but wetin go happen when my time reach?’ For real, this na serious matter!
Wetin make matter worse be say, many of the clinics wey dey around don disappear. Na only small clinic dey run by Nurse Matilda wey dey try help displaced women. But even dat one don dey overwhelm. Pregnant women dey waka come from all angles, suffering from high blood pressure and other issues.
Ah, talk of health care efficiency, wetin you go talk? Na wah! Many of these women need urgent medical attention but dem go need travel far by boat to get am. E no dey make sense. You fit imagine being pregnant, no food, no health care, wetin dey happen? Na serious health crises wey dey face these women.
Experts dey warn about all this things wey dey happen. Dr. Akinde dey shout say hypertension dey kill people; he dey advise say make dem go find shelter where dem fit get health care. But how dem go fit do am when all the places dey cut down?
For Makoko, we dey hear stories of so many families wey don lose everything. Families wey dey sleep for canoe and no food to chop. Elderly people dey fall sick, and dem babies dey die. What kind life be this?
Government say na for our own safety dem dey demolish houses. But as e be, the people wey suffer na the innocent. Dem no fit call this development when e dey lead to homelessness and death. Wetin be their sin? Na dem dey suffer the most!
Dem go need to do better! Abeg, make we no sit down dey watch as people dey suffer like this. Human life suppose dey more important than any development plan. Abeg! This matter suppose concern all of us!
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