STOP CARRYING OR KEEPING UNNECESSARY 'BAGGAGE' AROUND

Let’s just imagine. You’ve been eating for a week and even a few days more but haven’t visited the toilet for that number of days. How do you think you would feel as a human being?

You will be so uneasy and God help you, if you eventually get to the convenience and you are unable to pass out anything despite the pressure on your vitals. You totally would be face swollen and headache ‘banged’ to say you would be very uncomfortable would be stating it mildly.

Three days without emptying your bowel is just like carrying a bag of ‘poo’ around the only difference would be just that it is still inside your body. And you expect your organs to be happy with you? Hell NO!

Your organs can only be happy with you and you can only enjoy your body when it’s free from toxins so also will you enjoy your environment if it’s kept clean.

   

I was going through a page online and I saw a picture which read loads of messages and I am so disappointed to say the least that a lot of Nigerians are so, should I say ‘wickedly stupid’ not just to others but to themselves.

On several occasions I have witnessed some societal practices by individuals who most of the time you would expect to be better behaved, but they would rather do the otherwise.

Just take another look at the picture on your right, below. What are your thoughts?

It is only a blank mind that would finish chewing up, for example corn and throw the cob in the nearest gutters or drink water and then toss the empty bottle or sachet in the gutter and then turn around to shout “the government is not helping us” when the rains come and flood your homes simply because the gutters have been blocked with thrash which ought to have been sent to an allocated dumpsite.

A lot of people are so guilty of such practices. There are times you walk past a sweeper on the streets or a shop keeper whose shop is very close to the gutters, especially those who display their wares all the way from within the shop to the walkway/pavements and you would be amazed to see they throw the trash meant for the dustbin, right into the gutters even to their own detriment.

A couple of years ago, while braiding my hair at an ‘open’ shop, a lady almost ate me raw because I scolded her child for throwing thrash in the gutter right in front of the shop but trust me, *winks* I took her and her entire crew who did not see anything wrong in the child’s acts to the cleaners. I gave them a lot to chew on and I bet you, they may still be chewing on them even as you read this article. *Laughs.

Why did I choose to write on this topic, you may want to ask?

Well, after seeing pictures of refuse in drainages/gutters blocked since the rains started, I was tempted to make a clarion call to all Nigerians to make deliberate efforts to stop throwing thrash in our gutters.

Let’s just help ourselves because when these gutters are blocked, the waters which would always ‘find its level’ will find its way to your homes and offices as well as business locations including the markets and even the streets hence making movement difficult on a rainy day.

So if your gutters are blocked, it’s time to clean them out and let them remain ‘cleaned out’ even during the dry seasons and you will be happier for it.

Empty your bowels even as you keep the gutters clean.

And hey! Lest I forgot to mention it earlier!!

Please! Don’t empty your bowels in the gutters or channel your toilets to the gutters either. Kai!! That would be so unhealthy!!!