Let’s return Malala’s dough

For sure if she wanted to discuss the virtues of girl-child education, she must know that she will be speaking to the converted. It is in pursuit of that goal that they met their current tragic circumstances. In every sense Chibok girls, both abducted and escaped, are as much the heroes that Malala is, because […]

For sure if she wanted to discuss the virtues of girl-child education, she must know that she will be speaking to the converted. It is in pursuit of that goal that they met their current tragic circumstances. In every sense Chibok girls, both abducted and escaped, are as much the heroes that Malala is, because it is a sincere belief in Western education that made them brave the odds by leaving the safety of their homes to go to that ill-equipped school environment to sit for their exams.
Don’t get me wrong, I sincerely admire Malala’s courage and mission in life. I remember shedding such tears when I saw her on that stretcher after she was shot, two years ago, that my daughter had to ask me several times whether the girl was dead. But I don’t think the Nigerian politicians who invited her, after failing to rescue her kidnapped age-mates for over three months, are sincere in seeking her company. It would have been better if she was invited to come and teach us how to appeal to so-called Boko Haram to release the girls by disclosing how she managed to appease the Taliban and get them off her back.
Anyway, the deed is done and Malala had come and gone. But we must return the two hundred thousand dollars she donated to our country for girl-child education because we don’t need it. We will not be returning the money because we don’t appreciate the gesture, no, we will give it back because Malala’s people need it more than we do.
Between our government and our dollar billionaires, we have enough resources to fund girl-child education without taking charity from young Malala. The richest man on our continent is a Nigerian, for crying out loud. We should have the will to fund our worthy causes.
Meanwhile, thanks a lot Malala.