An undisclosed woman has practically faced one of the worst humiliations of her life following an incident which occured inside the market.
The said woman was allegedly caught stealing tubers of yam, meant for the upkeep of her family. Reports has it that she couldn’t afford both food and the yam, hence she resorted to stealing it, which ended up in a bad fate for her.
She was said to have been subjected to humiliation and ridicule inside the market following the incident, as one of the yams was tied to her neck while she was paraded inside the market.
This is coming at a time millions of people in the country are facing serious economic hardship, rising cost of living, soaring inflation and prices of food items. The situation has left many in pathetic economic situation, as majority cannot feed well.
Hence the reason why many people have continued to sympathize with her, with some other tackling her as well. Many people are actually not happy with the treatment meted out to her, as it actually violates her human dignity and represents one of the darkest part of our society.
This is coming at a time the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC are at loggerhead with the federal government of Nigeria over the increment of the minimum wage which has remained at 30,000 Naira for years.
Well, the federal government has been given up to one week to come up with a living wage for the Nigerian workers, or face a total shutdown of the country’s economy and otherwise.
