A Mass Communication graduate, and a beautician, Mary Oluwakemi, whose video of her asking for financial support on the street for her final year school fees went viral, during an interview with The Punch correspondent, revealed the reason for her action....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
While she was sharing what led to her action, she said at that time, there was a cash scarcity, and she started reaching out to people through direct messages, hoping for assistance. However, she wasn’t getting any responses.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!What finally pushed her to take to the streets was an incident with a particular man. She claimed this man had the means to help her but he refused to provide any support unless she goes to his house.
She said, “He said outright that he would have to sleep with me before giving me the money. I felt bad and started to wonder how many men I would have to sleep with to get the money I needed. It was not something my conscience would allow.”
Further talking, she said although, the amount she needed wasn’t much, she found herself completely stranded. She became worried because the payment portal for the fees was about to close.
She couldn’t ask her course mates for help since they were all struggling to find money. So, she decided to mention in their class’ group chat that she was going to start a hashtag on social media to solicit for help, which she did.
