Today's weather is very cold and breezy, it dries the outer surface of a man and exposes the ashy colour of our relatively dead skin.
Today's weather is not friendly, it lowers the body's temperature of a man and makes blood flows slowly in the veins thereby making homeostasis almost impossible.
Today's weather is serious, it makes everything else uncomfortable, thereby making the chickens,egrets, and bats very sluggish.
Today's weather is powerfully superior, it prevents sun from shine and startles the trees to give breezy cold air.
Whenever there is a very cold weather, the first thing that comes to mind is the condition of the half-sheltered or unsheltered people particularly the Almajirai who don't have access to any warm room. They live in an uncomfortably open area during the breezy night without blanket to cover themselves,with no sweater to wear. There condition is very unpleasant that cannot be understood by mere description, you need to experience it to understand it. The second unlucky people are the night watchmen, who live in an outside attic to ensure the safety and security of their pay master, their room is mainly made of bright zinc that was normally designed to conduct cold and expel heat. While the Alhaji, is comfortably sleeping in his room with his wife and children, the watchman is outside with his gun and strong stick to ensure their safety. The same goes with the Almajiri, while Malam is sleeping comfortably in his room with his wife and children, the Almajirai are outside struggling with the cold weather.
A CALL FOR MERCY!
Being mercy to the Almajirai is not only on giving the remains of your food to them or giving them N50 to buy food. It however doesn't limited to offer of your used-clothes to them. The mercy is beyond this, it lies in understanding and sympathizing with them, you can only be merciful to them if you can buy for them that type of blanket you use in your bedroom. You can only sympathize with them if you can buy for them that comfortable sweater you wear.
WHAT ABOUT THE NIGHT WATCHMEN?
You may think their condition is not serious enough to be considered, but if you want to know the seriousness of their serious condition, just open only the window of your bedroom to feel the weather not to talk of staying outside for an hour. I know by only open a window in your bedroom you will understand what I mean.
Now what can you do to sympathize with your watchman? This is a question you should ask yourself and provide an answer for oneself.
Have a cold day!
Bashir Umar.
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