Sickness & Death for sale

Last night, my mother reported our domestic help to me

The girl had gone to buy bread which was to be used as breakfast for the family and without checking the bread, put it in her bag and skipped back home. When my father had settled down to eat, he picked up the loaf and noticed a foul smell coming from it. On further inspection, it was discovered that our girl was given a loaf of bread which had fallen on feaces. She was ordered to take it back and took another one instead

One to be easily irritated and sickened by disgusting stuff, I called the girl and gave her some serious tongue drilling on hygiene and how she’s supposed to be vigilant at all times especially when buying things that people put in their mouths.

Its common knowledge that most of the illnesses people suffer is as a result of what they eat but what got to me the most was the fact that these guys knew that there was something wrong with that loaf of bread yet out of greed and lust for money they decided to kill their conscience, turn a blind eye and put the money in their pockets without the slightest regard for the consequences that would follow.

People put poisonous substances in toothpaste, soft drinks and goodness knows what else because the chemicals are cheaper than the standard ones which are supposed to be used and safer as well. They don’t care that hundreds of people could die... that parents could loose their babies and little children... that children could loose their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters... that a lot of families could be thrown into an eternal grief that even time cannot heal. All they care about is the profit they would make and how rich they were going to be in the next 2-3 months.

Thanks to man’s greed, one can buy illness and death at any price they want. For N20, you can buy an orange which had fallen into the gutter and wasn’t properly washed but wiped with a dirty cloth or wrapper (Oh yeah I've seen that one happen). For N100-N120 you can buy a loaf of bread which has been contaminated by the deadliest bacteria you can find under the microscope, for N500 or more one can buy a teething mixture that would cut down the life of an innocent little child without giving that child a chance to see the world or become the person he/she was destined to become.

The quest for wealth and affluence has made killers out of a lot of people and as long as it isn’t any relative of theirs, they don’t care.

May the good Lord continue to help us all and may instant judgment come down upon those who know the implications of these actions yet they choose to tread the path of sickness and death in their search for instant money