Hajia Bola Shagaya’s Good Example…Devotes Resources to Helping the Needy

The world needs philanthropists who are not disgusted with the common people but would climb harsh mountains and trudge mired valleys to salvage humanity and give it hope. Unfortunately, there are so few such individuals left. Nevertheless, the actions of Hajia Bola Shagaya are a rousing call to others to do good and show that man is no beast.

At 60 years plus, Hajia Bola Shagaya has proved again that she will not live as some of her age group: retired from public life, dead to the needs of others, without understanding, fidelity, love or mercy. Every year, Hajia Shagaya saddles her bags, visits the disadvantaged and underprivileged, provides food and comfort, and strengthens them with the promise to come again another time.

Seeing Hajia Shagaya with the beneficiaries of her good graces, one might forget that she is a businesswoman and society person acclaimed to be one of the richest women in Africa and an elite figure of influence in Nigerian social and political circles. Nevertheless, the many years of accomplishment and lordly standing have not stamped out her humility or humanity.

As has become second nature to her, many Muslims have been blessed with Hajia Shagaya’s contributions this year. It is Ramadan season, a time to seek the face of God and demonstrate faithfulness with fasting. However, it is also a time of great need, so Hajia Shagaya’s assistance in the form of daily necessities has not gone unnoticed—although she tries to keep such benevolent deeds under wraps.

The world needs people like Hajia Bola Shagaya who would forgo the rest and luxury due them after years of work to share their hard-earned resources with the needy. People like Hajia Shagaya are beacons of hope, testaments that humans can be something other than selfish and self-satisfying. Little wonder she is celebrated at every turn.