Have you seen the video of a boy telling her mum to calm
down when her mum was about to beat him? This has inspired the Lagos State
Governor to tell Lagosians to 'calm down' as they celebrate the Sallah festival.
The governor wrote on his Instagram page@jidesanwoolu
"I saw a video of one charming young boy online asking his mom to ‘calm
down’ as she was set to punish him for his misdemeanour.
I was moved by his sobriety, which reflected in his promise
of “last chance”, when confronted with the fact that he is a regular offender.
The exchange was indeed
funny, but it depicts the efforts parents put in moulding children into
responsible adults. I want to assume that his mom indeed calmed down because
the appeal was moving enough to make anyone change their mind.
Interestingly, the video inspired this special message to
the good people of Lagos State because of the deeper meaning it conveys.
Fellow Lagosians, we need to ‘calm down’ as we enjoy the
coming holiday and festivity.
It is a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s heart of
sacrifice and faith in Allah.
We need to emulate and demonstrate his sense of
self-restraint at this time the world is combating the scourge of COVID-19.
We need to be
moderate in our celebration and also observe prescribed protocols towards
defeating the deadly coronavirus, which are, maintaining social distancing,
washing and sanitizing our hands, and using our face masks.
The world needs responsibility and commitment of its people
to oust coronavirus.
I urge every Lagosian
to ‘calm down’ and not get carried away by the ‘excitement of the moment’. Like
the rest of the world, we are still in the middle of a pandemic and need to
remain extremely careful to keep the gains of the sacrifices we have all made
in the past months.
Let’s calm down!
Meanwhile, I would
like to meet the young boy since we both have exclusive right to the phrasal
verb ‘calm down’."
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