A kind Nigerian man identified as Tunde Onakoya has used his chess initiative to save the future of a kid, named Ayomide who works as a bus conductor, and put him in a better place.
The convener of Chess in the Slum, Tunde Onakoya, had rescued a kid, Ayomide, from the street in Lagos state.
Ayomide was enrolled in a computer training center where he learned programming language.
According to Tunde, prior to his intervention, the kid was working as a bus conductor, homeless, and living under Oshodi bridge with a dimmed future.
Tunde further promised that they will continue to sponsor the boy’s education.
In a post shared on Saturday, April 2, he revealed that the boy has been able to create his online store using programming languages of HTML and CSS.
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The video shared showed the boy demonstrating all the elements that constitute his webpage. A subsequent tweet also revealed that the boy was reconnected with his mother in Ekiti state.
Below are some of the reactions compiled from the post:
@TheOreAfolayan said: “This picture is the most iconic picture I’ve seen this month. An Outlier holding The Outlier.”
@ArdebayoGSP said: “This is good news Bro. Your own things and life no go loss.”
@chief_champion said: “Your works are superb. My fullest regards to you and the entire team. Baba, God go dey give you strength to do more and your vision will not fail IJN.
@smokijay said: “This is an awesome book. I read it and had lots of narratives corrected. Big ups the good work.”
@TypeErrorDev said: “This is awesome!!! One day I would LOVE to join an organization that does this for society.”
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