Hello, my friend in the steemit. Best wishes. I want to acknowledge the organizer of this context, @abdullahw2 to come out with context on " The News About My Family.
It is usual that life is sometimes sweet and bitter. Therefore, my family experience these situations sometimes back.
We had a situation where the family have performed a burial ceremony of one of us and later celebrated his resurrection.
What's the latest good news in your family?
I am from the family of Late Mr. Kuje Ambigbu Maku in Nassarawa Eggon local government area of Nasarwa State in North Central Nigeria in West Africa.
I am from polygamy family and 13 children from two women, nine males and four females. We were not all have the privilege to receive Western education because our water was a peasant family and that was the only means of our the family's income then. And so many of us ended our education in the primary school then went out to look for means of livelyhood in different areas.
One of us the sixth male children of family engages in farming and is doing well. And he lives in community that is not his. The community where he lives is made of two ethnic groups who each is claiming the ownership of the land and that resulted in one of the ethnic groups overshadowed the other one and chased them to exile for some years.
The government reconciled them and rehabilated the other ethnic group and the later early chased the other ethnic group, killed some and some escaped. Our brother and being strangers were not touched but were asked to move from the community. He moved his family and belongings out and later that ethnic group asked all strangers to go back.
Three days later early around 5:00 a.m he had guns shot around his house and escaped through the back door only knicker and his house was razed. He spent 3 days in the bush and when the news reached us that that community was killing everyone there including strangers we dialed his line and someone returned the called and told us that brother has gone to the land of no return and should forget about him.
We were told reliable that he was killed and his corpse was in their custody. We were mourning him and still didn't give up untill the 3rd day he arrived home late in the midnight.
We organized merrymeant for one week eating and drinking with family and loved ones. That is the most joyful moment in the family for seeing our brother back whom they said he has gone to the land of no return.
Tell us one of the bad news from the past in your family.
The family have experienced a bad moment sometimes in the past after the demised of our father. Our father died and left nothing behind apart from little portion of land. Some other person from a neighboring community came and claiming ownership of about 90% of the property and connieved with a one of the extended family members.
We engaged the services of a legal practitioner which cost a very significant amount of resources that has taken about 10 ten to recovered. At the time the entire family experienced hardship of all forms since we are not economical bouyant enough and did not prepared to face a problem of this nature. That singlular act demoralized the family.
Tell us about your favorite relative Why is he/she your favorite?
My favorite relative is my newphew the first son of my late elder and the first born and son of the family named Fadason Davidson who lives in Kaduna. His father died when he was in primary school and struggled and obtained a bachelor degree in education and is an artisan.
He also helped his four younger ones to obtained higher certificates in different disciplines.
He is my favorite because his resilence and hard working and determination to be self independent. He tries always try to identify my problem and shows concern for it in either by trying to solve it through material or advice.
And he is not afraid to mention to me my areas of weakness and others. And not to me alone but to other members of the family. That's makes him my favourite.
Describe steemit as a one family in two paragraphs.
Describe steemit as a one family in two paragraphs.
Steemit as a platform of business venture that binds participants as one family where ideas are brainstorm and learn. Writing skills are being learned while participating.
The had about the knowledge of steemit from @vickyson and a few others living in the same community. And I made to understand it's a business platform that connects one internationally through internet.
So far this is my story for the day.
I am glad you speared your time to read through my write up as a steemit family.
I want to invite @dave-hanny, @josepha and @simonnwigwe to join the contest.