His case is more than the saying that there’s ability in disability.
His ability to loose, patch, pumb, tighten and service motorcycle
carburetors could be best described as a miracle as it defies all
scientific tenets.
Mr Emeka at
his kiosk in Orie Umuaji, a village in Umuida community, Igbo Eze North
local government areas of Enugu state, he was busy attending to his
numerous customers whose motorcycle tyres either got deflated or
punctured by sharp objects.
At Mr Emeka’s shed, he was engaged in a
discussion and He narrated how he ended up blind and his ability to set
up a workshop in a state of blindness, Emeka narrated:
“I lost my two eyes when I was a kid to untreated cases of measles and other diseases.
My father was a bicycle repairer and I spent so much time in his
workshop where I gradually learnt the works of patching bicycle tyres
despite my challenges.
”However, when I mastered the acts after
spending over ten years with my father, I decided to go into motorcycle
repairing and spent many years as a result of my blindness.
Today, I can not only render vulcanizing services, I can equally service motorcycle carburetors and other mechanical works”.
Emeka is married with seven children. When teased by our reporter how
he was able to have so many children, he replied amidst laughter:
““I lost my sight but not my ‘manhood’, more over, my wife delivered two sets of twins.”
Emeka stated that he got married and built a small house from the proceeds of his business.
When he was asked on the help he would like the government and private individuals to render to him, he stressed:
“I would like if the government or private individuals help stock my
kiosk with goods(tubes and other motorcycle parts) so I can be able to
train my seven children from the proceeds” he concluded.
SOMETHING CAN REALLY BE DONE FOR THIS HARDWORKING BLIND MAN
