So what do Nigerian parents with no savings, no social safety net, no real tangible income do when their child gain admission to the University of Florida?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

There was a lot of tears. My dad was inconsolable. He barely touched his food for days. Anyone who knows Baba Oye, knows that man does not joke with his food. We would hear him wailing at the altar of the church, rolling on the altar, praying for God to send us an helper.

I had taken a job at Tantalizer but there was no way that would pay for anything.

Exactly twenty years ago, I was hopeless. I had just failed JAMB after my third try. I was sitting on this tattered chair in the small bedroom I shared with my five younger siblings. Here, I decided I was going to go after my dreams of studying in America. #nigeria #usa In the second picture, exactly 14 years ago today, my father who started this journey to ensure his child studied in one of the most renowned universities in the world saw it to the end.

Women are being taken for a ride in this country and it’s absolutely unfair. We are not being considered. It’s truly scary. We are yet to recover from the shock of having our reproductive rights yanked from underneath us, but now, we are being advised to breastfeed for two years? Y’all, I am exhausted on all of our behalf. This is too much!!!

If this is the response to the formula shortage, then shame on the American Academy of Pediatrics for this awful and baseless recommendation to breastfeed for 2yrs with no real scientific evidence.