Declaration!!!! (t?=my age)
Three years ago, a friend in the UK introduced me to Drop-shipping; an online retail business but I was unable to start up as soon as she did because of finances and the start-up requirements. To cut the long story short, I went to UBa Bank today to get a prepaid card with which my paypal account could be linked to in other to be able to boast my blog posts on my Facebook page and Instagram and Dropshipping too has been on my mind. Got a photocopy of my id card 12,500 frs and a passport size photograph as listed in the requirements to get a prepaid card, then I got to the lady who gave me a form to fill up the required information just to hear her ask me if I am t? years and of course I said yes with a broad smile but she said “I am sorry but you are underage we will need your parents to sign…(I could not understand what ever she said afterwards)”. That phrase hit me like a Tsunami, going through my plans and wishes. I realized I was failing in my endeavors and it also brought to my attention that in Africa, the law makers who are very old as we all know, make sure that they make everyone to grow old before succeeding in whatever they want to do. If that is not the case, how do you explain the fact that 16 year olds are enrolling into the universities, with some graduating at age 19 but one has to reach 21 years of age before having the right to a prepaid bank card and obviously a bank account? It is like saying, “Africa is a continent of and for the old and if you are not old you cannot do anything but for those who must do something, you need to be permitted by the old people in charge”.
But then, how can Africa grow; how can the change which we all cry out for come if the laws that we all are bounded by are not changed? Our youths are unable to build up businesses because they are not yet grandfathers or mothers and are ready for retirement. Just imagine a young lady with a brilliant business idea rushes to a bank to create an account to facilitate her business venture and she’s turned off because she is not yet 21 years of age. Our laws have made it impossible for the young people to start life while they still have the energy to work and not sleep or collapse in meetings. In other countries, 18 years is a legal age but Africans make theirs up to 21 that way fraud, corruption and bribery might step in to play, all to the benefit of those in office while we all suffer.
Now I have only one question left unanswered which is: How do I get my account connected?? I might have to fly out of this retirement home.
The Overthinker's Opinion 