Brilio.net - The world is increasingly advanced with life being sophisticated, instant and interconnected. Cities as places where people live their lives are becoming increasingly polished with various majestic skyscrapers and sparkling lights that always illuminate the city both day and night.
Even so, not all people in this world can enjoy this progress. In fact, amidst the glitter of modern world life , there is a sad story that comes from a corner of a city in Nigeria. This story tells of a woman known to be living in such heartbreaking conditions.
photo: TikTok/@ositapopcorn
The reason is, this woman has to live in a residence that can be said to be unfit to live in. Every day, the woman was forced to watch her residence being submerged in water. The story is shared from a video uploaded by the TikTok account @ositapopcorn.
There is no kitchen, the bathroom is minimal. The rental price for the woman's residence is known to be only IDR 119 thousand a year. In other words, the woman had to pay as much as one thousand naira or around IDR 9,930 every month to live in the building.
photo: TikTok/@ositapopcorn
"I have to pay one thousand naira for one month (of stay)," he said.
It is known that the woman works as a cowhide and fish seller and earns around 5 thousand naira every month.
With rent of almost IDR 10 thousand a month, the woman lives in a building that is not large enough . The residence has no windows, the building only consists of walls and a small door.
photo: TikTok/@ositapopcorn
Every day, this location always seems to be flooded with water. As a result, the woman chose to evacuate her personal belongings to a neighbor's residence.
"Some items were moved and stored at my neighbor's house because of the flooding," he said.
So there were only two chairs left in the house. He also used one chair to rest.
"I lay down on a chair to sleep," he explained.
Regarding the kitchen, the woman in the video admits that she does not have a special room for processing food. The house only consists of one room which is used for all activities.
"I don't have a kitchen," he said.
photo: TikTok/@ositapopcorn
Apart from that, in this rental house, there is no bathroom, but a public toilet. As a result, the woman was forced to share a bathroom.
"It's a shared bathroom," he said.
Seeing the living situation of one of the residents in Nigeria made netizens flood with pity. Many of them expressed sad responses as well as support for the woman's life in the future.
" Oh Allah, I'm still not grateful, " wrote the account @tokorayu.
" Oh my God, the water is so green that it doesn't smell like that? I hope you get a decent house soon, ma'am, " wrote the account @anisss.
" 2024 & people live like that, very sad. Her smile is beautiful and very grateful for her income of only 5,000 Naira (less than 30 Euros), " said one netizen with the account @josmith099.
" Oh Allah, it turns out that all this time I still don't really have enough to be grateful for, " wrote the account @maxim