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In “I just want to say goodbye. Please, take care of my family.” Bukola Oyeniyi writes:

"Two days ago, I received a phone call from a friend in Nigeria that brought tears to my eyes. What this friend had to tell me was heartbreaking. He needed money for his dialysis, to pay for his medications, to pay his house rent, to feed his family, etc. As a teacher, his meager salary cannot feed his family, let alone pay for his dialysis.

In as simple a voice as humanly possible, he said as I picked up his call:

“I just want to say goodbye. Please, take care of my family.”

His tearful voice is still echoing in my head, even as I type this piece.

I could not talk, as I was overwhelmed with sadness.

“I thank you most sincerely for all your support over these last years. Thank you very much. I just want to say thank you and goodbye.”

He added that while he would not commit su***de, he was sure that without his dialysis, his death was just around the corner.

When I got over the initial shock and was able to muster the courage to talk, I insisted on an alternative to not going for the regular dialysis. His answers simply paralyzed me.

“I prefer to die than to sell the land I inherited from my parents. I want to bequeath it to my children. They need to know that I left something for them.”

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I just want to say goodbye. Please, take care of my family. – NIGERIA in DEPTH Two days ago, I received a phone call from a friend in Nigeria that brought tears to my eyes. What this friend had to tell me was heartbreaking. He needed money for his dialysis, to

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My Dear Brother,

Did you just write that the guy who wrote the lines that I cited must have smoked a very bad w**d? I present to you the w**d smoker.