God did
Sola was a taxi driver in Abuja. Drove from 6am to midnight, 6 days a week.
His wife was pregnant with twins. Hospital bills were piling up. Then his cab broke down on a Wednesday. Engine trouble. Mechanic quoted ₦120k. He had ₦8k to his name.
He parked the cab by the roadside and just sat there. Missed two days of work. Rent was due. His wife was 8 months gone.
Day 3, a man flagged him down anyway, even though the car wasn’t moving. “You’re Sola? I’ve been looking for you.”
Turned out the man was a passenger he’d driven 4 months earlier. Sola had found his laptop in the backseat after dropping him at the airport. Drove all the way back to return it. Missed 3 fares doing it. The man didn’t even have cash to tip him then.
“I work for an NGO,” the man said. “We need a driver for our field team. Fixed salary, health insurance for your family, car maintenance covered. Starting next week.”
Sola took the job. The twins were born healthy. The NGO even covered the hospital delivery costs.
5 years later, he’s still with them. Now he trains new drivers. His cab is fixed and he still drives it on weekends for extra cash.
When people ask how he got a stable job right when his car died, he doesn’t talk about the lost laptop or the 3 missed fares.
He just says:
God did.
