Emeka Abugu, despite being visually impaired has shown that there’s ability
in disability.
His ability to loose, patch, pumb, tighten and service motorcycle
carburetors could be best described as a miracle as it defies all scientific
tenets.
Emeka seen at his kiosk in Orie Umuaji, a village in Umuida community, Igbo
Eze North local government areas of Enugu state, he was busy attending to his
numerous customers whose motorcycle tyres either got deflated or punctured by
sharp objects.
Narrating how he ended up blind and his ability to set up a workshop in a
state of blindness, Emeka narrated:
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“I lost my two eyes when I was a kid to untreated cases of measles and
other diseases.
My father was a bicycle repairer and I spent so much time in his workshop
where I gradually learnt the works of patching bicycle tyres despite my
challenges.
”However, when I mastered the acts after spending over ten years with my
father, I decided to go into motorcycle repairing and spent many years as a
result of my blindness.
Today, I can not only render vulcanizing services, I can equally service
motorcycle carburetors and other mechanical works”.
Emeka is married with seven children. When teased on how he was able to
have so many children, he replied amidst laughter:
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“I lost my sight but not my ‘manhood’, more over, my wife delivered two
sets of twins.”
Emeka stated that he got married and built a small house from the proceeds
of his business.
When he was asked on the help he would like the government and private
individuals to render to him, he stressed:
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“I would like if the government or private individuals help stock my kiosk with goods(tubes and other motorcycle parts) so I can be able to train my seven children from the proceeds”