…Still loves to cook her meals and washes plates Says: 'If you work hard, you'll live long”
Anambra State Community leader, Madam Ekusuma Odimegwu,aged 120, might just be the oldest Nigerian, alive; Who knows?
Even at that age, she still loves cooking her meals and washing her plates. Something spectacular about her is that she hates people dying young. This is because she feels longetivity “is ordained of God.”
No wonder, her own mother died at a much older age, while her husband passed away at age 103.
Ask Madam Ekusuma what is the secret of her old age and she would readily tell you: “it is hard work.”
Similarly, she regards “adherence to God's instructions,” as another contributory factor to her long life.
Madam Ekusuma spoke with National Daily through her grandson, Chemezie Odimegwu.
Interacting with he lively old woman, who relishes telling stories in connection with the years gone by, was a most interesting experience.
Hers was wisdom par excellence. Imagine her saying 'if people die old, it will have positive impact on the nation's economy and development.”
In her younger days, both Madam Ekusuma and her late husband were into palm kernel business that involved processing the kernel fruit and selling the produce.
“Life in our days was a little interesting. It is interesting when you understand the values of family bond and tradition. A lot has changed; we have larger families now that are separated from each other. The painful part is the distance that must exist among the family members, these days.
“Those days, we did everything together as a family. My husband climbs the tree to get palm kernel and the children and I get busy with the processing, which of course is supervised by my husband; after that I get to do the trading of the various produce made out of it.
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