The truth of this life be say ehnnn... No b hustle na im b everything... Sometimes na just assistance ney, xo him trying to reach out to him doesn't mean he is not doing well for himself... Remembering old times and thinking of what would have being and comparing it with what is, really hurts a lot. E juz b like wen ur soulmate or pezin wen u think say na ur better-half juz dump u like dat.. If we fit dy help our self dy remember each other, life no for b like diz.

May God help us all. Ameen

opebiboy:
You will understand life one day. Even kelechi we are talking about was helped by someone. Nobody makes it to the top on their own. Forget all these talk. You owe someone something just as someone owes you something

who helped him? Kelechi was the best player in a world competition. He scored goals, he endured tackles. He would have relaxed and be waiting for European agents but no. He wanted to win the cup for Nigeria and the rest is history. This is why Nigeria would never develop, always waiting for help somewhere. Look at how Nigerians are wasting their time on Burma boy and davido. Yesterday I was having sleepless nights debugging a programme while my fellow country men were talking about davido and burnaboy and you expect me to blow and be doing giveaway, for what?

amliftedhigher:

Yes he owns the guy nothing but let me inform you that, that picture speaks a lot of things.
Me as an individual I can not forget my old pals now that I have a little. During the Christmas period I use to move about so much in the village looking for my old friends.
In some search I will discover that the person I am looking for had died many years ago.
This is life

Forget all these joor . If iheanacho wasn’t successful will he do all this ? It’s clout chasing . Iheanacho has better things to attend to , person wey u dey find help from sef dey find help .

akpunda86:


Bros thats life.i have a friend his first bank job i paid his flight ticket bought shirts for him.he began his bank career we were all friends.all of us doing well.i knew things have changed.I call he ignores chat he ignores.Pained me i asked they said now a br.manager.Knowing hectic nature of their job.
So i called him a public holiday still ignored.
Thats when i knew our classes have changed.
I laughed.
Just as God have it i won a building job with some supplies in The state he was.So his bank was the finacing the project.Saw me in the ministry took me as an ordinary guy.was happy seeing him but he was cold as i was on jeans and polo he felt im embarrasing him.
Meeting time Introduction of md of company when i was called i laughed he was just looking when i stood up.
I laughed made my firm presentation and after meeting he was now the one that came to me.

Guy when did u start contracting biz i just laff said since.Hez been calling me since i hardly pick his call but it pains me.i cherish friendship more than fame.

Bros keep ur head up.friends that value u still find u.is all about life.

boss I still don't understand how people go make am and forget their friends o.

NiklauseFred:
Touching !

Dear God when blessing me also bless my friends,so that my bodyguards wont push them off when they want to meet with me.

Sometimes when I think about the future na so so think I go dey think.

pansophist:
When you are young, your friends are usually friends by circumstance, that is, people you didn't deliberately pick to cultivate friendship with. They could be from your neighborhood, church, schools, and friend of a friend. At such an impressionable young age, you haven't know yourself much, still in personal discovery and development, and everyone that comes your way can easily penetrate into your social circles especially when there are common interests such as sports, the same school, etc.

As you begin to navigate the world as an adult, your sense of self, identity, and personality takes shapes and forms, and people can not easily penetrate into your social circle anymore. You may have been disappointed a lot, and become distrusting, while losing all those impressionable qualities you uphold as a child. It is at this moment many people drop their childhood friends, or cultivate the ones that match their present reality. You should accept this. I imagine how young you are, but it is normal that people you used to talk to every day will suddenly become mere contact lists and even enemies. With jealousy cooking underneath, especially when one is better than the other. This is the life of an adult.

He may choose not to contact you because of different life goals and perspectives, growth, and more. It is narrow-minded to assume that he did not keep in touch with you because of your social status, it can be, but it also may not be the reason. Most importantly, every healthy friendship as a rule, must make it a standard for the participants to easily divorce from it, with no hard feelings. Friendship is not ''for better for worse'', it should be easy to enter, just as it is easy to go out. Know this. Also, there is something called dignity, and no one can take it from you. Even if he is richer than Bill Gates, his money can never buy your dignity. Respect yourself, and do not feel wronged because choose not to keep in touch, instead, keep on your lane and be the best you can be, base on your abilities.

This is an amazing piece. Arguably one of the best piece I've read on nairaland.

Bless you.

There's nothing wrong in helping your friends.
Even God loves that

jesmond3945:
This is the same problem I have with Nigerians. If kelechi was still hustling in Nigeria, I don't think this guy would even want to associate with him. Kelechi owes you nothing, go and hustle so that you can be better than kelechi.

He isn't saying Kelechi owes him.If you have an old pal who is very successful, you will definitely be Happy if he remembers you. NOBODY in this life can make it all alone. Kelechi has talents but someone assisted him up there, after all,there are people who can play better than him that has no one to link them

Yes, it's good to remember old friends, especially those that made your life better then.
I went through this BALA's post, to see if there was any valuable contributions made by the poster into the life of Kelech, that brought Kelechi to where he is now and I read of none.
So how and what can Mr Bala be remembered and for what?

echibuogwu:
Lol u can’t blame him... u might do d same if u were in his shoes... I have forgotten 90% of my primary school class mates, sometimes wen I see the group pix I always ask myself if the people In the pics were really my class mates cos I can’t remember them at all anymore

Same here o my guy. May GOD help all of us.

TheGoodJoe:


Kelechi owes him NOTHING but it will cost Kelechi NOTHING to reach out to his friend.

I can bet Kelechi has not forgotten him and will reach out to him.

It is a plea for help by a friend and Kelechi can be an assistance to his friend in need and be a friend in deed.

I don't have problem with kelechi reaching out. The only thing I don't like is how the guy worded his plea saying kelechi forgot him. He doesn't even know whether kelechi has been trying to reach out. Anybody that sees this would think kelechi is a bad person to that forgets people. He just want to guilt trip kelechi then when kelechi falls he would now start making demands.

Everybody knows their own

Lol...he said he'll show his children the picture.

This is entitlement mentality at it's peak. Did kelechi borrow any money from you? Did you help him become who he is?

seankafor:
Oga go Hustle

This is a kind of hustle, it depends on perspective. After all na God will always use someone to help breakthrough another.
But he shouldn't over push it. Good luck

doggedfighter:
Just as you have opened this thread for kelechi hope you will open other threads about all your childhood friends and neighbours.

Rememberance is a choice so many may choose not to make.

May wealth go round so we won't be seeing this kind of threads.

According to that letter, Kelechi and Bala were not just friends or neighbors, they were like brothers.

I am not saying that Kelechi owes him anything, I am just trying to let you know that levels of relationships differ. That is what many people fail to think about. Even to some people, their husbands or wives are just like strangers rather than friends and partners.

jaytee01:
Kelechi owes you nothing. Stop already with this clout chasing and pick your butt off the floor .

Go get a life!

I don't see where he said kelechi owe him anything.

Samfloxin:

He isn't saying Kelechi owes him.If you have an old pal who is very successful, you will definitely be Happy if he remembers you. NOBODY in this life can make it all alone. Kelechi has talents but someone assisted him up there, after all,there are people who can play better than him that has no one to link them

what if he wasn't successful? so you won't care whether he remembers you or not. My brother you can make it alone, I am talking from experience. You can go to a foreign country were you know nobody and people hate you, hustle with your talent and God by yourside, you will make it. You don't need people who will tommorow claim that if not for them you would have not made it. They would guilt trip you to be their slave.

Jodera:
Sometimes, when people shout, "nobody owes you anything, even your closest friends", sometimes I just shake my head.
Either people are surrounded by wicked friends or they don't share so many fond memories with some close friends that they just forget them easily. I know if C. Ronaldo have forgotten his closest friend who made way for him to rise to stardom, some wicked people will say Ronaldo doesn't owe him anything. Thank God Ronaldo isn't like that.
Back to the matter, there are some people in life you can't and ought not to forget no matter how made you've made it in life. Yes, this life is a personal race, but there some people who helped you get where you were with their sacrifices and commitment. Being at the top and saying you owe those people nothing and they should go hutsle their own, or saying they have entitlement is been heartless of the highest order. We should stop all these please, only few people (and I mean very few people) get to the top without commitment and sacrifice from people or friends.

Mind you, the above post is for very close friend(s) that you people have passed through a lot together and not normal friend or peer group mates

Thank God you finally made a point in the end. Kelechi must have at least a childhood friend he can't forget. Not all friends should be remembered.
This guy lamenting here may have done some things that kelechi will remember and ask the bodyguard to block him.

You talked about C-Ronaldo and how he helped his friend. Have you listened to their story as narrated by CR7? Why do you think that was the only friend CR7 ever had from birth?

Ucheosefoh:
Kelechi owes him nothing we all have those childhood friends who became rich before us and abandoned us.

I have many of them, they went into business while I went to higher institution, some joined Yahoo Yahoo and are cashing out big.

We used to visit each others and play together back then but I never try to approach any of them now.

We all are on Facebook looking at our posts without any engagement or interaction.

I know my worth, idea and where I am heading to so it is just a matter of time I will level up or be richer than them.

I know they don't owe me anything that is why I jeje respect myself as I am not a millionaire yet I still have my pride and respect to protect.

Nice post bro..

jesmond3945:
This is the same problem I have with Nigerians. If kelechi was still hustling in Nigeria, I don't think this guy would even want to associate with him. Kelechi owes you nothing, go and hustle so that you can be better than kelechi.

Did he disassociate himself from kelechi when they were struggling?

seankafor:
Oga go Hustle

If by merely hustling, money will come, nearly all the people in the world would be wealthy.

So, hustle is not enough. You need other things like luck. If not, the hustle will be in vain.

And also, we need ourselves to be successful. No one is an island. Maybe he has some business plans, but no capital. Financial help from Kelechi may do the magic.

So, stop that generic advice of go and hustle

aragon4realz:

Yes he owes him nothing but how do you feel when when you remember that child hood friend of yours that you can't get in contact with anymore... Even if he doesn't have money

It’s all emotions. Which I don’t think is a good determinant here. Because emotions are subjective. For every one friend who is lamenting that Iheanacho has forgotten him, there are possibly 10 others who were friends with Iheanacho and have moved on with their lives and are doing well for themselves.
Where would those 10 be if they stood at a standstill crying out to their unofficial benefactor, Iheanacho? Let me guess: broke, stranded and stagnant.

Nigerians generally have a very terrible entitlement mentality. It’s one of the things that has held Nigerians backward and has caused envy and jealousy. If someone helps you, great and fine. If someone doesn’t, great and fine. Unless you had a signed contract, he’s done nothing wrong.

doggedfighter:
Just as you have opened this thread for kelechi hope you will open other threads about all your childhood friends and neighbours.

Rememberance is a choice so many may choose not to make.

*May wealth go round so we won't be seeing this kind of threads..*

Amen

Wealth is a message that you need to deliver. Nobody created reaches. Your success is just a help for you to help others.

jaytee01:
Kelechi owes you nothing. Stop already with this clout chasing and pick your butt off the floor .

Go get a life!

thesicilian:
We can't always remember all our childhood friends when we eventually get to the top. Our prayer should be that we all do very well in life, financially and otherwise, so that when we reach out to our friends, they won't decline thinking it's because we need help.

More often it's not the thought of help that's scares these made men but fear of insecurities.. everybody na suspect.

If nobody helps everybody will be poor. But you cannot help all. There is always somebody God has positioned for your help. Most times we ignore them looking for our own helper.

BluntTheApostle:


According to that letter, Kelechi and Bala were not just friends or neighbors, they were like brothers.

I am not saying that Kelechi owes him anything, I am just trying to let you know that levels of relationships differ. That is what many people fail to think about. Even to some people, their husbands or wives are just like strangers rather than friends and partners.

Oga wear facemask like Trump!

amliftedhigher:
[s]MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND HAS ROSE TO STARDOM AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT I EXIST.

Kelechi Iheanacho was my childhood friend, we grew up together in the same neighborhood Nekede Old Road Owerri IMO state. We played the street balls together under the rain and scorching sun. We attended the same primary school; Unique Nursery and primary school Umualum Nekede No 4 b/stop as at then but has relocated to a new site now. We did almost everything together but today grace has found you and you've rose and clapped your way into the corridors of fame and stardom, you're now a celebrity not just in Nigeria but all over the world.

I remember how we conquered the environments of Ama - ato. Azuatalam, Chigozirim known as Podosky and you and I. If we are not there the games won't be fun but you've forgotten so fast and now mingles with those that you met after being famous.

We played an academy club "Danish" together for years before you moved to Taye academy how can you just forget those days so fast?

I remember how happy i was when i watched you play for Nigeria under 17 in UAE 2013.. I was not surprised when you conquered the world in that stage because i knew how good you were prior to then. Your senior brother Uchenna couldn't give me your contact because we are no more on the same pedestrian, you've moved higher.

Hear this,

I'm writing this not because hunger has finished my life but because a picture with you now will serve as a story i will tell to my children. Don't forget that the bodyguards and security personnel guarding you from people coming close to you, were not there when we use to go to the bush in Uzo ubi those days in search of riped fruits. It pains my heart that you've forgotten most of us who suffered with you and grew up together with you in the hood.

It's hard for me to get reach to you again as i've followed you in all social media platforms, Instagram, twitter, e.t.c. But it's easy if you want to get to me, if really you want to.

Please whoever that can reach out to Kelechi Iheanacho should help me and show him this letter and tell him it was written by Bala as i was nicknamed those days.

Rising to stardom doesn't mean you should forget those who grew up with you. I still remember paying for some matches we watched together at the viewing centres even game centres for PS2 (PlayStation). The things we did together are so enormous that i can't put all in writing.

Friends, i know Kelechi Iheanacho may not see this but you that is reading it now, don't forget the people with you now when luck shines on you.

Don't call them lazy, poor or feel irritated when you see them coming to you. We all started from somewhere and grace found you.

Godswill Uche (A.K.A Bàlà)[/s]

Nobody owes you anything

See entitlement mentality! What have you done for all your childhood friends that you are better off than?

Did you send him abroad, teach him what he knows, or you are just trying to embarass him?

amliftedhigher:

Yes he owns the guy nothing but let me inform you that, that picture speaks a lot of things.
Me as an individual I can not forget my old pals now that I have a little. During the Christmas period I use to move about so much in the village looking for my old friends.
In some search I will discover that the person I am looking for had died many years ago.
This is life

Oga be careful as you round searching for old friends in the village to help.

Not all old friends worth helping. Some help will mean the last progress you'll make in life.

Be careful.

thats why i dont have any close friend friendship is scam

People just dey feel entitled these days sha