When The World Becomes Too Much With Stingy Men! By Isaac Asabor Listen to article When my 17-year old son, Daniel, cursorily read the speech delivered by the Chairman of an event I covered as a Reporter in Ikorodu on December 13, 2020, he was unarguably perplexed over the achievements recorded by the Club in the year as conveyed by the speech. For the sake of clarity, it suffices in this context to say that the event revolved around the official presentation of Lion (Comm) Adefunke Oluranti Esan as the 17 th President of Ikorodu Metropolitan Lions Club, and the installations of other officials for 2020/21 Lions Year of the Club. He was perplexed that the Club was able to record such magnitude of developmental projects within several communities in Ikorodu, and at the same time told me that for the Club to have being able to achieve such impressive successes that its members must be philanthropically disposed, and not parsimonious. He screamed, “Daddy, this Club is somehow competing with Ikorodu Local Government in terms of Projects executed through the members within the year.