GBEMISOLA Akinsipe’s play, I See The Sun, starts with mourners at the burial of a wealthy man, Dr Ajibade Makanjuola. His wives, children and family members listen to the priest speak on the life of the businessman and the impact he made in people’s lives.
However, once the burial is over, his two wives and 10 children begin planning how to get large chunk of his wealth.
Some of the children go as far as consulting with herbalists in order to get favourable assets from their late father’s estate.
The person who will read the wealthy man’s will is his best friend and lawyer, Christopher Thompson.
When Thompson finally arrives into the country and reads the will, the children discover their father left nothing for them.
According to the will, Dr Makanjuola gives his 10 estates to his two wives, as well as millions of naira.
He, however, instructs that any of his children will be given N100 million if he/she is wealthy in his own right.
The instruction is that each of the children’s bank account should be checked, and anyone of them who is wealthy should be given the money.
With this, all the children get nothing from their father’s estate, as they are not financially prudent when their father was alive.
The book teaches on why it is necessary for one, especially children of the rich, not to rely on their parents’ wealth in life, but step out to make their own fortune.
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