Tell us a bit about your childhood<\/b><\/p>\n
I like to think my childhood is my favourite part of my entire existence. I was an only child for 10 years and had all the attention to myself. I remember my dad traveling and returning with lots of toys and chocolates. My mum made the best yam porridge, and she made it whenever I wanted. She was a stay at home mum.\u00a0 I remember the day she told me she was pregnant with my little sister. I was so excited, finally I\u2019d have someone to play with. Little did I know I\u2019d get more than I bargained for.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, what happened?<\/b><\/p>\n Well, my mum had twins, a girl and a boy. Next thing I know, I was mum number 2. It wasn\u2019t so bad though because we had two helpers at home at the time. Also, it was only for the holidays, as I got enrolled into a boarding school. Boarding school was amazing, I went to a private boarding school in Victoria Island. My dad also worked there so he dropped at my school quite often with gifts. I like to think that\u2019s why my love language is receiving gifts. My dad loved to spoil me silly with gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Daddy\u2019s girl, so you grew up rich<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, I don\u2019t recall a time we ever had to struggle for money. My mum didn\u2019t work but I remember she enjoyed hosting parties. She also used to buy a lot of clothes. I remember seeing different vendors in our house trying to sell to my mum. I think my dad started a new business at this time. We also started taking family vacations abroad during this period. Life was perfect! I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d ever have to worry about a thing, my daddy was always there to provide. Well, that was until everything changed.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What do you mean by life?<\/b><\/p>\n My dad died in a car accident in my second year in university. My mum took a while to adjust to our new reality. She sold some of my dad\u2019s property and started a retail fabric business. She had a hard time managing the business. Soon we had only the house we lived in and one car left to our name. I\u2019m still amazed at how fast our lives changed. I sometimes feel like my mum could have managed our funds better but how can I blame her; no one prepared for this.<\/span><\/p>\n My mum was adamant about retaining my siblings in their highbrow private school while I was in a private university. This meant we had very little to run the house after paying school fees. At some point, my allowance became irregular. So, I stopped asking.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How did you survive then?<\/b><\/p>\n I started selling Shawarma in school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shawarma?! How did that start?<\/b><\/p>\n Shawarma wasn\u2019t allowed in my school. However, I had my way of getting one for myself. If you went to my school, trust me you\u2019d understand how big of a deal it was to get hold of anything that contained meat. People started asking me to get for the<\/span><\/p>\n m as well. So, I doubled the price. I\u2019d buy the Shawarma at the price of N500 and sell it for N1000. Soon, word spread and I was making at least 30k a week. I did this till I was in my final year. I had to stop because I couldn\u2019t risk being suspended at my final phase.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wow! Talk about a Risk Taker. How\u2019s life going now?<\/b><\/p>\n I interned at my late dad\u2019s friend\u2019s agency. This was where I picked up an interest in design. I started learning on my own, started with graphics design. During this period, my mum\u2019s business started to fair pretty well so I was able to pay for Product Design classes.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ahn Ahn! Tech sis in the building<\/b><\/p>\n *laughs* Don\u2019t start o. I mean the journey has been good, I can\u2019t lie. I now work with a startup fintech and I run a couple of side gigs once in a while.<\/span><\/p>\n I send money to my mum regularly and I started a poultry business with her supervision. I also have investments in stock and crypto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n That\u2019s really nice. How often do you miss your dad?<\/b><\/p>\n ALL THE TIME! I miss him so much. I never imagined life without him. I was pretty sure I was going to be a daddy\u2019s girl for life but life has its way of surprising us. Sometimes I wish he saw the future and made a backup plan for us to fall back on.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wow! There you have it, don't wait for life to happen.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Get a backup plan with Enterprise Life today to secure your family's future.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tell us a bit about your childhood I like to think my childhood is my favourite part of my entire existence. I was an only child for 10 years and had all the attention to myself. 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