Working Lives by Arbiterz

17/12/2023

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13/04/2021

“I have already accepted my fate that I will be hawking for the rest of my life, at least just before I get too old. There are no jobs out there. I have been able to pay for my children’s school fees and support my family from this hawking business. There is no need to rent a shop. I just wake up in the morning, say my prayers, freshen up and head out with my goods for the day and God has always blessed me” - The Owerri Man Who Came to Lagos Just to Continue Hawking.

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I hawked goods in Owerri for about 2 years before I came down to Lagos. My friends and family members who were hawking in Lagos told me that there is a lot of traffic and more money in Lagos so hawking is more rewarding.

13/04/2021

“I am hawking just so as I can be able to assist my husband with the bills at home. May be when my kids are close to graduating from the university, I will then think of just getting a shop close to my house and sell in the neighborhood. I will be too tired and old to be running after busses in traffic by then” - The Hawker Who Is Waiting for Her Children to Finish University.

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May be when my kids are close to graduating from the university, I will then think of just getting a shop close to my house and sell in the neighborhood. I will be too tired and old to be running after busses in traffic by then.

16/03/2021

"I was able to get a job the following year after finishing secondary school. I worked as a secretary to one of my dad’s friends who was into fishing. I did the bookkeeping and also made sure the workers bought the right number of feeds.”

Katangua is a market in the suburbs of Lagos. It is regarded as the biggest market for secondhand clothes, aka okrika, in Nigeria.

14/03/2021

"I attended Lagos State Model College and finished in 2004. I was supposed to further my education but one thing led to another and I couldn’t anymore. I got pregnant, my parents lashed out at me, then I got married to the father of my son. That was how the dream to continue school ended.”

Katangua is a market in the suburbs of Lagos. It is regarded as the biggest market for secondhand clothes, aka okrika, in Nigeria.

14/03/2021

"All thanks to my kids. They told me about Instagram and how I could take pictures of my market and sell online. All I did was just pay some money for online promotion and I was getting one or two customers weekly.”

Katangua is a market in the suburbs of Lagos. It is regarded as the biggest market for secondhand clothes, aka okrika, in Nigeria.

14/03/2021

"My husband is late and I have been the only one catering for 3 kids. Two of them are in the university already. The last born is in junior secondary school. I know God will continue to see me through.”

Katangua is a market in the suburbs of Lagos. It is regarded as the biggest market for secondhand clothes, aka okrika, in Nigeria.

14/03/2021

"When I finished secondary school, I went to Lagos and got a job. I worked for a hotel for a few years but then I realized I wasn’t going anywhere in life. I was running hard on one spot. So I went back home. My father asked me what I wanted to do and I said I would like to be buying cocoa.”

Working Lives - Cocoa Farmers: I was running hard on one spot. So I went back home. My father asked me what I wanted to do and I said I would like to be buying cocoa.

14/03/2021

"If the government can fix these roads and send us doctors, we won’t be disturbing city people. Everyone will stay in their villages and the exchange of goods will be going smoothly.”

Working Lives - Cocoa Farmers: "If the government can fix these roads and send us doctors, we won't be disturbing city people."

14/03/2021

"I ventured into the business because I couldn’t get a well-paying job after finishing my HND. I ran into my uncle at a naming ceremony and he advised me to go into cocoa farming. I took the advice and I have never looked back.”

Working Lives - Cocoa Farmers: "I ventured into the business because I couldn't get a well-paying job after finishing my HND."

14/03/2021

"I went to school to a certain stage but later decided to become a farmer. My grandfather and father were farmers. I noticed that they had a better standard of living than people with education. This influenced my decision to become a farmer.”

Working Lives - Cocoa Farmers: "My grandfather and father were farmers. I noticed that they had a better standard of living than people with education. This influenced my decision to become a cocoa farmer."