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I hope my story will motivate someone to take charge of their life.
I lost my job last year July, and so a friend of mine introduce me to a poultry farm where I am earning 22k per month.

A man with wife and two kids o, my wife was not happy with the job even though she has been ive in her own little way. And then, she suggested that I should learn handwork, and so I decided to learn welder.

On getting to the man, he told me I will spend 2 years o, I will pay 70k to learn from him. Me way I no get even 20k, I begged him to collect 50k and he agreed.

Then he asked me to make part payment of 30k. I went home and told my wife, and then she gave me 20k to give to the man. I gave the man 20k and he collected it, to my greatest surprise within 2 months I started doing the welding job perfectly.

On my own, I have paid up the remaining 30k with small small repairs job he allowed me to be doing for people. And by God's grace, I have started saving up for my tools.

I really thank my wife for the advice and the welder too. The man has been a tremendous blessing to me in many way. He even told me yesterday that with the look of things I may be free from him in 2 months time except I decided to still remain with him for a while.

Please take charge of your life and stop depending on people for survival.

Just try and get a port and apply for foriegn visa Sponsored welding jobs, go on jobs indeed and other job portal with a euro style CV



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I swear down right now i want to learn welding and metal forging..

There is no end to learning and that mindset in Nigeria that a graduate should not get his hands dirty is what leads to stealing..

Enjoy your new and useful knowledge sir... i think i will do the same sef although I would prefer a more formal metalwork training

Same here, but my own, I learnt to be a nanny.

TheBillyonaire:
Same here, but my own, I learnt to be a nanny.

Chai!

Renewed suffering! By Tinubus govt, dey cause urgent hardship.

Successonpoint:
I hope my story will motivate someone to take charge of their life. I lost my job last year July, and so a friend of mine introduce me to a poultry farm where I am earning 22k per month. A man with wife and two kids o, my wife was not happy with the job even though she has been ive in her own little way. And then, she suggested that I should learn handwork, and so I decided to learn welder. On getting to the man, he told me I will spend 2 years o, I will pay 70k to learn from him. Me way I no get even 20k, I begged him to collect 50k and he agreed. Then he asked me to make part payment of 30k. I went home and told my wife, and then she gave me 20k to give to the man. I gave the man 20k and he collected it, to my greatest surprise within 2 months I started doing the welding job perfectly. On my own, I have paid up the remaining 30k with small small repairs job he allowed me to be doing for people. And by God's grace, I have started saving up for my tools. I really thank my wife for the advice and the welder too. The man has been a tremendous blessing to me in many way. He even told me yesterday that with the look of things I may be free from him in 2 months time except I decided to still remain with him for a while. Please take charge of your life and stop depending on people for survival.

You will make it in life.

Successonpoint:
I hope my story will motivate someone to take charge of their life. I lost my job last year July, and so a friend of mine introduce me to a poultry farm where I am earning 22k per month. A man with wife and two kids o, my wife was not happy with the job even though she has been ive in her own little way. And then, she suggested that I should learn handwork, and so I decided to learn welder. On getting to the man, he told me I will spend 2 years o, I will pay 70k to learn from him. Me way I no get even 20k, I begged him to collect 50k and he agreed. Then he asked me to make part payment of 30k. I went home and told my wife, and then she gave me 20k to give to the man. I gave the man 20k and he collected it, to my greatest surprise within 2 months I started doing the welding job perfectly. On my own, I have paid up the remaining 30k with small small repairs job he allowed me to be doing for people. And by God's grace, I have started saving up for my tools. I really thank my wife for the advice and the welder too. The man has been a tremendous blessing to me in many way. He even told me yesterday that with the look of things I may be free from him in 2 months time except I decided to still remain with him for a while. Please take charge of your life and stop depending on people for survival.

thank God you have a ive wife. you never know how lucky you are.

The last sentence is a tremendous motivation. "Please take charge of your life and stop depending on people for survival."

Better late than never.

I really thank God for her. I pray God will help me to be able to take care of her very well.
When things are very hard, her mother advised her to leave me, but she said no.
I wouldn't have known if not that she decided to tell me.

1Alex:
thank God you have a ive wife. you never know how lucky you are.

Successonpoint:
I hope my story will motivate someone to take charge of their life. I lost my job last year July, and so a friend of mine introduce me to a poultry farm where I am earning 22k per month. A man with wife and two kids o, my wife was not happy with the job even though she has been ive in her own little way. And then, she suggested that I should learn handwork, and so I decided to learn welder. On getting to the man, he told me I will spend 2 years o, I will pay 70k to learn from him. Me way I no get even 20k, I begged him to collect 50k and he agreed. Then he asked me to make part payment of 30k. I went home and told my wife, and then she gave me 20k to give to the man. I gave the man 20k and he collected it, to my greatest surprise within 2 months I started doing the welding job perfectly. On my own, I have paid up the remaining 30k with small small repairs job he allowed me to be doing for people. And by God's grace, I have started saving up for my tools. I really thank my wife for the advice and the welder too. The man has been a tremendous blessing to me in many way. He even told me yesterday that with the look of things I may be free from him in 2 months time except I decided to still remain with him for a while. Please take charge of your life and stop depending on people for survival.

I like ur motivation
Even me. Before I leave SA..i go learn fabrication n get certificate..
I already know what I'll be doing when I come to naija..
It's nothing ya all seen before..
I go tap into am.. before people go begin enter am sef

Successonpoint:
I hope my story will motivate someone to take charge of their life. I lost my job last year July, and so a friend of mine introduce me to a poultry farm where I am earning 22k per month. A man with wife and two kids o, my wife was not happy with the job even though she has been ive in her own little way. And then, she suggested that I should learn handwork, and so I decided to learn welder. On getting to the man, he told me I will spend 2 years o, I will pay 70k to learn from him. Me way I no get even 20k, I begged him to collect 50k and he agreed. Then he asked me to make part payment of 30k. I went home and told my wife, and then she gave me 20k to give to the man. I gave the man 20k and he collected it, to my greatest surprise within 2 months I started doing the welding job perfectly. On my own, I have paid up the remaining 30k with small small repairs job he allowed me to be doing for people. And by God's grace, I have started saving up for my tools. I really thank my wife for the advice and the welder too. The man has been a tremendous blessing to me in many way. He even told me yesterday that with the look of things I may be free from him in 2 months time except I decided to still remain with him for a while. Please take charge of your life and stop depending on people for survival.

U get safety boot..
Make I send u

Nice one

Observing the thread carefully.....

Chai

solmusdesigns:
Just try and get a port and apply for foriegn visa Sponsored welding jobs, go on jobs indeed

Exactly what I would have advised him.

If it's handwork I would have advised you to go for solar inverter installation technician. That's the most lucrative handwork in vogue now.

Oga welder!

Reason my future man must have more than 4 businesses that are bringing in millions every month. I can’t settle for a welder. It’s not my portion!!!

May God help you struggling men.

Thank you Op.
Are you learning design too and machine fabrication or just cut and t

That's the spirit!!!

Thumbs. Up

Wishing you more success

Handiwork is oil money if you are good and get some nice connections.

I too regretted then that I don’t have any hand skill when I first moved outside Nigeria.
All the Nigerians guys that are doing handiwork from painting to track drivers, in Libya then made massive money.
It then I rushed to learn how to repair Desktops and Laptops ooh, I even destroyed my laptop in the process.

One of my friend, who made to goes to people house and barber them, he said he made extra 2K every month during barber as side hustle.

Wrong move.

You have opportunity to learn the poultry business while getting paid on it, but you choose to pay just to learn local welding.

I know some wealthy poultry business owners, I am yet to see a wealthy local welder in Nigeria.

I have 2 degrees and as I am typing this I am learning solar installation as an apprentice.
I have realised that we need to learn something from the Igbo apprenticeship scheme, those guys have produced real entrepreneurs making good money.

I spent 10 years working for a company and have little to show for it, while people without shops at big markets are building houses just from directing you to buy from a particular shop and they get commission.
I quit my job seeing the trajectory of where the company was heading to become an apprentice whilst applying my knowledge from school and company to make a fast learner.

Because of how I humbled myself to learn from them my colleagues and senior apprentices they were shocked when I told them I was going for Alumni meeting one day of the prestigious university I attended

You are blessed Op...! It's never too late to start afresh or pursue a dream!

Quick question:

Why did you not properly learn and dive into the poultry business for which you were an employee?

Wow

Quite motivating!
It's never too late to be in charge of your life.