The woman’s business had flopped to the point that they couldn’t pay house rent.
A Twitter user has narrated how a woman’s business rose from the region of petty trading to a full blown business with a manager and about fifteen staffs. He said she moved into the business after the first business she and her husband had flopped to the point that they couldn’t pay house rent. From starting with a crate of beer, she progressed into running a disco outlet.
Read the story below.
”Let me tell you people an inspiring story and why anything is possible if you are serious. About 10 or 9 years ago there was a husband and wife in our area in Okoko,husband hustled in Alaba, had a shop but all of a sudden shit went sideways, with 2 kids and an infant they went completely broke, couldn’t pay rent. A year of defaulting on house rent payment and landlord decided he couldn’t take it anymore and removed the roof of their apartment.
I forgot to mention their first child’s name is “Chi”, so mama and papa chi lived in that house for 4 months without roof. During that time Mama Chi started selling beer. She didn’t have a shop or anything, she bought 8 plastic chairs and 2 tables. This woman started with selling 1 crate of beer, I know because I was one of her first customers. 1 crate of beer and she had no fridge, she was lucky to find a nearby local chemist who allowed her to store her drinks. 1 crate. That crate was star, if you wanted heineken or gulder there was a nearby shop she ordered from. She kept going. A few months after they managed to rent a shop, that shop doubled as their house, they moved from the apartment without a roof. This woman added cat fish pepper soup and a few more crates.
I watched that business grow steadily for about a year until I moved out of the area. Now, 10 years later imagine my shock when I went back to that spot and I could not believe what my eyes saw. Mama Chi has over 15 servers, Papa Chi na him be manager now. This place has become a full blown disco. This woman was so excited to see me and kept saying I should bring my old friends to come and enjoy free of charge. Mama Chi told me they have built a house in Lagos and Chi don dey ready to enter university. Listen! I picked 2 lessons from this. 1. Keep moving no room for self pity. 2. Women ARE STRONG. You doubt me see widows”.
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