Mrs. Juliana Godwin, a 42-year-old Junior Secondary School
I (JSSI) student of Junior Secondary School, Gosa, Abuja, has
become one of those persons with strong will to change her
condition.
Mrs. Godwin, who hails from Riyom in Riyom Local
Government Area of Plateau State, had her education stalled
by lack of sponsorship, a situation that made her to drop
out, in 1983, of LEA Primary School, Riyom.
“I had to leave for Jos in 1983,
since my father could no longer
sponsor my education to
secondary school because he had
no money. While I was with my
cousin, I enrolled in a tailoring
shop to learn dress making. I
completed it within a year and six
months”, she told Sunday
Vanguard.
In 2001, she and her children left
Jos to join her husband in Abuja,
where they live at Gosa village,
along Airport Road.
An industrious woman, Godwin
became the bread-winner of her
family. Since had skill in hair
plaiting, that became a source of
livelihood for her and the family.
Later she ventured into hawking of
water in a basin in Gosa market to boost the family’s
income.
“In 2003, I was able to save some money from water
hawking. I started pepper and tomato business with N1,000
from the savings. I also went into corn roasting business, but
my husband stopped me from the business in 2007,” she
said.
In 2008, Godwin decided to go into vocational training with a
non-governmental organisation called Refocusing Nigerian
Talents Organisation, RENITO, where she was trained in soap
(liquid, medicated and bar), pomade and disinfectants
production.
“Now I can produce and sell the products I was trained on,
and I started with N1,500”, Mrs. Godwin narrated.
“I came to realise that the business was lucrative and helpful
to me and my family. I decided to make savings towards
going back to school after I dropped out in 1983.





•L-R: Mrs. Juliana Godwin
with her son, Sam
Godwin, in front of Junior
Secondary School, Gosa,
Abuja signboard

The boy no go try misbehave