Fatima Abdullahi, a widow in her early 50s rather than resort to begging for alms  has found succor in selling beans cake popularly known as “akara”.

As a result, Fatima now makes an average of N5000 daily from selling akara and pap, known as “koko”, to make ends meet.

The widow said she did not require intervention funds from the government or access to micro-finance to succeed.

The enterprising woman, a resident in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, said in Kaduna on Wednesday that she started the business about 10 years ago after the death of her husband.

She said that although she was left with no one to help her and her kids, she disliked the idea of begging and decided to use savings to start the bean cake business.

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