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This story indeed baffles me

The popular and controversial saying that 'what a man can do a woman can do better' is further proved as many Nigerian women have in recent times joined the tricycle business (popularly called "keke maruwa" in Lagos).

28 year old Deborah Sani is not just a female tricycle rider who plies the Ikeja-Toyin Street in Lagos, but also a trained teacher who obtained a National Certificate in Education (NCE) in 2009 from the former Federal College of Education Zaria, now Federal University of Education, Zaria and also currently undergoing a Diploma Program at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

When asked what led her into the business, she said, "when you compare the income from this job and any other job I could have been doing right now because I'm a qualified teacher. Teaching job if they will pay you N20,000, they will think they are paying you so well. Even if they will pay you N30,000 they feel it's a better job you are doing. But from this I can easily keep that amount as savings not as earnings."

She added that the need to save and not just to earn led her to make enquiries regarding the business as well as embarking on training with a volunteer keke driver.

Derby as she is fondly called said, "I got to realise that the jobs you do and you get your earnings daily seem to be far more lucrative than the usual corporate jobs. So when someone mentioned the idea that I don't even need capital to start it, I just need to know how to operate it. So I started looking for a trainer."

Deborah, who is still single, got someone who decided to teach her for one hour daily and she learnt the skill after about 8 lessons.
According to her, she makes a daily savings of about 2000 with extra to cater for her needs.Trained Female Teacher Turns Keke Driver
She said, "After settling all levies, buy petrol, oil and making daily accounts to the keke owner, I make not less than N3,000 of which I save N2,000 and spends N1,000 on daily needs."

Deborah Sani calls on the unemployed youths to be flexible when seeking for employment.
She said, "they should not concentrate on one particular direction when they are looking for a job. Like saying I want to work in a school, I want to work in an office. You are narrowing your opportunities and some of these office jobs, these monthly paid employment, they might not pay you enough because come to think of it you might get a job now that will take you to the Island and you will discover that at the end of each day you spend close to a thousand or more daily. Tell me how such a person can save anything."

A tricycle ticket vendor in Ikeja, Lagos who pleaded anonymity said one of the problems Keke Drivers encounter in the business is insatiable passengers.

He noted that this problem is not peculiar to female gender, as some male counterparts also encounter same.

"Most of them (keke riders) are graduates. The challenges are the same for both genders. One of your passengers can decide to withhold his or her fare because you didn't stop where he/she wants you to even when that place is not a bus stop."

He opined that the business requires patience just like other businesses and encouraged more women and ladies to join them.

http://ghemedia.com/lagos-trained-female-teacher-turns-keke-driver/

As long as she's. Not depending on any man like some will do/teacher by day and prostitute/robbery @ nite,kudos to her.I like hard working lady.God bless/enlarge her coast

eleko1:
As long as she's. Not depending on any man like some will do/teacher by day and prostitute/robbery @ nite,kudos to her.I like hard working lady.God bless/enlarge her coast

Amen

Grabbing the bull by the horn. That is a lady!
And some people will be looking for excuses to do evil to survive or lazying around and complaining

Keke is cool business... Wanted to join them here in owerri, but Keke com plenty pass passengers.

ArchEnemy:
Grabbing the bull by the horn. That is a lady!
And some people will be looking for excuses to do evil to survive or lazying around and complaining

I salute her actually

ify84:
Keke is cool business... Wanted to join them here in owerri, but Keke com plenty pass passengers.

Look for areas where keke are smaller

What kind of title is this? What's your business with what work she is doing? Since when did been a keke driver driver turn to a taboo....abeg op better park well!

joywendy:
What kind of title is this? What's your business with what work she is doing? Since when did been a keke driver driver turn to a taboo....abeg op better park well!

Obviously our society consciously or unconsciously sort works into niches, each niche with stars