Kingzeez10:

You got admitted to the University and you built 4 bedrooms apartment just like that really?

You sound like one of those who have eaten 4 storey building and dont beleive people could save and be so focused to achieve their set goals. Go back and calculate how much a plot of land and bag of cement cost in 2006. Outside smoking and eating dog head What else were you doing with your own money in that year? If they check your stomach and wardrobe they will probably see 5 estates that you eat in the name of enjoyment

God lifts the poor from the dunghill to the throne thats the God i serve. You forgot to ask me how I have had Canada and US visas from 2012 to 2021? Steady visas back to back not Congo or Ghana visas


Land is 500k in Ibeju lekki now but you wont buy instead your target is iphone 11 pro max and Tomorrow when someone is testifying you will come ask dumb questions

pocohantas:


Yet you use your whole time online to insult people and form alfa male. Instead of building purposeful friendships/connections.

The difference between the poor and the rich, is sometimes the decisions they make.

Between you and him, who spends more time insulting people online? Just look in the mirror.
At least he is clean with his past, unlike you that lies about your real self, going about pretending to be happy when in real life, you are just one sad man-hater with nothing to show for it.

My dad is late.Started sending my poor mom money during my NYSC and Got a good Job afterwards.A 2:1 product,thanks to my poor who told me no money for any carry overs.
I was one of those employed based on federal character in abj.Gainfully working for the Federal government and doing fine.
I would say Preparation meets Opportunity.

I'm kinda in ur shoe right now. currently rounding up with nysc. How does this federal character employment work please?

Urchman90:
Really sorry about his incidence.I can see you have very good language understanding.
Do you know you hear again with the cochlear implant surgery which is now done in Nigeria by a professional surgeon.
Contact me on 08183777154.for direction to our ENT doctor.

Olayinka8793

Freehuman:

I attended the most expensive schools. I'm even a bit intelligent . My siblings are a bunch of empty heads. Not sure my siblings can compose write-ups like those who suffered during childhood according to the comments I've read so far in this thread. I'm even impressed with the deaf barber who didn't attend a University .

Millions have been spent on my siblings and myself . I still don't believe my siblings can compose a meaningful essay.

Four or five square meals a day. Girls from richer backgrounds chase you. Church girls crush on you after your parents make a donation and they see you walk into an exotic car after church service . You walk into your father's office and seat down in a seat a higher degree holder who is his employee wouldn't seat. Very clear skin and everyone calls you "soft boy".

I'm not worried about myself but fear for my siblings. Don't want them to taste poverty because I know those poor creatures can't survive the least difficult story I've read in this thread.

Poverty isn't good boss, i want to leave that cycle asap. Bless ur boy pls


I know my own escape from the poverty cycle will come very soon. I come from an average family but things nosedived when i was in senior sec sch. After sec school, i left home and started hustling and working different jobs.

I later apprenticed at a tyre service shop and learnt the trade. I got admission into uni and had to combine the skill (with other petty businesses) and schooling. That's how i paid for my University degree. Now im serving and almost done with nysc, i really pray for a miracle financially so i can support my family.

I can't continue with my Tyre services hustle all my life so i ventured into an online biz this year (KDP), by God's grace I'm escaping from poverty soon and i will update this post.

TotoNaRubber:

I was born with a Silver Spoon but things were a bit rough growing up, I studied at the prestigious MIT In the United States, I graduated with a First Class, earned $120,000 per year after graduation, got promoted after a few years, I have been working as a partner occupying the role of Technical Manager with Microsoft for over 11 years and earn $325,000 a year before taxes including bonuses.

Today, I look at my life and realize how far i have come, every year i donated half of my salary to the person who needs it most.

I was believing this until I saw you moniker

DrChukki:


I will WhatsApp you Bro...

07035453040
pls WhatsApp me too as im very interested,my own story quite pathetic,don't even want to start,thank you.

DrChukki:


I will WhatsApp you Bro...

Pls WhatsApp me too I'm interested too
08105960869

maasoap:


Hmmm! Won't you be there for them?

He wont be here and there for them, forever!
They have to learn to survive on their own.
Even Mummy and Daddy will go one day and if unlucky like Abiola, the wealth might disappear with their going!
It then becomes all man for himself.
Imagine, in a state of WAR like that of Rwanda, Somalia, Biafra, etc, how will your father's wealth help you or your brother's presence?

If there is a way he can talk to his Parents, about his fears for his siblings, maybe there is something they can do about it before its too late.

DrChukki:
I grew up in a very poor family.

I won't say am very rich now. I'm still in the process and I love the fruitful results am seeing.

While in schools, I went into DIGITAL MARKETING and COPYWRITING, that's what's fetching me money now and am pretty cool with it.

The journey has not been easy so far but is the determination to escape poverty that has kept me going.

My advice to anyone born poor is this:
"if you die poor is your fault"

pls sir kindly put me through with this Digital Marketing plus Copywriting so as to add it to my university cert,thank you...07035453040

grandstar:


Do you blame Yoruba people or OPC?

He blamed IPOB tha did not allow him stay in Umuahai and forced him to relocate to Lagos-London, without a penny in his pocket!

It wasn't that easy growing up, but I thank God. The story changed when I was passing by two people discussing on how to study in the United States. I just told them I am interested too.... long story short, I found myself in the United States.

The process was too easy, my wife didn't believe at first. Today we live with our kids in the US.

Mikeparlo12:
It wasn't that easy growing up, but I thank God. The story changed when I was passing by two people discussing on how to study in the United States. I just told them I am interested too.... long story short, I found myself in the United States.

The process was too easy, my wife didn't believe at first. Today we live with our kids in the US.

still available now?

nomenclature:
When my dad died ,I realised that the only way to make it is to travel out ,so I was able to convince my mom and elder bro ,as gratuity money come ,I use some part japa,there have been no regret so far ..I can confidently say I don make am abi who don see 80million never still make am?

Nice to hear you are doing fine now.

And did you remember and have you been helping those who made the sacrifice (Yoru Mum and your Brother) so you can move abroad?
Most people forget their little beginnings and dont remember the ladder they used in climbing up.
Try help them to climb up too, especially that your brother who could have scuttled your plans by instigating your Mum against it but did not.

MYHUBBY:
I was born in a poor home, I'm still poor but I'm not relaxing I will surely conquer and modify my story when God touches my helpers heart


I tasted poverty to a stage I don't want my enemy to experience, from secondary school to institution. it was a sad experience


my parents failed me,
my country failed me
family&friends failed me


but they will never be an excuse if I don't step up my game, don't do illegal, don't do Yahoo. unfortunately I lost my first gf to Yahoo guy, lost a lot of things and still find job go where a yahoo guy used his yahoo money established hotel. it was a regrettably situation to ever line behind legal for long in this country, I suffer for it and I'm still suffering for it

Looks like you are just trying to make excuses for yourself and justfify your venture (intention to go) into YahoYahoo.
Read the story of others here and let it motivate you that you can still survive an dmake it without soiling your hands!
There is a Price to pay, sooner or later, for any evil deed, KARMA is real.

Please I'm presently learning JavaScript, could you please help me in being in an environment/network that would enable my growth?

franchasng:
I won't call my family a poor family and neither will I call it a rich family, we were just there, my father tried his best in providing for us and seeing us through school and my mom, diamond mother, the best mother on earth did more than what I can explain in words to ensure I and my siblings succeeded in life. I can hardly remember my mother eating breakfast while growing up. I even thought it is normal for a mother not to eat breakfast but didn't know she was only trying to preserve the meals for it to reach us

She prayed, worked hard, starved, did all manner of businesses to support the family's income, and she never joked with men of God. Anything men of God, be it our own church or any church, she just loved sowing in the life of men of God and this I strongly believe paved way for me and my siblings.


We did farming, we did hawking, I and my siblings with the leadership of my mother did virtually everything human can do to survive. I just can't list them here.

Also I was homeless at a point in Lagos. I did a very undignified job after NYSC just to pull through.

But today, my family is like the pillar of our LGA you cannot ignore in any decision making

Now back to the story.

Personally, I suffered a lot. Due to the fact that my dad was a federal civil servant and with the nature of his role, we moved from one state to another, even to remote villages, making me change school and friends like wrapper, and this also affected me emotionally and in many other ways.

Because of my number in the family, I was still in secondary school when my father retired so things turned so soar that I did so many things to survive. I helped my mother in all manner of businesses she did, of course she didn't have a defined business, she just ventured into any trending moving business at the time so this affected me academically, but thank God for his natural gift of intelligence which made it easy for me to grasp anything I read or glance my eyes on.


My elderly siblings were fortunate and made it big which helped relief the burden on my parents for a while before my elder bro married a bad woman who then succeeded in turning him away from the family and he stopped helping us and my parents were retired at this time.


With time some other siblings picked up and we forgot him.

After school and NYSC, I found it difficult to secure a good paying job which also inspired my in born desire to own a business of my own. So when I finally secured a job, I didn't rely on the job, I started a business by the side, an online business.

My advice to young Nigerian youths reading, please don't neglect the opportunities internet offers. I can boldly say that internet made me who I am today. Internet liberated me. God bless my elder brother that introduced internet and computer appreciation to me at early age.


I am forever indebted to him till I die.

I built my own very successful company through the internet. My company has taken me places that my degree and academic prowess could not take me. And this company I built and developed it from the internet and today it is growing steadily and employing people which makes me so proud in life that I can now employ people and pay them, God I bless you everyday!




To all the ladies reading, stop underrating your younger brother in-laws, stop maltreating them, most of them will end up richer than that your husband you feel is Aliko Dangote today. Help your in-laws, stop being a bad and wicked woman. Being good does not cost much. Stop looking down on any guy now, future is very Pregnant oh!!

My last advice again to youths, please take internet seriously. Stop scam, stop internet scam, it pays for the mean time but it can never give you a sustainable income and success.


Find a major societal problem today and find a way to use the internet solve that problem and be committed to it, don't give up, continue doing it and you will testify with time.

Internet is a major key to success of youths from poor family background all over the world. Government cannot change your life, internet will if you use it judiciously.

Learn to programme, learn to code, learn web designing while in school and be dedicated to it.


Learn JavaScript that programming language is amazing.


I am not rich yet but I am seeing light and I give all the glory to God.

Above all help others. Help others! Help people around you. Help your friends they are very vital oh, help them!! Keep good and quality friends very important to your growth more than your relatives!

Be honest in your dealings and build integrity so people can trust you with their money and business.

I wish you all the best.

Hofbrauhaus:


Yahoo ba?

Ba ba black sheep

Freehuman:


We should create a thread about middle class kids especially those from conservative backgrounds. Our parents believe they have everything and we shouldn't do certain things. They believe we should only read and keep the family's business . I would have been a footballer in Europe if I had freedom as a child.

You have a very solid point. To me, being average or mediocre is sometimes worse than poverty.

yinkbell:


Don't try it bro. Just do it . have faith in what he tells you to do. Let me give you scriptures to hold onto. ( Mark 11:24).
keep thanking God after you have done that even though you have not seen the result. Our God is Miracle worker!

I add my voice....I have seen God open deaf ears, at least 1 through my hands. Just believe as my brother has Said and watch yourself hear and speak clearly. God bless you

SirBobiGentle:
My story is quite different because I will appreciate my father as a man any day any time. I remember growing up in a one room boys quarter with my parents and two siblings. Life was so tough and we use to help mum sell bonce and puff puff. Dad was a taxi driver but we didn't really know what he was doing then because we were quite young.

One thing about my dad was that he was determined and I remember my sister entering secondary school in one public school but before I got to enter secondary school, dad had a job that started paying something a little nice. We moved from the boys quarter to a one bedroom house that erosion nearly carried us one night. He put me in a private secondary school and transferred my sister to same private secondary school. My younger brother later joined us and things were beginning to change a little.

My dad didn't depend on that job because he kept pushing for something better till he struck a jackpot. He got employed in one of the biggest oil companies in Nigeria and then boom, the whole story started changing.

He bought our first house, bought cars, spoilt us with money. We got practically everything we wanted in life. I entered university first year with my own ride. He bought all of us rides and messed us up with whatever we needed. We go overseas for holidays and I saw the difference between poverty and riches.

He bought houses and also built a befitting palace to suit his status, set all of us up after graduation and we are all doing fine. He is retired now and still enjoying his pension peaceful to the point that if we send him 100k each as a gift, he will be laughing at us that we don't have money and we are giving him chicken change lol.

Life without money is actually the real hell on earth. Heaven is right here on earth when you gat money.

I pray everyone makes it in life.

My brother send me 100k I will not laugh at you and say u don't have money. I promise

franchasng:
even though you have a point, but not all families.


I can list 6 things that helped most Nigerian families escape poverty and they are:


0.) Trading & Importation

1.) Yahoo Yahoo or OBT or 419 (old name)

2.) American Visa Lottery - this helped lots of Nigerians escape poverty

3.) Illegal migration to Europe via Sahara Desert

4.) Internet freelancing

5.) Mini Importation & Dropshipping (2013 to 2017) for modern youths



These are the things that helped most Nigerian families escape poverty.

1 in every 10 Nigerian family escaped poverty through any of the above methods I listed

U just hit the nail at the head, very correct..

You will give it a TRY?

Oh you men of Little faith!

Olayinka8793:
Thanks. I will give it a try when I get home. I am in the salon now with customers around.

My mother was everything put together, though my father was alive, while I was growing, but he was never there for us. I never knew we were poor because everybody around us was the same. Easting rice was not commonplace in our house, at least we eat rice four times a year. Despite doing well in my academic work, I couldn't move passed ND. Whatever I was doing, I believed I could do better, I once applied to a job that required a bachelor degree, and I was picked ahead of those with a bachelor degree. I procured a fake bachelor degree, and I went through several stages of both written and oral interviews and eventually got the job. One guy who knew I had only ND, threatened to expose me when he couldn’t go beyond the second stage of the interview. I begged him and I was settling him regularly. But I knew that would not last forever, I safe and used the opportunity the job offered and moved to the US. Am not rich now, but I know I have escaped the poverty shackles. I am currently working on my PhD

Dont give up please!

SimplePlan34:
Not every one will make it. Some of us has given up just patiently wating for d end to come let's get out of did shit called life. I am just existing now.

Olayinka8793:
Well, I didn't only grew up poor, I also grew up disabled after suffering permanent hearing loss since I was a kid in primary school.
As painful as that hearing loss was, it was what later pushed me to go and learn a trade in barbing since my hearing loss will be a great hindrance to my pursuit of higher education as there is no way I could have survived in conventional universities even though I managed to survived conventional high school up to SS2, and the other obvious choice which is a university for the deafs is not an option either as I never learned sign language.
long story short, I am a boss barber now with my own shop and two obedient apprentice.
By God's grace l am completely totally independent and out of poverty.
Doesn't sound so much like a big deal but when l count the number of able bodied people l know who are not doing well as l am and will give anything just to be in my position, and the relations and friends l have been able to assist whenever l could, l can not but say a big thank you to God.

It is a BIG DEAL what you have achieved. I wish you more success.

franchasng:
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My advice to young Nigerian youths reading, please don't neglect the opportunities internet offers. I can boldly say that internet made me who I am today. Internet liberated me. God bless my elder brother that introduced internet and computer appreciation to me at early age.


I am forever indebted to him till I die.

I built my own very successful company through the internet. My company has taken me places that my degree and academic prowess could not take me. And this company I built and developed it from the internet and today it is growing steadily and employing people which makes me so proud in life that I can now employ people and pay them, God I bless you everyday!




To all the ladies reading, stop underrating your younger brother in-laws, stop maltreating them, most of them will end up richer than that your husband you feel is Aliko Dangote today. Help your in-laws, stop being a bad and wicked woman. Being good does not cost much. Stop looking down on any guy now, future is very Pregnant oh!!

My last advice again to youths, please take internet seriously. Stop scam, stop internet scam, it pays for the mean time but it can never give you a sustainable income and success.


Find a major societal problem today and find a way to use the internet solve that problem and be committed to it, don't give up, continue doing it and you will testify with time.

Internet is a major key to success of youths from poor family background all over the world. Government cannot change your life, internet will if you use it judiciously.

Learn to programme, learn to code, learn web designing while in school and be dedicated to it.


Learn JavaScript that programming language is amazing.


I am not rich yet but I am seeing light and I give all the glory to God.

Above all help others. Help others! Help people around you. Help your friends they are very vital oh, help them!! Keep good and quality friends very important to your growth more than your relatives!

Be honest in your dealings and build integrity so people can trust you with their money and business.

I wish you all the best.

This is the best advice I have seen on this thread.
Thank you for taking time to type it. It made a lot of sense to me. I really appreciate it.

DrChukki:
I grew up in a very poor family.

I won't say am very rich now. I'm still in the process and I love the fruitful results am seeing.

While in schools, I went into DIGITAL MARKETING and COPYWRITING, that's what's fetching me money now and am pretty cool with it.

The journey has not been easy so far but is the determination to escape poverty that has kept me going.

My advice to anyone born poor is this:
"if you die poor is your fault"

Boss Abeg....wanna learn about this copywriting...I’m a student
This is my number 09077881906 Cos I can’t see your number at your signature

yusufu16:
I was raised in a family of 10. At a point I was sent home from my school because no money for school fees. I hawk murchiya (pardon me I don't know the name in English),

After my secondary I moved to Abuja to hustle. At a point I got a job in a business center where I was to be paid N4k a month as salary. But 4 months in the job I wasn't paid a dime as salary. How I survive, only God knows. One time I could no afford money to even eat. So my friend and I will go inside bush to go and pluck unriped guava just to survive for that day. Let me also add that I was sleeping inside in a saloon. I always sleep whenever the owner of the salon finishes for the day. I will spray a clothe on the floor to sleep, no pillow, no nothing inside the shop.

Time past, I gather small money which I used to go write JAMB. On the day of the JAMB, after the exam, I didn't have transport money to come back. I just went there, without even thinking how I am going to come back. So what I did was to beg one man who brought his children with his car. As God will have it, they were going close to where I live.

JAMB result came out I score 191. Hmm what do I say. Live goes on. To my greatest surprise I got admitted into ABU, Zaria with the result.

In the university I didn't have money for accommodation, so I had to squat with other students because I used my savings to pay for the school fees. While in the university, sometimes I go hustle outside campus just to get money to survive.

As time goes one, I was able to secured 2 scholarships which has helped me complete my university and came out with 2.1.

Today I am a graduate, owned a car, and now i am into freelancing - website development and graphics design.

In all these I give God the glory and I am still hoping for better life ahead.

Which programming language do you use as a web developer

magicminister:
Man!!! It was rough!!!

Grew up in a ghetto in Lagos where we were oppressed by OPC everyday. There were public lynching and ethnic cleansing conducted by the OPC.

Then we were oppressed by the police. After OPC have had their way and killed whom they pleased, the police would extort us and beat us severely if you dared to oppose

Then there were the thieves that would raid every house in the ghetto. Robbing and raping and killing. Fortunately, we were never attacked by any of those but I saw it so many times that I got desensitized to the deaths and charred bodies that lined up the street everyday.

It wasn’t funny!

what area in Lagos are you talking about?

Your story inspires me considering my suffering from a hearing defect(i'm unilaterally deaf, deaf in one ear) I'm super proud if you boss man

Olayinka8793:
Well, I didn't only grew up poor, I also grew up disabled after suffering permanent hearing loss since I was a kid in primary school.
As painful as that hearing loss was, it was what later pushed me to go and learn a trade in barbing since my hearing loss will be a great hindrance to my pursuit of higher education as there is no way I could have survived in conventional universities even though I managed to survived conventional high school up to SS2, and the other obvious choice which is a university for the deafs is not an option either as I never learned sign language.
long story short, I am a boss barber now with my own shop and two obedient apprentice.
By God's grace l am completely totally independent and out of poverty.
Doesn't sound so much like a big deal but when l count the number of able bodied people l know who are not doing well as l am and will give anything just to be in my position, and the relations and friends l have been able to assist whenever l could, l can not but say a big thank you to God.

TotoNaRubber:

I was born with a Silver Spoon but things were a bit rough growing up, I studied at the prestigious MIT In the United States, I graduated with a First Class, earned $120,000 per year after graduation, got promoted after a few years, I have been working as a partner occupying the role of Technical Manager with Microsoft for over 11 years and earn $325,000 a year before taxes including bonuses.

Today, I look at my life and realize how far i have come, every year i donated half of my salary to the person who needs it most.

I'm part of people who need it please. Thanks, God bless sir.