Veteran Nigerian actor, Ramsey Nouah has taken to his official Instagram page to lay out a piece of advice for rich kinds in Nigeria.
According to
the talented producer, hustlers ought to be respected by rich kids for their
hard work, because one way or the other, you being the rich kid, your
parent/grandparent must have worked very hard to acquire what you did no work
for.
You may
recall that the veteran actor revealed in an interview how he strived to get
where he is now, he said; “Those were the times when things got really bad for
my mother and I and we had nothing. It was so bad that we didn’t have a home or
shelter to live in. We had to stay in a store, a small store that could take
only one mat. My mother and I squeezed ourselves in that mat. We didn’t even
have a cup to drink water not to talk of a stove to cook. And my mother had to
borrow, beg and stuff like that.
These were
moments when I was young I didn’t realize the gravity of poverty we were in, I
couldn’t tell. But it was a good orientation for me. It was moments that I
thank God for making me past through, because that has sustained and helped me
even as an actor. The ability to deliver all the roles they give me because I
have tasted both sides of the coin.
My growing up
was like tasting the two sides of a coin. When I said tasting the two sides of
a coin; I mean tasting being a rich man and a poor man. I grew up with my
mother, and with a silver spoon, I had it all. When I began to realize that I
had good things to show off, everything disappeared.
We started
from grace to grass; that has helped me a lot because it totally balanced the
equation of life. It gives me confidence in all spheres. For instance, I can
hang out with the enlightened or the rich. I can mingle with them very easily
without any complication or complex whatsoever.
Also, if it
is the low class or poor people, I can mingle very easily with them. I can eat
a fantastic dinner in a huge, expensive restaurant and I can go eat amala at a
buka and I would not feel anything. I don’t care being a popular actor or a
role model. I am a role model to everybody.
Life has
taught me never to look down on anybody because the person you disregard might
just be your saviour tomorrow. I realized that all my mother’s property was
washed away by rain. We couldn’t sleep all through the night because of the
flood. It was really terrible. Like I said, it is a life lesson.
Yeah, those moments; those terrible moments when we had nothing and we were living off people. People were just helping us out. There were times we didn’t have food to eat three or four days. You haven’t eaten and your stomach is rumbling but you don’t have any place to go. There was a time I lived on the street, in shops.
There was a time I slept under the bridge. It was unfortunate that there
were no records so that we can have memories we could play back now. To me, I
am so extremely grateful that I went through it. At that time I hated everybody
around me. In fact, I used to question why God was doing this to me. But I
think God knew that I needed this for my future.“
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