Anna James selling snacks
Anna’s life
It
all started with a report in Leadership newspaper, telling about the girl
selling snacks in Utako market of the country capital. Anna was struggling for
survival and at the same time was saving up money to make her dream come true:
to become a microbiology student at the university.
The
22-year-old girl preferred to follow the path of honor by working hard no
matter how humble the starting point was. The beautiful female did not consider
the way of degradation, taking poverty as an excuse.
After
several failed attempts to find a job, the girl engaged into making snacks by
herself and selling them, for which she first borrowed N10, 000 as a start
capital. Doing all by herself, Anna had only several hours for sleep per day to
keep the business afloat.
Regarding
her earnings, the young hard worker managed to save up to N 18,000 monthly,
which amount she deposited in a bank. By saving money Anna wanted to continue
education and to be able to support her parents, both suffering from bad health
conditions.
Accepting
life as it is, the girl refused to search for “easy money” saying:
“I
will never sell my body for any favour. If that’s what it has to take to make
it, I can’t do it and that is why I started this small business.”
When
asked to give advice to her peers experiencing hardships, Anna recommended them
to understand the value of dignity in labour and create legal job opportunities
for themselves.
Reactions to Anna’s story
Fortune smiled at Anna
James through the director general of National Orientation Agency (NOA) Omeri
Mike, who could not stay indifferent to her story.
Impressed the girl’s
attitude, Omeri decided to honour Anna for portraying the value of dignity in
labour.
At the occasion dedicated
to celebration of the award recently granted to him by President Goodluck
Jonathan, Omeri spoke about Anna recognizing her achievement at the hearing of
the dignitaries who graced the event.
He donated N200,000 to Anna
for her to go back to school. Additionally, the Minister of State for Power
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil contributed to the donation with N300,000 amount, two
more people donated N200,000 and N300,000, making the total sum of one million
naira.
The girl received a call a
week after her initial story had been published she was invited to attend a
function as a special guest to the DG-NOA, where she confessed she was treated
like a special guest.
Upon hearing about honours
and the donations, Anna could not control her emotions and she kept praying
that God would bless Omeri and all those who helped to make her dream come
true.
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