And who says there's no dignity in labour, once you are in it, it can only get better with your optimistic spirits.

great but kids please stay in school. This doesn't happen to every one ..in another news why havent we figured out a way to get corn all year round why is the damn thing still seasonal?

raayah:
She stated that she only sells corn during the corn season and works as a caterer and fashion designer during the on-season.

Selling corn obviously isnt her main source of income. She also is apparently married so she might be able to save some money on that end, hubby providing for her.

She also didnt state the location of the house and how much it costs. It could have been at a very cheap and extreme location, which is not bad.

We need to know the full details

I love happy stories and i am proud of her for being able to overcome her challenges but lets be realistic.

If you make 10,000 naira in profit a month from selling corn ( slight exagerration). I dont see how can eat, pay rent and bills and still be able to build a house with such income. It will take years of extreme saving.

Op should probably retitle.

EDIT:
A lot of people are mentioning me and telling me that corn-sellers make 20k daily, 400,000 naira a month
Please nairalanders , quit your Job and start selling corn.
My 2 cents

Helllloooooo,whether or nt there is a hubby dat supports d wife,if der's any biz dat is profitable it is dis corn biz either roasted or cooked.it may luk so common in d eyes of many but as common as it is,it is very profitable.

handie:
She typifies the Nigerian spirit! Thriving in adversity. Doubt it? Make oyibo student come Nigerian university... Na withdrawal go shele last last. But we thrive in harsh circumstances. U'll see okada men who have 2 or more children in universities. We've got the never say die spirit. May God continue to strengthen this woman and every other Nigerian who believes in dignity of labor.
P.S. FTC? Am I suppossed to be celebrating? Ok! I'll do that when I get a credit alert for making FTC. Btw, where's introvert and LadyF?

Be that as it may. Are you encouraging our leaders cum politicians to continue with their selfishness? Or are you ignorant of the fact that the government of the 'whites' you referred to made life easier for their people? Fela comes to mind! #SufferingAndSmilling!

raayah:
She stated that she only sells corn during the corn season and works as a caterer and fashion designer during the on-season.

Selling corn obviously isnt her main source of income. She also is apparently married so she might be able to save some money on that end, hubby providing for her.

She also didnt state the location of the house and how much it costs. It could have been at a very cheap and extreme location, which is not bad.

We need to know the full details

I love happy stories and i am proud of her for being able to overcome her challenges but lets be realistic.

If you make 10,000 naira in profit a month from selling corn ( slight exagerration). I dont see how can eat, pay rent and bills and still be able to build a house with such income. It will take years of extreme saving.

Op should probably retitle.

EDIT:
A lot of people are mentioning me and telling me that corn-sellers make 20k daily, 400,000 naira a month
Please nairalanders , quit your Job and start selling corn.
My 2 cents

Hi5 my brother

allanphash7:
Roasted corn?






Ok





Kontinu







Eni ti ko mo ibi ti egbe e ti la..........

Oma sare ku ni o!

handie:
She typifies the Nigerian spirit! Thriving in adversity. Doubt it? Make oyibo student come Nigerian university... Na withdrawal go shele last last. But we thrive in harsh circumstances. U'll see okada men who have 2 or more children in universities. We've got the never say die spirit. May God continue to strengthen this woman and every other Nigerian who believes in dignity of labor.
P.S. FTC? Am I suppossed to be celebrating? Ok! I'll do that when I get a credit alert for making FTC. Btw, where's introvert and LadyF?

That Nigerian spirit is typically cowardly....Of a people in the midst of plenty wallowing in poverty. Of a people who'd rather play the ethnic card than come together to fight nepotism, tyranny and feudalism. Of a people who'd resigned to a life of permanent ignominy.

Come off it! There's nothing to be proud of in what u wrote!

It is more tha possible. Many okada riders,petty traders achieve unbelihable things from the proceed of their biz. through ajo (contribution)and/ or coopratives.

Deltagiant:


That Nigerian spirit is typically cowardly....Of a people in the midst of plenty wallowing in poverty. Of a people who'd rather play the ethnic card than come together to fight nepotism, tyranny and feudalism. Of a people who'd resigned to a live of permanent ignominy.

Come off it! There's nothing to be proud of in what u wrote!

Of a people who cannot confront evil in the least. ..Of a people who thinks it's God's wish that they be poor. ...Of a people without convictions and values. Of a people who believe government is omnipotent.

virud:

Be that as it may. Are you encouraging our leaders cum politicians to continue with their selfishness? Or are you ignorant of the fact that the government of the 'whites' you referred to made life easier for their people? Fela comes to mind! #SufferingAndSmilling!

I'm not saying d life majority of Nigerians are living is good. I'm just praising our ability to surmount all odds and come out smiling. Now imagine the government is responsible. With this indomitable spirit of ours, walahi, d sky will be our stepping stone.

Deltagiant:


That Nigerian spirit is typically cowardly....Of a people in the midst of plenty wallowing in poverty. Of a people who'd rather play the ethnic card than come together to fight nepotism, tyranny and feudalism. Of a people who'd resigned to a live of permanent ignominy.

Come off it! There's nothing to be proud of in what u wrote!

the Nigerian spirit symbolises thriving in adversity? What would u have them do? Stay @ home because the government who are suppossed to make things a lil better are only concerned with how to loot the commonwealth?

Anything you are doing with all seriousness and passion will definitely grow to an extent you can not imagine. It is possible to use a proceed from corn to build a house. I have seen a woman selling akara to train her son as a medical doctor.

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raayah:


You are now making it personal. This is a purely business discussion. If you dont have anything to contribute then leave. Why make i personal.

bros I'm not taking it personal. I'm wondering why you have to start analyzing how much she made, the cost and so on. instead of appreciating what she did. obviously its not only from corn she made the money but she stated that her MAIN income is from corn

reminds me of the woman in isakaba that sales gun only to cover her tracks with corn dealings.

raayah:
She stated that she only sells corn during the corn season and works as a caterer and fashion designer during the on-season.

Selling corn obviously isnt her main source of income. She also is apparently married so she might be able to save some money on that end, hubby providing for her.

She also didnt state the location of the house and how much it costs. It could have been at a very cheap and extreme location, which is not bad.

We need to know the full details

I love happy stories and i am proud of her for being able to overcome her challenges but lets be realistic.

If you make 10,000 naira in profit a month from selling corn ( slight exagerration). I dont see how can eat, pay rent and bills and still be able to build a house with such income. It will take years of extreme saving.

Op should probably retitle.

EDIT:
A lot of people are mentioning me and telling me that corn-sellers make 20k daily, 400,000 naira a month
Please nairalanders , quit your Job and start selling corn.
My 2 cents

Bros, every stories that land here does not need too much disseting and LONG question ing. It is just for for every one of us to intesify our efforts in whatsoever we are doing and make it in life.

ffo:

d woman has built her house and I'm proud of her cus I know what it takes to build a house even if its 2 bedroom flat talk more of 4 bedroom flat. now the headache of analysing whether she got the money from corn or not is yours. do know how many years she been saving to build the House? nawa for you people.

If u have an opinion share it, just like I did, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion so respect it.

U can make ur point without quoting me .

lovinam:

una too like argue for nairaland i know a lady that built a bungalow from corn biz. the thing about biz is " identify a need and meet it" have good customer relationship that will make one move from festac to ikeja just to buy from you. the lady im talking about has all that and more.

Stop displaying ur ignorance

sweatlana:
There is money in petty trade if done properly.

I used to sell oranges as a single girl in my teens.

Sell whot!!!

best2com:
Awww..

I personally know a woman who sponsored her children in school from the proceeds of her Akara business...

Today, the first son is a doctor
Second son will soon be an Engineer.
She no longer sells Akara

Sorry to say, my brother, but selling akara alone can never train a child in the medical school. She obviously had relations who supported their education, especially seeing that the children had potentials.

Hmmmmmmm

dejavski:
She's probably into ajoo(cooperative contributions) stuff that's the only way that she can save and use her money wisely

But I give it her mehn #realhustler

what's the difference. she no go pay back

raayah:
She stated that she only sells corn during the corn season and works as a caterer and fashion designer during the on-season.

Selling corn obviously isnt her main source of income. She also is apparently married so she might be able to save some money on that end, hubby providing for her.

She also didnt state the location of the house and how much it costs. It could have been at a very cheap and extreme location, which is not bad.

We need to know the full details

I love happy stories and i am proud of her for being able to overcome her challenges but lets be realistic.

If you make 10,000 naira in profit a month from selling corn ( slight exagerration). I dont see how can eat, pay rent and bills and still be able to build a house with such income. It will take years of extreme saving.

Op should probably retitle.

EDIT:
A lot of people are mentioning me and telling me that corn-sellers make 20k daily, 400,000 naira a month
Please nairalanders , quit your Job and start selling corn.
My 2 cents

20 K - capital May give between 2 to 5 K daily. but white collar mentality na im de worry all our graduates and even the omo graduates

chuna1985:



who told u that people who sell corn make 10,000 naira every month

Geez, All these civil servants should only ask questions about business, not disgrace disgrace themselves.

no mind am.they rather wear ugly tattered shirt and tie and sandals to collect 5 K monthly that will not even be paid on time than risk time and dignity and make 50 k doing un sexy job

I think therre is more to this story, maybe the woman has been into this business for years, she may have seasonal contract to supply roasted corn to some clients, she has other sources of income(mentioned). Misleading titles like this can make someone live with false expectations, how easy is it to build a four bedroom flat from roasting corn? OP it would have been nice if you had mentioned the sacrifices she had to go through to get to this stage. I don't know why entrepreneurs will keep hiding the fact that most times, you work even harder running your own business than you would working for someone else(nothing bad in this). Kudos to the lady.

And someone said we should not price the commodities of these petty traders cause they are only trading to feed their families.


Congrats to the lady

Unfortunately you are the one displaying your ignorance.what do you know about being an Entrepreneur?

darlenese:



Stop displaying ur ignorance

lovinam:
Unfortunately you are the one displaying your ignorance.what do you know about being an Entrepreneur?

U are even more ignorant than I thought

That's the only word you know right? Pls go ask your corn seller how much she makes in a day. Then come back and quote me with figures. Rat!

darlenese:


U are even more ignorant than I thought

GodMode:

She has to pay LAND USE FEE.

Lil. no omonile in abj only for estate and big or community land.

darlenese:



If u have an opinion share it, just like I did, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion so respect it.

U can make ur point without quoting me .

the aim of d thread is not to seek for opinion cus d woman in question is not the owner of thread, she may not even be a member of this forum. but the objective is to enlighten us that its possible to achieve much even with little beginning and not to despise or under rate what you can achive. she may have so many shops and even people working for her but she doesn't have to give all this details.

lovinam:
That's the only word you know right? Pls go ask your corn seller how much she makes in a day. Then come back and quote me with figures. Rat!

chuna1985:



How much does it cost to build 4 bedroom bungalow?

It's hard to calculate because of location, whether she already had land or not, the location soil quality, surveyor, etc.
Let's assume every other has been taken care of and it remains actual building of the 4 bedroom bungalow. For basic finishings, the cost will be around 5 - 6 million naira.

Do the math.