I Built My House and Trained my 15 Kids from Selling Newspapers: Man who has Been a Vendor for 51 Years Speaks
- Mallam Bawa has called on Nigerians to dump internet news patronage for newspapers as he said they are half-baked
- The Zaria-based man who has been selling newspapers for the past 51 years decried the reduction in sales since the advent of online media
- In a revealing interview, Bawa stated that he got married, built his house and took care of his 15 children with money realized from selling newspapers
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A Nigerian man has decried the decline in patronage of newspapers in recent times with the rise of online media.
Mallam Bawa who is a newspaper vendor told BBC News Pidgin that he has been in the business for the past 51 years.
Source: UGC
The man who kick-started his vendor business at the end of the Nigerian civil war said he had achieved success with it.
The Kano resident said he owns a house, got married and catered for his 15 children through proceeds from the paper business.
Social media users react to his call for a return to newspapers
The old newspaper vendor's call for Nigerians to return from internet news to newspapers stirred reactions on social media
@xwaggaruns reacted:
"Adapt with change… Even Electric cars go soon dey enter naija.. Petrol is going out of fashion and that’s the end of Nigeria politics on the international stage."
@sparklesjewelries wrote:
"Aaaayaaa.... That part where he said "No newspaper Companies has brought anything to celebrate his long years in Service" got me."
@toesscene commented:
"Eeya....atleast he did something good when he had the money. Now kids can takia of him."
In another exciting report, Goodness Adeosun, a beautiful young lady identified on Twitter with the handle @GoodnessAdeosun and on Instagram as @gudie_designs is a known shoemaker.
However, the young lady has confirmed on her Twitter account that she is also a medical student who runs the shoemaking venture to support herself.
In a recent video she shared, the lady captured the entire process that she goes through to make shoes right from the beginning to end under her brand, Gudie.
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