Young Nigerian Man Offloads Bags of Cement, Says He Charges N30 per Bag to Make Money, Photos Stir Reactions

Young Nigerian Man Offloads Bags of Cement, Says He Charges N30 per Bag to Make Money, Photos Stir Reactions

  • A Nigerian man, Olayiwola Rasheed Olawumi, stirred admiration for his hardworking spirit when he revealed how he fends for himself
  • Olayiwola said he was able to make N900 a day as he charged N30 per bag for lifting many bags of cement at a construction site
  • Many people who reacted to his story said he was underpaid and should have made more from what he did

A young hardworking Nigerian man, Olayiwola Rasheed Olawumi, has shown that there is great dignity in whatever labour one does.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, November 17, the man shared photos of the kind of work he does as he said it is how he hustles for survival.

He said he made N900.
People said he should have been paid more money. Photo source: Olayiwola Rasheed Olawumi
Source: Facebook

I made N900 that day

Olayiwola revealed that he carried bags of cement charging N30 per one. At the construction site he recently worked, he made N900.

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To get that kind of money, he helped offload 30 bags to a three-storey building. Some of the snaps have him lifting and working.

Speaking with Legit.ng, the man said that he is a graduate of urban and regional planning, adding that he does all kinds of legal works to make money.

On the other things he has expertise in, he said:

"I install wallpaper, 3D panel, window blind, wall screening. No work I don't dabble into, just to make a living except stealing. The ones I can't do, I will mobilise pple to do it, for money to come out."

The man who revealed he is an orphan said that he is the CEO of Tripple 9 Interiors DecorPro.

See his post below:

God bless you

When another Facebook user, Ayo Oyeniyi, reshared his post, it gathered even more reactions. Below are some of them:

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Olukunle Durodolu said:

"God bless you richly, God will elevate you. I hold you in high esteem far better than those sorosoke Alariwo children."

Edris Temitayo said:

"₦900 is this present economy amount to nothing, it can't even feed one for a day."

Bamigbade Ayodeji Saheed said:

"Underpaid, I expected N100 or more per bag. 3 storey! Well done."

Abdr-Rahman Gbolagade Adewale said:

"God bless your hustle. For those who feel Yahoo is an alternative, well done."

Prince Adenekan Gabriel Damilare said:

"Just wanna tell you that ur hustle can only get you 1kg of cooking gas."

Oseni Ayodeji said:

"God bless the guy for taking this path. However, this is wicked. How can a paltry #30 be paid for offloading a bag and taking it from the ground floor to the third storey of a building? If the story is true, then the people are wicked."

Man helped his former schoolmate

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a Nigerian man, Akerele Oluwasogo, took to LinkedIn to narrate how he met his old schoolmate in Lagos.

Akerele said that an old classmate happened to be the driver of the keke (tricycle) that hit his car. Just as he angrily came down to check how bad it was, the driver turned out to be a known face.

The two reunited and got talking. During their conversation, the driver said he is ashamed that he is driving keke to make ends meet and his friend is looking so fresh in his car.

Source: Legit.ng

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