Nigerian Lady Who Used Calabash as Her Piggy Bank Displays What She Found After Breaking it

Nigerian Lady Who Used Calabash as Her Piggy Bank Displays What She Found After Breaking it

  • A Nigerian lady who had been saving money inside a small calabash decided that it was time for her to break it and access the funds
  • The lady brought out the calabash and broke it in the presence of some family members, but what she saw left her in tears
  • In a video trending on social media, the lady discovered only a small amount of money in the calabash, prompting her to break down in tears

A Nigerian lady has been saving money inside a calabash, but when she broke the calabash, she was in disbelief because of what she saw.

According to the story, which was captured in a TikTok video, the lady had hoped to get a lot of money from the calabash.

Nigerian lady breaks calabash savings after a year, finds only N450, goes viral on TikTok; social media reacts with sympathy and laughter at her small savings outcome.
Lady breaks her calabash savings, finds only N450 after saving for a year, video goes viral on TikTok. Photo credit: TikTok/@marvel613 and Getty Images/JoeKinGz.
Source: UGC

The video posted by @marvel613 showed that there was only a little money in the calabash, despite the fact that she had been saving for one year.

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The lady was seen when she brought out the calabash and shattered it in the presence of her sister, hoping to find plenty money in it.

But from what was seen on the floor after the calabash was broken, it appears the lady only got N450 from the calabash.

The caption of the video reads:

"My sister broke her savings for the year. Laugh wan kill me..oh my Shayla."

It is not clear if the money was stolen or if she did not save enough, but the lady went into the room to weep.

Nigerian lady breaks calabash savings after a year, finds only N450, goes viral on TikTok; social media reacts with sympathy and laughter at her small savings outcome.
The lady, who has been saving money for one year weeps after breaking her calabash. Photo credit: TikTok/@marvel613.
Source: TikTok

Watch the video below:

Reactions as lady breaks her piggy bank

@BEO said:

"God the father and son don collect their own percentage."

@Itz-excel said:

"Life is so private that no body knows that I'm the victim."

@Omowumi said:

"How much she been think say dey there?"

@vipworldpresido said:

"Saving box don save other people before e save the owner."

@Kenny said:

"Not cool, I dislike families where you don’t feel safe or trust; it might be jokes now but the pain might live forever."

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@dfw dami said:

"I still dey solve my brother own after he don go price malt for him birthday he break saving box na 70 naira Dey inside."

@Marah said:

"Please Simeon bring me back tomorrow,this comment Dey kee me."

@official.esther said:

"This is not funny buh I don’t why I’m laughing so hard with you."

@1 COSMETICS GODDESS IN ANAMBRA said:

"This is not encouraging at all to younger sister and making a video or making fun of her efforts doesn’t make sense.

@MÓNA said:

"Why you go use calabash do saving box. The gods been dey use am guide once onceto be leader dear."

Lady shows off money after breaking saving box

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian lady who had been saving money for a long time finally showed off the cash stashed in her piggy bank.

In a trending video that inspired a lot of people, the lady broke the piggy bank and carefully counted the crumpled naira notes.

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A lot of people who saw the video said they were inspired to start saving money for themselves as it is a good way to prepare for emergencies.

Source: Legit.ng

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 10 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.

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