Level up: Barber who used to make R1 per haircut graduates from UK university

Level up: Barber who used to make R1 per haircut graduates from UK university

- The transformation photos of Nasir Daniya have generated massive reactions online after saying he once worked as a barber

- In decades, the man triumphed, obtained his doctorate degree abroad, returned home and headed Sokoto's ICT directorate

- People who were inspired by his journey wished him greater heights as they hoped to someday make it as he did

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The director-general of Sokoto Information and Communication Technology Directorate, Nasir Daniya, has shared his life's transformation pictures.

Sharing four photos on the platform, Nasir said that things could change with a strong belief in self, hard work, and prayer.

According to the man, the first frame showed when he was making a service charge of R10 as a barber with few resources. He added that the second picture was him as a driver trying to make ends meet. The third snap showed the man during his wedding ceremony.

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Many years after, the man graduated with his PhD from the London Metropolitan University.

See his post below:

Many people took to his comment section to wish him well. As at the time of writing this report, his tweet has over 1 000 likes with hundreds of comments.

Below are some of the reactions:

@Belshagy said:

"You’re an inspiration to many, and the above pictorial story demonstrates your humility, hard-work, courage and ability to grow as a human; to learn, aspire and achieve. May you be greater than you are."

@mohd_jauro said:

"May Allah continue to bless you and your family and May he also bless us and our hustle."
Photos of Nigerian man who was once a barber charging N25 go viral, he now has PhD from UK university
People said that his story is indeed an inspirational one. Photo source: @nasirdaniya
Source: UGC

@Abusadiqksp said:

"Masha Allah! Thats life. May Allah continue to make it easy for all of us. Ameen. Congratulations doc."

@_CatheSam said:

"Congratulations on your anniversary, sir. And, thank you for the inspiration."

@EmmaneulOgwu said:

"Wow..very inspiring. Congratulations Nasir."

Meanwhile, Briefly.co.za earlier reported on a hilarious story about a barber visit. While some professionals are hitting the nail on the head for their customers, others simply are not - this poor man unfortunately is one of the many who ended up disappointed.

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Taking to Twitter, @ratchedrxlph shared pictures of his dismal haircut. In the caption of the hilarious post, he explains how all he wanted was a simple fade - and that is certainly not what he had received.

"Just a fade, that’s all I wanted," he captioned the post.

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Kelly Lippke (Senior Editor) Kelly Lippke is a copy editor/proofreader who started her career at the Northern-Natal Courier with a BA in Communication Science/Psychology (Unisa, 2007). Kelly has worked for several Caxton publications, including the Highway Mail and Northglen News. Kelly’s unique editing perspective stems from an additional major in Linguistics. Kelly joined Briefly News in 2018 and she has 14 years of experience. Kelly has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at kelly.lippke@briefly.co.za.