Varsity Dropout Brags About Making His Lecturer's Salary in a Week
- A Nigerian man has generated massive reactions as he weighed in on the argument of CGPA on Twitter
- The man said that despite how he dropped out of the university, he is into a business that makes him enough money
- Tweeps under his comment section expressed mixed reactions as some said going to school is not a scam
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A Nigerian man with the Twitter handle @banney___ has made a case for why having a low CGPA in school does not determine how far a person will go in life.
Using his life as an example, the young man said that despite his expulsion from school because of his bad CGPA, he made it in business.
@banney___ revealed that his business has now grown to the level that he makes his lecturer's salary in a week.
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The man, however, said that he is not asking people to drop out as he added that going to school is not worth the effort.
See his post below:
At the time of writing this report, his post on the bird app has generated hundreds of comments with 2,000 likes.
Below are some of the reactions:
@muh_hood said:
"You fail to make the require cgpa not cz u be olodo but cz u give business more time than school. But bookmark this u will regret been drop out from school one day."
@omoidrisu said:
"Going through your time line, And tweets. School Drop out don't speak and post reasonable things as you do. No go make people children 'lossguard'."
@mustaphahodio said:
"School is not scam, but it's not the source of money. Money is in business allaji. But school is not scam. Knowledge is everything Malam."
@NobleSKAR said:
"Well, good CGPA paid me. Plus you don’t need to know anyone in Nigeria to be made. You just need your determination and the favor of God, just saying. I work for one of the top multinationals in the world. A good CGPA is the first requirement for consideration."
Meanwhile, earlier Briefly.co.za reported Victor Lucky is proudly a groundnut seller. While many youths are hellbent on landing white collar jobs or nothing, Victor braved the odds to make an honest living for himself.
Victor has been able to get married and build his own house from what many would consider a blue collar job. Victor's story is one of a determined hustler. The groundnut seller said he dropped out of university.
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