Linda Ikeji, a celebrity blogger has revealed how her parents were insulted over N70 (seventy naira).
According to Ikeji, her parents were once embarrassed when she was age 16, because they couldn’t afford N70 for what she didn’t reveal.
The mother of one decided to fight poverty at 17 so that her parents will never be insulted over money again, Linda revealed on her Instagram page.
She wrote: “I was 16. I was standing there watching the insult being hurled and a little assault over N70. I saw the sadness and embarrassment as they saw I was witnessing it. They told me to leave but I refused and stood there and watched. After it was over I told myself as I walked home in tears; in this life, except there’s no God, nobody will ever insult them again over money. I don’t care how long it will take, but I will fight poverty with everything in me. The following year at 17 after I finished secondary school, I started my hustle.
“This smile is gratitude for how far I’ve come. For all the dreams that came through. For all the things I am grateful for and for all the amazing things that’s about to happen (which will be announced soon). This smile is to encourage you not to give up on yourself no matter how hard it gets and to encourage you to fight poverty with everything you are. The view from where I am standing is amazing and I’d like for you to experience it. May your legit hustle pay off…and soon. Amen!”
