Meet Aminu: A young Fulani boy who put aside ancestral business to become a carpenter in Gashua

Meet Aminu: A young Fulani boy who put aside ancestral business to become a carpenter in Gashua.

Eighteen (18) year old Aminu Mohammed, an SS 2 student of USAT Standard Academy SS2 shared his life story in the fishing town of Gashua in Yobe state.

The young carpenter who spoke with NEWSng on Wednesday said he was not driven by poverty into taking carpentry as a trade. Adding that, as Fulani, he also chose to do a different trade rather than following cows or the ancestral business

According to him, his parents have everything life has to offer and sponsor his education up to the University level, but they have encouraged their children to learn a trade in other to be self-sufficient.

Animu told NEWSng that, he can now pay his school fees through carpentry work and also buy himself clothes without going to seek support from his parents.

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“We are eight in the family. My father is doing well. But he used to tell us stories about his life. How he suffered before attaining where he is now. He said he has never learned trade because he found himself on the disadvantaged side of life all through his childhood and youthful days. As such, he promised himself not to allow any of his children suffered the same fate.” Aminu told NEWSng in Hausa

The Young Fulani boy from Niger republic said, while his kins are known to be cattle rearers, he chose to do a different thing. That is carpentry and he believes with everyday experience he will attain an enviable position through his work.

Aminu who smiles and jokes took his carpentry work with passion. He sad, since starting his trade in the last six years, he has enjoyed the patronage and never disappointed his customers.

Smiling he said, “you know carpenters always disappoint their customers. So many people told me that it is not a good trade, but I always told them there is always going to be an exception. And I fall among those who are exceptional in this trade.”

Asked if he is married, Aminu smile and said, marriage is not for people like him at this age. He however said a lot of people from his clan are married even at lesser age than he is, but he has a different look at life.

“I know I will certainly marry someday but not at this age. I am not saying it is too early and I am not saying those who marry at my age did the wrong thing. But everyone has their own side of how they look at life. I am looking at life my own way. And for me, I want to make a mark either here in Gashua or wherever life pushes me. I am certain of being a great carpenter someday.” He said.

Meet Aminu: A young Fulani boy who put aside ancestral business to become a carpenter in Gashua.