A female shoemaker, Magdalene Samuel,
26, has said unemployment made her to discover her talent in shoe-making
after she failed to secure a job......
Samuel said that she faced a lot of challenges during her job hunt after graduating from a catering school in Plateau State.
She said, “I am a graduate of Leather
Research from the Labey Memorial Fashion and Catering School in Plateau
State and since then, I could not get a job and all I did was to develop
my talent with a different approach and concept.
“Aside my personal love and passion for quality shoes, I turned my passion into business, to make money for myself.”
Samuel said she decided to learn shoemaking in order to express her creativity.
Asked if she felt awkward as a female
shoemaker, she said, “I felt awkward initially but the beauty in
creativity will not let me be.
“I fell so deeply in love with shoes and
sandals that they made me forget the stress I went through searching
endlessly for white collar jobs.”
Samuel told our correspondent that she had the support of her father, Dr. Samuel Moses, who she said bankrolled her training.
She stated that she made N3,500 daily “which I use to support myself and the family.”
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