A young Nigerian guy who paid for his education by working as a bricklayer eventually completes his university education, being the first person in his family to do so.
Cyprian Maduadichie, a remarkable individual who supports himself by working as a bricklayer and brickmaker, has finally earned his degree from Federal Polytechnic in Oko, Anambra, Nigeria.
Cyprian graduated from the Federal Polytechnic in Oko Anambra, Nigeria, with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication. Punch claims that because of his family’s financial limitations, he had to overcome a number of obstacles in order to complete his degree.
He worked at numerous low-paying jobs to make ends meet while attending school. According to Cyprian, he worked at occupations including extracting palm oil, putting sand in sacks and selling it, and writing school projects, all of which helped him pay his rent.
If I received N5,000, I would pay it to the landlord in order to cover my rent. I was able to pay the rent after that. I made mud for folks with a hoe and was paid for it. I also mixed concrete and carried bricks at construction sites. He claimed that although it was really stressful, it was for the best.
Cyprian claimed that because his mother, a government worker, was supporting their family on her meager pay and his father, a trader, had no trade, he had to work many jobs.
My mother’s meager wage essentially supports our family, so whenever I asked her for money, she would grumble, which made me feel horrible. “I simply had to do everything in my power to make sure that I had money to pay for my education,” he stated.
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According to Cyprian, he enrolled in a priestly program as his first professional option but was unable to advance to the next level. He claimed that he began taking on menial tasks while still in seminary and that he worked as a bricklayer on the weekends and on vacations.
I would return home during the holidays, grab my shovel and headpan, find a construction job, and request labor. I would work and get paid at the end of the day if they hired me. It turned into a habit over time, Cyprian said.
I would hunt for work on the weekends, complete them, and utilize the earnings to sustain myself throughout the week. When I was in JS2 or JS3, I began working the menial jobs,” he continued. Cyprian claimed that by making careful to live within his means, he was able to get by while attending school on the meager income he was receiving.
I shared rooms while my ND program. It was a single room that I shared with someone, not a “self-contained” flat. We each paid N25,000 because the rent was N50,000 a year,” he said.
“Save? I couldn’t rescue it. There were instances when I had just N100 for a whole week. For lectures, I would hike from my resort to the school and return. However, I had food. To keep myself afloat, I would purchase N20 sugar and consume garri if I could locate it. That was just the way things were on campus. It wasn’t simple,” he continued.
Cyprian said amidst all of the jobs, he still prioritized his studies. He said he read every day and did quizzes and exams. He added that he studied and programmed himself with a reading timetable.
He mentioned that his financial challenges also affected his studies as could not buy some textbooks and workbooks resulting in him missing marks on some of his workbooks and assignments.
Cyrpian expressed his gratitude to his friends who were supportive in his final years. He stated that his friend would buy him textbooks alongside his own.
