A young inspiring girl has been found in Cross River State engaging in a roadside business to see herself through school.

This is the young girl simply identified as Vicky, who sells newspapers to pay her fees.

According to Vanguard, Vicky, who said she started selling newspapers when she was nine years old and in Junior Secondary, JSS III in WAPI, disclosed that she made on the average N500 and N600 proceeds daily from the venture.

She said her school runs two sessions and she attends the afternoon session, which affords her time to sell newspapers in the morning before leaving for school.

she further said.

On how she gets the papers to sell, Vicky said she wakes up at 5.30 every morning and heads to Bassey Duke Street, the newspaper distribution point to collect the day’s papers when they arrive from Port Harcourt and Asaba every morning and by 8.00 am, she was already at her stand where some customers were waiting for her to arrive with the day’s papers.

she said.

When she was asked what she does with the money, or if she hands it to her parents, the the fair-skinned girl retorted “No,” adding that she used the money to meet her needs in school and pay her fees, except when there was urgent need at home and her parents had no money, then she could help out.

Her words:
She said she was yet to decide if she would continue being a vendor after her education, but for now, the business was quite lucrative.