WHAT A MAN CAN DO A WOMAN CAN DO EVEN BETTER.
MEET, ONISOKASWE DESTINY RICHARD.
Destiny Richard Onisokaswe is a Youth in Gbarain Yenagoa, Bayelsa State determined to change the narrative by working hard diligently to meet her needs with dignity at 24.
According to Destiny who had a chat with me earlier today, she started working as a “grinder” ie, a welder mate working on pipelines with a company here in the Niger Delta.
Towards the end of that job for the company, Destiny began to look for another thing to do instead of staying idle she later decided to learn another skill this time how to operate an excavator.
“What led to me being an excavator operator, first I was a “grinder” that means a welder mate,and when the work was about to end I went looking for another means,so I asked some operators working in the same place with me and one was closer to me and he said he was going to teach me cause of my determination”. She added.
Though not yet a graduate, Destiny desires to read Law and is already working towards taking the Joint Admissions Matriculation Examination (JAMB) next year.
Speaking on what led her into operating an excavator at her young age despite her gender? “I would say life made me go into it” she responded.
Highlighting some challenges she face on the job, she said some Men do look down on her due to her gender as a woman beyond that, seeing her as a very young woman. In her words, “men looking at you like “na woman” not just woman, “na small girl”. ,That notwithstanding, the experience has been good. The attention from different people knowing you do something like this that men do has been very amazing as people sometimes gift me cash when they meet me doing the job perfectly well as well as words of encouragement” she added.
Meanwhile her mum is yet to totally accept Destiny’s career path due to the high risk involved, her Dad believes so much in her and supports her choice as an excavator operator.
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