I’ll return to school if the opportunity comes, says young female Keke Napep Rider
By Samson Adeyemo
Juliet Ikpechi, a young female in the tricycle business, popularly known as “Keke NAPEP” in the Ibadan metropolis has expressed her desire to go back to school if the opportunity comes her way.
The 20 year old girl who couldn’t continue school due to financial constraints, and no financial support from any source, has decided to venture into the male-dominated transport business in the largest city in West Africa, narrated her experience in an interview with our correspondent in Ibadan.
Juliet who plies Iyana Church and Alakia axis has said that she resolved to drive tricycle after fruitless efforts to get a mentor in fashion designing and had also tried her hands in a hotel job, which she couldn’t continue due to exposure to things against her faith.
She joined the transport business in 2021 and experienced lots of challenges, ranging from tricky passengers, rough bike men and reckless drivers, including an accident she had and the effect of the accident gave her more boldness, courage and confidence to continue in the business and those challenges have become a thing of the past, as she now enjoys the job, sees it as fun and earning her money,
Ikpechi revealed that she makes over N6000 to N7000 daily.
According to her, she was encouraged into the business by her friend who told her that, if other ladies can do it, she can as well do same and she picked those words, went into learning and now she is a good rider.
She said, “I am happy doing the job because it pays my bills but I will like to go to school if the opportunity comes, I am an Art Student and am brilliant too.”
She advised girls of her age without financial support, to find something doing with their lives rather than going about town without a focus.
