
He Is a big fool... a very useless man,
jobless mumu, shameless idiot. Na only for
food he dey get sense. no be him mates
dey drive beta car. wetin make me marry
am sef? Nonsense" By the time Mrs Atinuke
finished narrating their family issues to her
Aunty, Mama Janet turned around to look
at him with such complete and utter PITY.
Mr Adeola covered his face in shame...
What exactly had he done to deserve this
treatment from the bone of his bone and flesh of
his flesh?
The one and only true love of his life?
The one he exchanged such loving marital vows
with and had faithfully and sincerely honoured
them for the past seven years?
The woman who had given him three lovely
children and swore to be by his side for better for
worse till death do them part?
How had things gone so wrong?
Let me start from the beginning...
Mr Adeola was your average Nigerian man who
graduated from the University of Ibadan with first
class in mechanical engineering and was part of
the lucky few who got employment with one of
the top federal I.T firms in Nigeria
He was also blessed with a darling wife...the
mother of three wonderful children he loved so
dearly.
A particular Sunday night, as he watched his wife
and children sleep, he thought about what he
had and was feeling very grateful, after all he
was so happy he could not have wished for
anything more.
Little did he know that his life was about to take
a turn for the worst
One Tuesday morning, Mr Adeola went to work as
he had done for the past 5 years and immediately
he arrived, he had this gut feeling that something
was amiss...
Some of the office work stations were vacant and
he knew a few of the people who worked on
those places...they had never missed a day of
work in their lives.
As if to confirm his suspicions, 20 minutes later
he was urgently summoned to the office of his
'oga at the top '
On geting there his employer explained to him
that since President Goodluck Jonathan removed
subsidy on fuel in January 2012, things had not
been the same at the company.
The company was not meeting up to its expected
monthly quota and decided to downsize to save
costs.
Then his boss dropped the bombshell...
"Mr Adeola, you have been a solid employee but
we simply have to cut staffing. This is really hard
for me, if there is anything I can do for you, just
let me know..."
Then his employer handed him the much dreaded
white envelope.
His world came crashing down in a matter of
seconds...
He simply thanked his boss, packed his personal
belongings and walked out of the building, never
to step a foot in there again.
What just happened?
His mind was still in shock...
All the countless hours of sweat and blood he
had poured into the company had gone down the
drain.
He had heard of similar cases happening to other
people, even read about it on the newspapers and
saw it on the television news...
He even witnessed a firsthand experience when
his dear cousin was sacked from her job and
silently prayed to never experience it.
Unfortunately he was not spared...
After dinner, he mustered courage and told
Atinuke he was back in the labour market.
"ehn, darling what did you just say?"
He could never have imagined she would react
that way.
That her enchanting smile that melted his heart
even when he was in a very bad mood vanished
in an instant like a thief in the night.
She consoled him and assured him that he would
soon land himself a better job
And so it begun...
Armed with his carefully written CV and
application letter, he scoured through lots of
newspapers and submitted his CV and application
letter to different companies in his field that had
advertised vacant positions.
He called family, friends and relations about his
condition and some promised him help which
never came as you cannot give what you do not
have.
With the advise of a friend, he took his search to
the internet and subscribed to different jobs and
career sites like jobberman , ngcareeers , w3jobs
and visiting
different job forums that could help him get
different openings all over the country.
This indeed gave him some openings and he was
contacted for some interviews.
Having done serious research on the company
that contacted him before hand, he had dressed
in his best suit and hustled through the tough
traffic just to be very early for the interview
where he did very well and was praised by the
interviewers who promised him the job.
He got home happy and excited to tell his wife he
had been successful and hoped to get a mail, text
or call from the company on when he would start
his new career.
All this while, it was his wife that had been taking
care of their family and the three children.
She earned slightly less than one-tenth of his
previous salary and she had to put in many extra
hours in hope of receiving bonuses just to cope
and prayed God her husband get the job so she
could drop a part of the family burden
Two weeks passed and still no call, no mail, no
sms from the company.
Mr Adeola was beginning to get worried so he
went to their office the next morning to make an
enquiry only to be dealt a devastating blow.
The job he was promised had been given to
another man...one who was not even as qualified
as himself for that position.
He left the compound in tears and later
discovered the new employee was a close relative
of the ' oga kpatakpata ' so there was no way he
could have even gotten the job.
His wife was not happy to hear this but
encouraged him to keep on searching after which
he had submitted his CV to many other
companies and was expecting the result of the
interviews in good faith.
Strangely he was beginning to feel a difference in
his wife's attitude towards him but couldn't point
out exactly what it was.
There was one Thursday morning when he had to
run out of the bathroom even with a soapy body
just to answer his ringing phone thinking it was
probably one of the companies he had gone for
an interview who wanted to finally offer him the
job.
Sadly he was very disappointed as it was MTN
calling to tell him of their new caller tune service.
"these yeye people don come again ooo" he
lamented.
The Tuesday evening just after easter, as Mr
Adeola was coming back from yet another failed
attempt to get a job at Apapa, he was thinking
about what his life had become, if there was any
hope for the future...
...this was when he started feeling this sharp
pounding in his chest and was so tired he fought
to keep his eyes open that he didn't notice the
Danfo bus approaching...
If not for the timely intervention of a LASTMA
official who pushed him out of the road, he would
have ended up in the cemetery with his destiny
cut short.
He thanked the LASTMA official profusely and
went to get himself checked out at a nearby
hospital where he learnt he had abnormal high
blood pressure reading of 145 .
The doctor explained that what he had just
experienced was a mild case of heart attack and
he had to reduce the stress levels in his life or he
may experience the full blown type.
This was the aftermath of many serial doses of
Anxiously awaiting an employer's call that he had
been "awarded" his well deserved job as a reward
for all his struggling efforts just to get his hopes
dashed in the mud.
This made him stop physical job hunting for many
months to recover while he kept submitting CV's
online and kept praying for the best.
Meanwhile his wife, though grateful for his life
was not pleased he could not assist with the
family matters financially and after sometime
started seeing him as a nuisance and found fault
with almost every little thing he did.
He did things to please her and did his best to
avoid quarrels, even apologizing when he wasn't
at fault but she treated him how she liked and he
could not utter a word because he dared not bite
the hand that was "feeding" him.
Luck was on his side that the growing children
were still too young to really understand the
meaning of the bad, bad words his wife
frequently rained on him. Deep down he was
gradually losing his self esteem and knew he
could not continue like that for long...
One Saturday afternoon in may 2014, his in-laws
came on one of those rare visits to him and "their
daughter" were doing.
If anyone had told him that was going to be one
of his worst days on earth, he won't have agreed
to them coming over or even stayed away from
home.
Things were going fine until one of the 'big
aunties' said he had added quite some weight
since she last saw him and teased him about how
"life dey treat him well well".
That was the last straw as Atinuke bitterly
narrated to Mama Janet her version of everything
that went on in their house...leading to a great
deal of unprintable insults on him.
This single event proved to be a great turning
point of his life he swore it would never repeat
itself.
Two weeks later, he was able to settle for a
teaching job in Surulere...one he hated so much
but was stuck at, where he earned a salary that
will make any married man cry.
As our people say, behind every disappointment is
a blessing...
It turns out God's blessing was indeed waiting for
Mr Adeola, though dressed in a form he didn't
recognize immediately. http://www.goo.gl/
cTC484
Read Mr Adeola's Shocking Confession Here
It was one that he accidentally stumbled upon
while reading a popular Nigerian forum.
Having failed in the past he worked on this
differently and even went as far as begging his
wife for a loan (which he later paid back) just to
make the best of his opportunity.
Surprisingly, it grew bigger than anyone could
have expected, and was responsible for saving
his marriage from the brink of divorce, ending his
financial crisis and giving his family a better life .
http://www.goo.gl/cTC484
Adeola's story is truly one that proves the fact
that no matter what you face in life, God is in
total Control.
Click Here To Read His Shocking Confession
You will learn some life lessons from this
especially if you are a Nigerian married man who
has lost his job or you are currently struggling
with your job and really need another source of
income.
Click Here To Read Mr Adeola's Touching
Confession
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