Abuja, Nigeria
Na so life be oh! E get one guy wey people dey call Seyi Adekunle, but your paddy go sabi am as Vodi. This man, wey dey waka go 50 on Saturday, don turn him dreams to serious money-making enterprise since e start him journey for 2015. Na im talk say, “If you no try, you no go fit see wetin fit happen.”
Seyi, the man wey everybody don dey hail as di latest fashion mogul, start from small beginnings. He no be person wey fit just sit down dey chill. Na so one day, him and him wife dey argue about N50,000 wey her tailor take dey chop for ground, na Vodi be the tailor wey don dey bring stylish clothes come their house. Di wife come tell am say, “No be just any tailor, oh! Seyi na big man now.” E be like say dat statement vex am. E begin venture into his own fashion business.
Wetin make this guy wey na geology graduate from University of Maiduguri turn tailor? Na di time when him dey serve for Akwa Ibom as NYSC. As him dey teach di young people Physics, di fashion bug bite am, and he begin learn tayloring. By di time him conclude im service, Seyi don see say watin him get for hand fit sell pass wetin him go fit find anywhere. No be small hustle o!
Dat time as him go Abuja, e dey find work, but im spirit dey tell am say “Seyi, make you secure your fashion dream.” The turning point come when e go interview for NUB International Bank, di MD ask am wetin him passions be and he no gree follow di bank gist, but he talk about his cloth-making hustle. Di MD advice am, say make e follow him passion, and so Seyi don really start im wahala.
Seyi don enter di fashion world with serious zeal. E start dey buy material from Aba, sew am back and carry come Abuja to sell. Naim dem jam di name Vodi, wey im take from one babe wey e dey school with. Vodi mean beauty, and he don use di name carry im business go higher.
E get wahala wey follow am when e wan jettison di bank work, as im papa no too gree follow him in dis journey. But with determination and hard work, Seyi dey now smile for hin account! Everybody sabi am. Di big man don create jobs for plenty people wey dey work for im fashion empire wey wan accommodate training for young tailors.
As diaspora dey hold am, him no dey carry am play for fashion training wey him dey set up for Abuja, dis one go fit cater for more than 1000 students. E be like say na wetin dem call destiny fulfilment, as Seyi dey plan make Nigeria di fashion hub for di universe. E don arrange plans to dey mass-produce uniforms for schools and other sectors. Na so dey collect di accolades o!
The bottom line be say: Seyi don prove say talent dey everywhere, but na di zeal to work hard and maintain integrity go take carry you reach di height wey you dream about. As Seyi don enter di 50 club, we dey wish am more success, long life, and e fit keep giving us fashion on point!
