I Was Bus Conductor For 8 Years – Ibrahim Chatta

Ibrahim Chatta

Popular Nollywood actor Ibrahim Chatta has disclosed he worked as a bus conductor for about eight years.

Chatta explained that because he was uneducated with no certificate, he could not even be employed as a gateman. He has to start working as a bus conductor.

According to him, life was so hard that there were times he labored for 36 hours without food.

Chatta opened up that life was extremely hard and he had to persevere.

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“I was living in Agege. I lived in a single room with nine other people, and it was difficult. I was uneducated; I had no certificate. I could not even work as a gateman,” he recalled. 

“I started working as a bus conductor. I did that for about eight years of my life, working from one end of Lagos to another. I hustled so hard; I sometimes worked 36 hours without food.”

The producer said he chose not to be fined by the hardship he suffered.

“I did a lot of menial jobs, but they do not define me,” he added.

“This is Ibrahim Chatta. I have about 42 people on salary today. I have 62 people that I feed every day. I have people in school. I have people who are graduates now. So, that time does not define me.”