Meet Kogi Born Justina Atabo, A Female Okada Rider Seeking The Help of Spirited Nigerians
With increasing economic challenges and untold hardship in the country, it has become imperative for citizen to live within their means.
Atabo Justina, an NCE holder from Otobo Adokpulu Igala-mela in Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi state is one of the citizens that has been harshly hit by the country’s economic woes, forcing her to venture into an unusual male dominated trade, which is motorcycle-riding, better known as Okada-riding.
Married to one Mr Samson Sunday, and with three children, two boys and a girl, life with Mrs Justina and her family has been very harsh and unfair. The family lives from hand to mouth and virtually at the mercy of others.
Moved and emotionally perturbed by his husband’s low income and inability to properly fend for the family despite his readiness, Mrs Justina on 28, November 2021 decided to go shoulders to shoulders with men in their dominated trade as Okada riders to become one.
“I decided to join the men to be supportive to my husband, to be supportive is a drive. That’s the drive.
“I don’t always like to be a liability most times, so I decided to join the men to do what they are doing, and feel what they are feeling”.
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According to the Igala born NCE graduate, she used what’s available to get the desirable.
Justina with the bravery of a lion remains undeterred and focussed, despite the challenges of bad roads, which she said normally get her motorcycle spoilt, in her Ruga madaki Maraba routes in Nassarawa state, including also mockeries and memes from family and friends for venturing into male dominated menial trade, as well as ticketing, which she said has skyrocketed on the excuses of hike in dollars.
To her, there is dignity in labour than indulging in immoral acts, despite being legally married in the name of hardship.
Justina was formally a security guard with Halogen Security Company, I privately owned security company, but had to resign due to the amount she expended on transport fares on daily basis. After her resignation, the only opinion she had that same day was to enter road since she already had expertise in Okada riding, because her two kids were sick, without anyone to run to for financial help to get them medications.
Justina’s immediate challenge now is that she is in her village in Igala land of Kogi state without transport fares back to Abuja, and without a bike to continue her hustling to put foods on her table and that of her children.
She is a trained teacher, with two years of practice. Justina is appealing to every spirited Nigerian, male and female to come to her aids in form cash or kind to get her life and that of family back in track.
She can be reached via 09125307879
