JDF SUCCESS STORIES!

Mrs Augustina Onyekwere (Nnaranbia – Ahiazu Mbaise LGA)

Augustina was operating an eatery, with the use of borrowed tables and chairs, at the Eke Ahiara junction, and the provision aspect of her store was virtually closed. As a result of the JDF Empowerment Programme, Augustina’s business has received new life. She purchased her own tables and chairs, and has restocked her provision store. Her dishes, especially the delicious ukwa and vegetable soups are usually booked in advance. The most interesting part of Augustina’s story is that she used N1,000 from her seed money to buy two suckers of a special species of banana. Not only has she established a plantation from it, she now makes a reasonable amount of money from the sale of mature banana fruits and suckers.