I bought some machines I use with my NYSC allowee - Lagos Bag Maker

"I find it easy; I feel anything you have passion for, you’ll do it with enthusiasm and be happy."

When Vera Sojobi-Sloan was serving as a Youth Corps Member in 2012, she fell in love with bag making which was done at the bus-stop she passed every day to her Place of Primary Assignment (PPA). Vera who had been thinking of what she could do after NYSC decided to pick up the skills in the bag making craft. She enrolled with the bag maker at the bus top as an apprentice and the rest they say is history. In this interview with Ikeja Record’s Abel Adekunle, Vera speaks on what it is like to thrive in a male dominated sector.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

ABEL ADEKUNLE: CAN I MEET YOU?

VERA SOJOBI-SLOAN:  My name is Vera Sojobi-Sloan, CEO Verality Bags Limited.

AA: YOU ARE INTO BAG MAKING, WHEN DID THE JOURNEY BEGIN?

VS: It goes way back to when I was serving, at the place of my PPA (Rita college) at Ojodu Berger, where I saw a place where they make bags. I’ve been very passionate about bag making, although I felt strange when I saw the place the bags were made but w…