“Make Him Suffer”- Nigerian Man Shares Response He Got After Submitting His Application 18 Times To His Alma Mater With First Class Result, Today’s He’s Established Abroad

Nigerian man named Dozie Francis Okpaleke has shared his hard days moment, when he graduated with first class and wanted to lecture at his Alma Mater and after applying 18 times the response he got from the VC’s office was was “make him suffer”.

Dozie who is now established abroad and now owns a platform that help young aspiring youths relocate abroad, shares his story on Facebook.

In his words:

“About 13 years ago, I heard the words that crushed my spirit, “make him suffer”. I was only a First Class graduate with the dream of going back to lecture in my Alma Mater. Everyone that graduated with a similar grade and had the courage to return, were given their automatic employment offer. Mine, never happened.

I submitted my application 18 times. In all of these occasions, I had to personally submit my application to the office of the Vice Chancellor yet, my application “miraculously” disappears. It was on my 17th application that I had applied through the formal channel of Department, Faculty and then VC office that I heard those words. I remember very well, all the people I met in the office when I was about to submit that application. They were familiar faces. The moment I stepped in, they went silent. As I stepped out of that office, I heard, “make him suffer” from the familiar voice.

Yes I suffered. One whole year of unemployment and surviving on okpa every morning. At the 18th application, the VC secretary so touched by my predicament, told me I had to move on, because “they” didn’t want me.

I went home. Cried. I was broken. Time wasted. Broken promises. The system that “produced” me denied me.

I sold everything I had in my then tiny room. The money was enough to pay my way to Abuja. On my way to the park, I told the cab driver to please stop in front of the university gate. I alighted and I looked back and said, “I will never be the same way I left this place”. I vowed this to myself.

Today I am grateful, for all the year 2012/2013. For the rejections. For the 18 “Nos” I received. That experience made the man I am today. The Loaded Man.

For the stone rejected by the “builders” was destined to be the “cornerstone”

Time changes yesterday.”

Source: Dozie Francis Okpaleke| Facebook

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