I used to sell recharge cards, pure water – Kim Oprah recalls humble beginning

• Kim Oprah has remembered her days of difficulties when she was much younger.
• The reality star and media personality said things became hard when her father died.
• Kim Oprah stated that she and her sister sold petty things like egg, recharge cards and pure water in their axis.

Big Brother Naija reality show star, Opara Chinonso Ibinabo, popularly known as Kim Oprah, has recalled her humble beginnings.

The reality TV star revealed that she once sold sachet water and recharge cards during her struggles.

Oprah stated this in an interview with Taymesan on the Tea With Tay podcast.

Sharing her childhood experience, she narrated how she had to live in Abuja barracks after the death of her father. In Kim Oprah’s words:

“After my dad’s death, my mother was in the military. So we had to move into the barracks in Abuja to help with accommodation.

“When I went to University of Port Harcourt, my sister and I used to sell recharge cards, pure water and eggs around our side, because there was no closeby kiosk, where you could buy those things so we became the kiosk.

“Honestly, I’m just happy that I went through it because it really shaped me and made me stronger.

“I know what the hustle is, I have seen suffering. So coming out on the other side and being this person is like I understand both worlds.”

In a similar post, budding Nigerian singer, Sulaimon Shekoni Solomon, better known as Khaid has recalled growing up with a tailor father and mother who was a teacher as well as hairstylist.

The Headies nominated musician revealed that he was born into a family of 10— his parents and eight children, including himself.

He said that he did not complete his studies because when he graduated from high school he did not want to go to the university as he was afraid of writing JAMB.

Speaking in an interview, the ‘Anabella’ crooner noted that in the course of hustling after high school, he has worked as a mechanic, painter and barber.