She appealed to spirited individuals and organizations for support to get better working tools that will improve her choice of vocation for livelihood.
Mrs. Nanman Nanfwang a female vulcanizer from Plateau State has narrates the challenges she is currently experiencing in the process of her work.
The Mangu local government based Vulcanizer was speaking in an interview where she said her major challenge is working tools which is hampering her work.
Narrating her challenge in the male dominating handwork Mrs. Nanfwang said “For now I’m only doing that of Motorcycles because the tools I have cannot fix Vehicle’s (car) tires, but if I have bigger tools I can do that of Vehicle. Though I’m trying to save money for the equipments but due to family demands, my saving is not enough to buy especially new Generator because the one I’m using now is faulty”
She appealed to spirited individuals and organizations for support to get better working tools that will improve her choice of vocation for livelihood.
The female vulcanizer whose workshop is close to her husband’s mechanic workshop in Bwai, Mangu local government area of the state, said she learned the work from her husband in order to support her family.
According to her, her husband who is a mechanic, is also doing vulcanizing work but sometimes he will be so busy that costumers will be waiting for him. And because she was always observing whenever he is doing the work, one day she decided to help and that was how she stated doing the vulcanizing work.
Mrs. Nanfwang said ever since she started the work, it has been of great help to her and her family because she no longer ask or rely on her husband for her needs and that of the family as a house wife, adding that she does most of the buying including payment of their children’s school fees.
She thanked God and her costumers for the patronage, saying she never lack costumers because they are always happy and feel satisfy whenever she work for them.
Mrs. Nanfwang encouraged the female folks to put behind them pride and embrace whatever genuine work that can be of help to their lives and that of their families.
Meanwhile Mrs. Nanman Nanfwang and few other women have proven the common adage that says, “what man can do, woman can do it even better” and are encouraging other women to defy the societal mind-set that some work are meant for men.
