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ALUMNA IMPACT STORY #WAVEacademies #WAVEworks

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Adetutu used to work as a marketer in a drug company. In between, she was also attending dance classes on days she did not have to go out to make sales.‘. She got tired of the job because it became difficult to sell the drugs as the prices rapidly increase. Tutu tried to look for a job ‘but since my OND result was not out yet, it was quite difficult, so I continued with my dance classes, and later got involved in fashion designing, all I did before WAVE,” she said. Tutu got to know about WAVE from her Aunt, who heard from the local community chairman. Coincidentally, her Aunt was also seeking a job and both applied to WAVE but she was screened out owing to age restriction (Aunt was 36). Tutu applied to the centre in Ketu and was admitted into the programme. She was sceptical at the beginning (assuming WAVE was a job agency) but was curious to see it through. “I like to see things to the end. I am a very inquisitive person”. She did not have any expectations but was “hopeful that WAVE ...