Funke Akindele recalls wild UNILAG hustles

Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has opened up on some of the side jobs she took as a student of the University of Lagos.

While speaking with BellaNaija, Akindele revealed that she learnt ow to fix nails and bake cakes to support herself in school.

The actress also recalled being slapped by a customer who was unhappy with her work.

“When I was at the University of Lagos, I used to make nails. I made nails for a girl one day, and she slapped me because they were rubbish. I learnt by watching people make nails in Yaba. I would buy them, stay in the corridor, and ask people to come and get their nails done,” she said.

Akindele explained that she did these jobs because life taught her to be a hustler. She noted that those jobs helped her to be firm and disciplined.

“I was selling cakes. Bimpe Onakoya, the talented make-up artist, was buying cakes from me. She would make me up. I learnt from people making hair. I did make-up. I did costuming. I used to customise for Aunty Bukky Wright. Even Iyabo Ojo then. I would go to Yaba and buy costumes and iron them. I was a location manager. I would go to houses and knock. If they paid the owner N100,000, I could take 30 and pay the person 70. I sold bed space in UNILAG so I could survive. I am a hustler. That is why I am firm. Life taught me, and I cannot do otherwise,” she said.