My name is Gabriel Eze. I am from Okposi, Ebonyi State. I gained admission into the Federal University of Technology Owerri in 2017. I am currently 23 years old. I studied Petroleum engineering and I am also a plumber. I graduated in August this year and my convocation was held this December.
I was in Secondary School, in SS1, when I began to develop an interest in plumbing vocation. I enrolled into a plumbing apprenticeship which lasted for approximately four years or a little bit more than that. I finished secondary school in 2017 and got admission into a higher institution the same 2017. So, I completed my apprenticeship after my first year in a higher institution which was in 2019. After my apprenticeship training, I founded a plumbing enterprise, which I later registered in 2020.
What prompted me to learn plumbing when I was 14 years old and in SS1 was financial constraints. Also, when the plumber, who later became my boss) came for a plumbing job in my school, I got interested in what he was doing. The job he came for lasted for about three days. So while he was doing the job, during my break period, I went to where he was and joined him.
What did you do for him?
I did not do anything serious. Most of the things I did then was helping them out to pick up the tools he used and that was how I got interested in the job.