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Peller Wahala: 19-Year-Old TikToker Wants First Class Graduate as Cameraman ( Pidgin version)

Peller Don Dey Find First Class Graduate to Dey Shoot Video for Am
Abeg, make una sit down make I tell una wetin dey happen for this our Nigeria. This small boy wey dem dey call Peller, na 19 years old o, dey make ₦80 million every month just from TikTok. Yes, you hear am well - eighty million naira every month!
Now this pikin don post say e dey find cameraman, e go pay am ₦500k monthly. But see condition o - the person must be first class graduate with straight A's. Can you imagine?
The Wahala Start
Na so Nigerians just dey vex anyhow. Everybody dey ask the same question: "So to dey point camera for TikTok video now, I need first class?"
People dey laugh say this boy wey probably never enter university lecture hall dey demand academic excellence from cameraman. The irony just dey sweet me for body.
One person tweet say: "Oga, some of the best camera people for this country learn their work for Alaba Market and film village, no be university." And na true talk be that!
The Money Dey Too Much
But make we talk the real gist - this boy really get money scatter. When he go Rubbin' Minds show earlier this year, he talk say he dey make ₦15-20 million weekly from TikTok. Some days, one live session go bring $10,000 (that's over ₦6 million o!).
So when he say ₦500k no be problem for him, na true talk. That money na like 5 naira for his pocket. But still, the principle dey pain people.
Wetin Really Dey Happen
This whole drama just dey show us how this social media thing don change Nigeria completely. We get small boys wey no finish school dey make more money than professors. Traditional work don become like joke when one TikTok video fit buy you car.
But see am now - the same boy wey success no come from book learning dey use book qualification dey judge people. E no make sense at all!
People Dey React Anyhow
Social media just dey hot since. Some people dey support am say if you get money, you fit demand excellence. Others dey vex say na discrimination - that practical skill pass certificate sometimes.
One Twitter user write: "This boy never see university gate, but he want first class graduate to dey follow am dey record video. Nigeria don spoil finish!"
Another one talk say: "Maybe na strategy - he want make people think say he serious by hiring book people."
The Real Talk
Look, na Peller money, he fit spend am however he want. But the thing just dey funny - you build your empire on street sense and phone charisma, but you dey look for academic excellence for your staff?
Na like say person wey learn driving for motor park dey ask for driving school certificate before he go carry passenger. The thing no just add up.
Why This Matter
This story big pass Peller and his cameraman job. E dey show us say our generation dey rewrite success rules, but we still dey trapped by old system thinking.
The creator economy don blow up for Nigeria. Small boys dey make millions from bedroom, but they still dey think like the system wey for keep them broke. That's the real problem.
My Final Say
Peller story na mirror for Nigeria - we dey always between old and new. This boy fit afford to pay any amount, but he still dey think like traditional Nigerian company wey value certificate more than creativity.
Maybe as he dey grow, he go understand say the best camera person might be the one wey learn am for YouTube, not the one wey get first class for Literature.
But for now, make we just dey watch this drama unfold. Na entertainment for us, but na lesson for the next generation of creators.