Ghanaian actress, Salma Mumin, has recounted some of the challenges she went through during her days at Senor High School that nearly thwarted her ambition.
In her account, she noted that she attended Insaaniyya Senior High School and resided in the boarding house for quite some time until she had an issue with the school authorities.
Her time at the school was serene until she crossed paths with a friend whose influence led her astray. However, she did not disclose the specific circumstance that led her astray.
“In Senior High School (SHS), I was given an indefinite suspension because I associated myself with a friend [who got her into trouble]. I was expelled from the boarding house, so I had to stay around the area to commute to school and write my final exams.”
Salma Mumin
She went ahead to give more insight into how she was able to complete SHS despite the difficulties she encountered.
“I stayed with my auntie to complete my primary and JHS education. From there, I continued to attend Insaaniyya SHS. Since then, I never returned home again. I became independent. I was in boarding school from my first year to my third year.
“I stayed in the school for extra classes during vacation. My mother was funding my education at that time. I can’t recall the exact year I completed SHS because it has been a while…”
Salma Mumin
Salma is now into acting and is proud of her accomplishments. She is also an entrepreneur and a brand influencer.
Salma Denies ‘Backstabbing’ Friend
Salma Mumin vehemently denied betraying her friend, Chesca.
Chesca had previously introduced the actress to the location where she [Salma] set up her water business, which later evolved into a successful restaurant, and this led to a fallout between them.
According to reports, the initial agreement between them was that Salma would sell nothing else but water beside Chesca’s pub.
But after heeding the agreement and setting her water business running, Salma was alleged to have later rebranded and transitioned into selling food and drinks, a situation Chesca was infuriated about.
It was alleged that this development caused a fierce fight between the two who were once best friends and this was due to claims that Salma had taken over Chesca’s customers.
Salma Mumin, who did not entirely deny the claims mentioned that her friend, Chesca, did not tell her what to sell when she [Chesca] reached out to her [Salma Mumin].
“Chesca was the one who reached out to me. She didn’t even tell me what to sell. She reached out to me because her shop was surrounded by bushes and she wanted means through which that particular area would develop. She told me there was a spot and that if I was interested, she would talk to those in charge so I could get it.
“She was my friend, she needed someone to do a business by her but she didn’t even have an idea which business I could run. I first brought up the idea that I wanted to run a water depot and one day while running the water business, my worker called to inform me that someone made away with all the goods in the store. She said the person expressed interest in buying everything from the shop and after packing them into the car, the person bolted.”
Salma Mumin
Salma further narrated that Chesca, upon hearing her sad story, convinced her to sell food to complement the drinks being sold in her pub.
However, she [Salma] admitted to later selling drinks because the demand for drinks during the period Chesca had not opened her pub became high.
She noted that although Chesca stood against that decision, she still went ahead with it.
“Chesca came up with the food business idea. She said when people drink from her bar, they always like to eat. So, she encouraged me to run the food business. She opens her pub from 3 pm onwards and I operate from morning till evening. Whenever people came to my shop even before she opened hers, they asked for drinks. I can’t sell food without drinks. In most cases, I wait for her to open before I serve my customers drinks but how long can I be doing that? I’m a business person and I don’t want to lose customers, so one day, I consulted her and told her I wanted to sell juice.
“Fresh juice at least. I wasn’t even interested in selling alcohol because that’s the kind of drink she sells. I wanted to sell it at the time her shop wasn’t open so I didn’t have to wait till 3 pm. She did not agree to it. She said no. I told her she wasn’t fair and I went ahead to sell it. I sold alcohol too. That was when the problems started. She was furious sometime back and sent people after me to beat me up. The issue even ended up at the East Legon.”
Salma Mumin
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