After six years in the classroom, Francis Logah reached a point where he felt his teaching career was no longer financially sustainable.
The trained teacher eventually left the profession in 2022 and turned to Okada riding and delivery services, a decision he says dramatically changed his financial situation.
Speaking on Neat FM on September 9, 2026, Logah said he had struggled to make meaningful progress while working as a teacher. At the time, he could not afford to buy even a single block to begin construction on his mother’s land around Kasoa.
But within a year of leaving the classroom, he said, his fortunes had changed.
Logah disclosed that between 2022, when he quit teaching, and the end of 2023, he had completed a two-bedroom house on the land. He now lives there with his wife and children.
“When I stopped, God has been so good to me. My mother had a piece of land around Kasoa, but after teaching for six years, I couldn’t afford to buy even a single block to start building. But between 2022, when I stopped, and the end of 2023, I had built a two-bedroom house, and I am now living there with my wife and children. I built it within a period of one year,” he said.
Reflecting on his decision to leave teaching, Logah said his experience in the profession was marked by persistent financial difficulties.
He claimed that there were times when he could not afford basic food items and had to obtain them on credit, paying for them once his salary arrived at the end of the month.
“Teachers borrow to survive, when the month ends we go and pay. We buy foodstuff on credit. I won’t hide it,” he said.
Logah said the contrast between his earnings as a teacher and his income after taking up riding convinced him that leaving the profession was the right decision for him.
His departure from teaching, however, was not the result of a formal resignation process.
According to Logah, he simply decided one morning in 2022 that he would no longer return to the classroom. When the headmistress contacted him to find out why he had not reported to school, he told her he was done.
“I walked out in 2022. No letter, no apology to anybody. At daybreak, I didn’t go to school. When the headmistress called me, I told her, ‘I am not coming again,’” he said.
He explained that he had only a few days left before the salary validation process when he made the decision to leave.
Logah said he subsequently instructed his superiors not to allow any further salary payment into his account because he had already decided to move on.
“I worked, and there were only a few days left for the validation. I told the headmistress that I didn’t need the money. If I needed it, I would have stayed. I told her to make sure no money was paid into my account,” he added.
For Logah, the decision to leave teaching was ultimately driven by his search for a more financially sustainable livelihood, with his experience after leaving the classroom shaping his view that he made the right choice.
