Reality Star Ifu Ennada Talks About Being Broke Before Entering Biggie's House

Reality star and up and coming actress Ifu Ennada in an interview with New Telegraph, talks about her childhood days and what BBNaija reality show Platform has taught her....She says she used to cry to sleep at night when the lights were out!

Excerpt From The Interview....


Brief background


My name is Ifu Ennada. The ‘Ennada’ is Adanne spelt backwards. Ifu is my initials, Iheme Faith Uloma. When I was 19, I was told I needed a name as a presenter, and I’ve always loved all my names but how can I say all that while introducing myself? So I decided to get creative with it. I’m from Abia State, Nkpa, in Bende Local Government but I was born in Lagos and I’ve lived most of my life here. I’m an award winning actor, Big Brother Naija housemate 2018. I’m also a professional TV host and producer, writer and aspiring musician.




What was your growing up like?

Growing up wasn’t every easy for my family. We went through loads of hardship. There was a point in my life where we even moved to the village because we couldn’t pay our rent. Things were hard for us back then but it was still fun because I had parents who regardless of the fact they didn’t have all the money in the world, loved me and gave me their best. My dad didn’t let me go to a public school; he would rather sell his properties to get money to put me in a private school. Yes it was tough and hard but it had helped me to build the foundation of which I’m currently standing on.



Talking about Big Brother Naija, why did you go for that reality show?


I never wanted to go to Big Brother’s House. It was Stacy, a close friend of mine who is an actor and producer that made me go for the auditions. Last year was terribly bad for me. It was probably one of my worst years so far. I was seriously broke. It wasn’t as if I was not working, but people were not paying. I had even lost a huge amount of money so I was terribly broke. Then my friend Stacy called me and asking where I was. I told her I was at home and she told me that the audition for Big Brother was happening that day but I told her I didn’t even have transport money to get there. She asked me to send my account number and before you knew it, I had enough money to take a cab to the venue of the audition. I’ve never really thought of going for Big Brother auditions before only music reality shows and I was tempted to use the money to buy pizza and a drink and not bother going but I felt I would let my friend down, so I dressed up and went for it. I didn’t even believe I would be picked; I just wanted to please my friend. Then one thing led to another and I got a call that I would be in the Big Brother house, 2018, So it was my friend who encouraged me and you know, in life you have to keep trying and never give up and explore as many opportunities as possible. I will forever be grateful to Stacy for encouraging me to go for Big Brother.




What was it like being in the Big Brother’s house?


It was crazy in there! There were days I would ask myself, ‘what are you even doing here?’ I’m the type of girl that would not want people to see her weaknesses. I want to be perceived as strong and in control. There were many times I cried in that house and people wouldn’t know because I would hide under my duvet and cry to my heart’s content. Sometimes, I would wake at night when the lights are out, and I will pray to God to get me through one more day. Being in a small community with 19 other people you really don’t know from anywhere wasn’t easy but it was also fun. I made some friends in the house like Princess, she got evicted quite early in the show but out here we’re are friends and trying to do a few things together .

I also learnt a lot especially with all the tasks Big Brother asked us to do. I learnt how to work under pressure and also how to communicate with people better. Thanks to Big Brother, I’m better with my relationship with people.