My humble beginning – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has told some Nigerian students in India about his humble beginning in life, as a way of encouraging them. The President told his audience that he “started small” and had once worked as a security guard.
He stressed that “good education” helped him attain the position of president.
“Good education brought me here and I am happy to stand before you here as the President of Nigeria. I started small,” Tinubu was quoted in a statement released by Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson.
“I was a security guard. I was a tutor in school. I was a brilliant student. I joined Deloitte and was trained by one of the biggest accounting firms in the world, because of my education.
“When I joined them, I asked them, do you have branches in Nigeria? and they said, ‘we have a lot of clients, we will take you if you want to go home’.
“That’s how I got to Exxon Mobil and was a very successful accountant, auditor-general, and treasurer until I joined politics with a can-do attitude.
“You can also do it; do not be despondent in any way. Nigeria is ready to accommodate all. It does not matter which part of Nigeria you are from.”
Tinubu is billed to attend the G-20 summit taking place in India between September 9 and 10.
