President Bola Tinubu has recounted how he started small earlier in his life as a security guard but has risen to who he is today as Nigeria’s President through a good education and the can-do spirit of a Nigerian.
Tinubu stated this on Thursday in India while urging Nigerians living in the country not to be hopeless and assuring that Nigeria is ready to accommodate all.
The President’s speech is contained in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngilale, which noted that he had an interaction with Nigerians on Thursday evening.
Tinubu, who is currently in India for the G-20 Summit, advised Nigerian students in the Asian country to consider their education a priority.
He said, “Good education brought me here, and I am happy to stand before you here as the President of Nigeria. I started small. 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 that 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 urged Nigerians to use Nigeria’s diversity and unique culture to advance prosperity for the benefit of all citizens.
“We are here to present a new future to you. A future for a country that is so rich, endowed, and highly populated. Very dynamic and unique in its culture, tradition, and ethnicity. That is what will make our prosperity possible if only we can make use of our diversity for prosperity,” he said.
