President Bola Tinubu has traced his success in life to a good education, linking it to his ascent as the nation’s leader.
Tinubu, who made the disclosure while addressing Nigerians in India on Thursday, advised them not to be despondent as Nigeria is ready to accommodate all of them.
Speaking in a statement through his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the President, who is currently in India for the G-20 Summit urged Nigerian students in the Asian country to consider their education as a priority.
“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”, he said.
Tinubu further encouraged them to make use of Nigeria’s diversity and culture for the advancement of prosperity to benefit all Nigerian citizens.
“We are here to present a new future to you. A future of 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 stated.
