The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday took time to reflect on the trajectory of his life, which prepared him for leadership.
The president spoke to a gathering of Nigerians in India; where he is attending the G-20 summit.
Tinubu told a story of his slow start to greatness, including working as a security guard and a tutor in school.
‘Good education brought me here and I am happy to stand before you here as the president of Nigeria,’ he said.
‘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.’
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‘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,’ the president exclaimed.
Tinubu claimed that despite having abundant natural and human resources, Nigeria’s poor state was due to a lack of leadership.
‘We are not poor in knowledge. We are not poor in human resources. We are only poor in management and leadership, and that is why I ran for president, to help all of us mould the soul of our country in the right direction,’ the President said.
Africa Today News, New York Tinubu is currently in India for the G-20 Summit billed to formally commence tomorrow.
The President called on Nigerians to harness the country’s rich diversity as a uniquely powerful tool for advancing prosperity and national development for the benefit of all citizens.