I Was A Brilliant Student Back In School – Tinubu
By Abubakar Idris
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday said he was a brilliant student back in his school days.
Salient Times report thst Tinubu made this known while speaking with Nigerians living in India following his trip to the country to attend the G-20 Summit.
Speaking with a number of Nigerian students who were studying in India, Tinubu cautioned them that they could succeed in their chosen fields if they put effort, honesty, drive, and a change of mindset into practice.
According to him, “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,” a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, read.
