Tinubu made the statement in India, where he is currently attending the G-20 summit
By Kehinde Okeowo
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that he once worked as a security guard and school teacher while starting his career in accounting.
The president made this known recently, while speaking to a gathering of Nigerians in India; where he is attending the G-20 summit.
Tinubu’s latest revelation comes after he defeated the presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and that of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday.
The duo had challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
However, the Tribunal while giving its verdict, affirmed the incumbent president was duly elected and subsequently dismissed their petitions.
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Reflecting on the trajectory of his life, which prepared him for leadership position, the president told a story of his slow start to greatness, including working as a security guard and a tutor in school.
Speaking at the event, Tinubu 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”.
