Here’s The Full Story…
I grew up in Akure, a quaint little place in South western Nigeria. Well, it’s not so little anymore.
Money was mostly always in short supply tried as my parents did but my mom was a school teacher who was determined to not let our circumstances stand in the way of our success. All 7 kids of us.
She put in extra hours of teaching, lecturing, invigilating and marking external examination scripts in addition to a side business selling fashion items.
She it was, who taught me the value of industry & hard work. I, an ultra-sensitive kid in our never-enough circumstances, skipping home from school on well-worn paths in the afternoons where I saw affluence and people thriving on the strength of their convictions.
I felt that urge to change my story, our story and to thrive but I desperately needed to figure out how to.
In my young mind, it was either you find a way, create one or you die trying and I wasn’t going to settle for death.