President Bola Tinubu has issued a statement regarding his academic achievements when a student at the University of Chicago, stating that he stood out academically.
The president, who is in India for the G-20 Summit, made the remarks during a meeting with Nigerian students on Thursday evening.
Several Nigerian students studying in India attended the meeting, according to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President for Media and Publicity.
Tinubu advised the students that they might succeed in their chosen professions if they put effort, honesty, determination, and a shift in perspective into practise.
He 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.”
