Thank you Lagos Business School for extending the invitation for this village guy to deliver a Special Address before young people. #AfricaAgenda2063.
Check your records and you will see that I applied to teach part-time in your school, as an entry level Diamond Bank banker. Prof Albert J. Alos and Prof Pat Utomi, impressed by my records, invited me for an interview. Everything was going fine until Prof Alos asked me if I could “teach PGD [Diamond Bank founder]”. On that one, I said ‘Not possible, of course’.
They all laughed – and then told me “you will need more experience. Continue to do well in your current job”. Both were kind enough to walk me to the LBS gate. Days later, I received a nice but “sorry” letter from the business education temple for the audacious confidence that I could serve as a part-time priest.
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As always, thanks for remembering the village team. You have raised business generations; #respect.
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