I DROVE TAXIS AND WORKED AS A GUARD- KAYODE FAYEMI

Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Solid Minerals Development

Dr. Kayode Fayemi the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, while delivering the 2016 convocation lecture of the University of Lagos revealed that he drove taxis and worked as a guard notwithstanding the fact that he was a graduate.

According Fayemi:

“What you need to know, however is that as a UNILAG graduate and a postgraduate student in the United Kingdom, I have driven taxis and worked as a guard amongst other several menial jobs to survive.”

Fayemi made this revelation as a challenge to Nigerian youths to explore and utilize their creative ability for societal development.

The Minister urged young people to resist the thought that they are entitled to jobs just because of parents’ influence or because they have university degrees.

Furthermore, he urged young people to be prepared to bend backwards and do things they might consider to be beneath them because the only guarantee they have in this life is what they do for themselves with the grace God has bestowed on them all.

“Be prepared for surprises and disappointment, because life is bound to hand you a couple of them,” Fayemi said at the lecture.