Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Dr Olawale Fasanya, has disclosed that many people thought he was “mad” for resigning from a high-paying job at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) to take up a lower-paying role at SMEDAN.
Fasanya made the revelation on Thursday in Abuja during the public presentation of his autobiography, Cradle to Saddle.He revealed that he left a monthly salary of approximately N1.2 million, along with attractive perks such as first-class travel and multiple overseas training opportunities annually, for a position at SMEDAN that paid less than N300,000 per month.
“Some people thought I was mad by leaving a job that actually paid roughly about N1.2m and went back to a job that pays less than 300,000 in SMEDAN,” he said.
Fasanya, who was at the general manager level at PTDF, explained that despite the financial benefits and privileges, he felt unfulfilled because
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