Eighty-year-old Ayodele Mustapha, who once worked as a mechanic for corporate organisations in the 1960s, tells GRACE EDEMA why he regrets missing out on formal education after his father’s death
Tell us about your background.
My father was a native of Abeokuta in Ogun State, and my mother was also from there. However, I was born in May 1946 during their stay on the Ijebu side of Ogun State. I attended Ijebu Primary School and Saint Paul School, Shagamu, where I completed my primary education.
In 1960, I was supposed to start secondary school. I took the entrance examination and passed. However, in the first week we were meant to resume, my father died.
That must have been difficult.
Yes, it was unfortunate, and because of that, I could not continue my education at the time. I had to learn a trade, which was mechanical work. I trained as a
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