President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that he worked as a taxi driver and took several other jobs in the United States to finance his university education.
Tinubu said he had to postpone starting school for several months after arriving in the US to save enough money to support his education.
The President disclosed this in a statement shared on his X account on Wednesday, while highlighting his administration’s achievements and ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s education sector.
According to him, his experience as a young student struggling to pay tuition fees and accommodation expenses shaped his belief that every Nigerian child should have access to quality education, regardless of their family background.
Tinubu explained that after arriving in the United States, he drove a taxi to raise money for his education before eventually moving to Chicago, where he worked different jobs to support himself through university.
“When I first arrived
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