I drove taxi to fund my education in the US– President Tinubu

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, has spoken on several occasions about working as a taxi driver (among other odd jobs like working as a night guard) to help put himself through college in the United States during the 1970s.

He attended Richard J. Daley College in Chicago before transferring to Chicago State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1979. He has often shared this background in public speeches to emphasize his resilience, work ethic, and humble beginnings prior to his corporate career at companies like Deloitte and ExxonMobil, and his eventual entry into politics.