I Almost Ended Up as a Post Master - Babatunde Fashola

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has revealed that he almost ended up being a post master.

Babatunde Raji Fashola

 

Fashola made the revelation at a group mentoring programme for enterpreneurs organised by Young Business Leaders of Nigeria (YBLN) in Lagos.

He said after graduating from University of Benin (UNIBEN) and he was unemployed, his father presented him with the opportunity to work with the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). This was at a time  working with NIPOST was a dream job. While he realised it was a fantastic opportunity, he was extremely passionate about litigation and thus turned down the offer, and opted to pursue a career as a lawyer.

According to him: “I had a different passion and that was being in the courtroom; I therefore had to go for my dream to find a job that would help my career.   It took me a while before I could get  a job and that meant I was jobless for several months after NYSC.”
The former Lagos governor urged the participants to follow their dreams and make things work for themselves.

 

He, however, noted the failing education system in country and thus lauded the YBLN’s initiative in training young entrepreneurs for positive change in the country.

He encouraged the young entrepreneurs to pursue their careers with a view to realising their potentials.“I am happy to see young people doing great things in their various areas of business. The better Nigeria, we hoped for begins with us”

The minister also spoke of the need for youths to develop a sense of identity, to mark themselves out from previous rigorous thinking, distinctive engagement and an insistence on doing the right thing.