Tell us a bit about your childhood<\/b><\/p>\n
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I was a very inquisitive child and luckily for me my parents encouraged it. As the last born, I got a lot of attention and that meant whatever I wanted I got. So I had lots of toys and I remember dismantling them all in the name of trying to find out how they were built. My siblings would be furious especially when it was a gift from them but then my mum would always cover for me saying I was going to be an Engineer. Hence, they should let me be. To be fair, I did manage to assemble most of the toys I dismantled, plus I remember fixing my dad\u2019s radio at age 11.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How many siblings do you have?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have 2 siblings. Two elder sisters, actually.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nice! What else were you interested in?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Books!!! I loved reading. I think I was influenced by my environment. My dad studied Literature and he loved reading as well, my sisters also loved reading. We had a library filled with old books and he always encouraged us to read. As far back as primary school, I had read Pride and Prejudice. Even Though, I didn\u2019t fully comprehend it. I always enjoyed traveling to new places through books. I knew I wanted to live abroad when I was older.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You\u2019re one of the few people who actually practiced their childhood ambition. How did that happen?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well, I think my parents played a huge role in this. Although, we were of the middle class, they ensured I never lacked anything when it came to my education. I remember falling behind in Math in secondary school. I had two lesson tutors, one at school during break and then one at home after school and during the weekends. They were really invested in my education. I think it also helped that my nickname was Engineer. I put in so much effort into my admissions exams that I was really surprised when my name was on the Merit list of Mechanical Engineering courses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How did school go?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n School was good to me. I have always been invested in my books and my lecturers seem to take a liking to that. Hence, it was easy for me to ask questions even outside classes. That really helped with my grades. I started topping my class in my second year and it stayed that way till I graduated.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ahn ahn! You didn\u2019t tell me I was talking to a genius.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n *laughs. Please do. We\u2019re all geniuses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n No o! You\u2019re a First Class graduate. There are some levels to this. *laughs<\/b><\/p>\n It must have been easy to land a job. So tell me, how did you kick-start your career?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well, to be honest it was. Remember, I said I was close to my lecturers. During the break before my 3rd year, one of my lecturers had gotten me an internship with a top multinational company. They were impressed with my output and every break I\u2019d intern with them. Immediately after I graduated they sent me on a 3 months training course in Korea. It was an amazing opportunity for me, my parents were so proud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I worked with them for 5 years before I got an offer I couldn\u2019t resist on LinkedIn. It was for an oil and gas company.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n God When! Should I say you had it easy.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well, maybe then but certainly not now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n My plan was to work with the company for another 3 years, save up and then relocate to Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n But life had other plans, sometimes I wish I didn\u2019t take the job but we can\u2019t change the past.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hmm! What changed your plans.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I got posted to Port Harcourt to work on some oil tanks. It was pretty exciting and the experience changed my career, not just in the way I had expected.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How so?!<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my second month, there was a technical mishap on the field as a result of an error from me. I was one of the few gravely affected and was in a coma for two months. When I woke up I realized I had lost both of my hands. It took me a long while to adjust to reality but what made it even worse was that I couldn\u2019t go back to the job I loved so much.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n That\u2019s so sad. What did you do next?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n At that point, I didn't really do much thinking. I moved back to my parents who were very supportive. I realized that my dream of relocating was going to be harder than I had imagined. I didn\u2019t have so much savings from my previous job as I was living a Lagos big boy life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m currently trying to adjust to living with no hands and trying to get prosthetic hands with the money allocated to me from the company.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is there anything you wish you knew earlier?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes, I wish I didn\u2019t take early success in life for granted. I would have been better prepared for anything life would have thrown at me. I mean I didn\u2019t think anything could change my lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n I mean now, I know better. I recently spoke to an ex-<\/span>colleague and told him to get an <\/span>Income Protection plan<\/b> from <\/span>Enterprise Life<\/b> so he can always have a backup to fund his dreams and lifestyle incase of any critical mishaps during the course of work.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019ve also started saving with the <\/span>Enterprise LifeTime Needs plan<\/b> with the money I get from friends and family. My dreams of relocating are still valid; they may just take longer<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tell us a bit about your childhood I was a very inquisitive child and luckily for me my parents encouraged it. As the last born, I got a lot of attention and that meant whatever I wanted I got. 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