My people, gather here make I drop beta gist from Akwa Ibom Governor, Umo Eno! This guy don share some palava wey no be small.

As e dey lecture for Mountain Top University convocation, e carry come another side of im life wey go shock you. Umo Eno don yan how im papa, wey be police officer, die for duty and as wahala go start for im family. Since then, na street hawking na im side hustle to help im mama manage the house.

“I dey carry soft drink dey sell for Lagos streets,” Eno talk, even as im dey shine as Senior Prefect for im school wey be Victory High School. Dis na the kind hustling wey build am up as e later turn CEO of one big hospitality company for Akwa Ibom.

Eno come advise di fresh graduates say dem no suppose dey look for easy way out. “You fit dream big, but make sure say you go work hard. No dey think say success go just fall from sky like rain.” Na so e take warn dem against entitlement mentality wey plenty youths dey chop for this our obodo Naija.

Im talk say nowadays, technology don change the game, and dem go need creative thinking to do anything wey fit pass the old ways. E no just stop for dat o; e remind dem say wetin dem de see today no be the way wey things be before.

“Dem say success no go come easy, and true true, if you no dey put work, you go crash,” Eno drop am straight like say na male version of “The Alchemist” wey dey talk about destiny and hard work. E add, “You go gree work hard to see God move for your matter.”

As im dey yarn, e still carry im thoughts about how im roots dey guide am, and how im dey hail the small beginnings wey him come out from. Im don reach far, but im still get that humility wey dey make am dey remember the poor.

Na so im take dey go, and e dey show say leadership fit still be about people and values. Professor Daniel Olukoya wey be Chancellor and General Overseer for di event, hail am for im efforts and say im words don inspire graduates wella.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Elijah Ayolabi, no gree sit down without praising am too, say e make di occasion more lively and motivating. Na dis kind level wey we dey talk about, my people. Umo Eno no be just governor; him dey live lesson wey many youths for this country suppose learn from.