I Achieved All What I Have Without University Degree – Africa’s Richest Woman Boasts

Nigerian business tycoon, Folorunsho Alakija, says
going to the university was not her destiny as she
was able to achieve her dreams without a degree.
Alakija, one of the richest black women in the world,
said this on Thursday at the Excellence in
Leadership program, an annual event organised by
Daystar Christian Centre, Ikeja, Lagos.
The founder of Rose of Sharon motivated the
audience by saying that she never allowed a lack of
university education to suppress her dreams and
ambition.
“If I had the opportunity of going to the university,
maybe I would have come out with a second class
upper or lower but that didn’t happen; that wasn’t to
be my destiny,” she said.
I would have loved to go to the university as we all
know that university education is good but some of
us who have not gone, it is not the end of the
world.”
Alakija said she was able to attain her present
position because she was determined and ready to
pay the price that came with all the challenges
she’s had to surmount.
“Having put my foot in the door, I decided I was not
going to turn back”, she noted, revealing that when
she had to file a lawsuit against the federal
government for taking 50 out of her 60 percent
equity, she remained determined.
The case which took 12 years to reach a conclusion
was a matter of determination, she said.
Alakija said she her person has been subjected to
series of misconceptions due to the ignorance of
people who don’t know her story.
The oil magnate noted that she is a product of hard
work, sweat, tears, and tenacity, stressing that she’s
not an overnight success.
She encouraged participants at the conference to
believe in themselves as it would be easier for
others to believe in such people; she added that she
believed in herself while moving from fashion
designing to an unfamiliar terrain
“A lot of things have been said about
me, some say I sold my way to the top;
I remember that the headline of one of
the national dailies in the country once
said ‘Hairdresser given an oil block’.
So I even became a hairdresser, one of
the many names I was given.”

Share Share Tweet Share Share Share

Home

Thanks For You Reading The Post We are very happy for you to come to our site. Our Website Domain name https://nairabreed.blogspot.com/.