President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu shared what he went through when he was trying to make a living as a cab driver in Chicago.
He narrated his experience as a Taxi driver in a biography that was printed on the back page of a national newspaper.
The biography which was titled ‘Tinubu: My Life as a Gypsy Cab Driver in the US’ was written by a journalist, Mike Awoyinfa.
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President Bola Ahmed Tiunubu shared how he was given a hot slap by a navy officer whom he overcharged for his trip.
“We got an unregistered used car commonly called Gypsy, which we ran as a taxi, then operated at the airport where we picked passengers, and not anywhere else, like the hotel because it was forbidden for unlicensed cab drivers to do so. We did that for a while to raise some money. I (President Tinubu) headed for Chicago.
I was supposed to have started schooling in April but deferred it till September in order to have more money. Immediately I got to Chicago, I went straight to Richard Daley College. It was very interesting. I was able to pay for my apartment and tuition fees at Chicago State University. I supplemented that by doing different menial jobs like door guard and security man.
As a cab driver, one experience I will never forget was when I over-charged a naval officer returning to the country. It was not intentional. Apparently, I didn’t know the direction. There was no GPRS in those days to locate directions. So, he gave me the direction to his house in a Virginia suburb.
I gave him the price and the man responded with a slap to my face. He said I should know the correct price to charge to the location he mentioned. He slapped me and gave me the money,” he recounted.
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Aregbesola praises President Tinubu for his political success
In other news, Rauf Aregbesola, the former Minister of Interior, expressed his gratitude towards President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari, acknowledging them as his political mentors and supporters.
On his Twitter account, Aregbesola credited Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for his role in his political career. He attributed his appointment as Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 to Tinubu, who served as the governor of Lagos State at the time.
Aregbesola further acknowledged Tinubu’s instrumental support in his subsequent election as the governor of Osun State, a position he held from 2010 to 2018.
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