Truly, Diligence is the mother of good fortune and a great
teacher! A good lesson for people out there...be humble, diligent, do
your job faithfully... whatever the situation, challenges. One day, the
right people will notice.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday,
shared an inspiring story of a young lowly but hardworking typist, whom
he recommended for an international job despite the fact that he had
only his school certificate. Read the story below:
While I was teaching at the University of Lagos, as a young
lecturer, in the department of Public Law in the Faculty of Law, there
were 3 typists in the department. The chief typist, senior typist, and
the junior typist. Because in those days before laptops and personal
computers, typists in universities had to do a lot of work and they were
very important because you always needed to type all your materials.
When there was work to do, what l discovered was that the chief typist would disappear. He works only till 4 pm.
The senior typist would be nowhere to be found. But a gentleman called
Adereni the junior typist, who only had his school certificate, was
remarkably hardworking. Sometimes I would drop him off at his home at 1am.
Years after I was working as an adviser to the then
Attorney-General of the Federation Hon. Bola Ajibola, who later became a
judge of the World Court. While in the court at The Hague, in the
Netherlands, one day he called me and asked if I could recommend a good
secretary who is hard working and could do long judgments. I had three
options, chief typist, senior or this junior typist, but the junior
typist at a time had only school certificate, he didn’t have any other
qualification but l choose him. He got to the Hague, and typically
worked hard and diligently. Every judge in the court wanted him to work
with them. He later moved his family over to the Hague and got degrees
and made a good living for himself. One day he remembered me and
actually sent me a car.
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