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By Vincent Kalu
Chief Executive Officer of Mass Transit Group and Chancellor of Enugu State based Maduka University, Dr Maduka Onyishi, has revealed that his transition from the humblest of beginnings to his current status was nothing short of extraordinary grace, and favours of destiny that found his labours worthy.
He stated this while receiving an award from a Lagos-based media house recently.
According to him, unspeakable grace met him at the point of toil and sweats, and took hold of his destiny without any resistance.
“It’s just that simple, because I have had several losses, made mistakes, failed again and again, but never obliged failures to conquer my humbly determined focus. I had no godfather to fall back on, so giving up was never an option. I had no any access to sources of finance, than the daily grind to live what I am and see what will be.
“I sincerely make no pretence of being smarter in my businesses, or do I assume to be better competitive, because my honest circumstance was a pretty rough road for survival, very basic in scope and limited in capacity, as it were.
“There was no hint of aspirations to what has become, or any label of exclusive personal hard work, other than the grace of God that found expression in the trust people had for me. Sometimes, really, I’m more surprised than others too, in my quiet moments of reflections.”
He said there were three major markers in his business struggles that made unbelievable transformation in his life journey that he can’t forget – a Ghana woman, Mercy Nana Dufie, who lived in Tudun Wada, Kano; Alhaji Mohammed Lawal Kurfi and Dr. Mike Inegbese.
