The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that his father was killed by gunmen during a religious crisis in Kaduna State in 1992, when he was just 10 years old.
He made this known during a special programme organised by Channels Television titled “Youth Forum”, held to commemorate President Bola Tinubu’s second year in office.
“I lost my dad because of issues that had to do with internal security.
My dad was killed by gunmen due to religious whatever.
He was coming from church and was killed in Kaduna in 1992.
That threw me off balance and brought me back to the cradle, and it was tough growing up with my mother,” the minister recounted.
Despite the hardship and emotional toll of losing his father at a young age, Tunji-Ojo said he resolved to overcome the challenges and build a successful business career before venturing into public service.
He also praised President Bola Tinubu for taking bold steps to reform Nigeria’s economy.
“I’m happy that Mr President came and took two decisions.
Before Mr. President came on board, what we were spending in the present was the future.
I was in the National Assembly when we were doing appropriation.
Almost 90 percent of your revenue was for debt servicing, not repayment.
You cannot spend 90 percent of your revenue to service debt and expect that the catalyst for economic growth would be financed.”
