‘Compete with my children’, MC Oluomo responds to critics mocking his English
MC Oluomo
Abdullateef Fowewe
The President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, commonly referred to as MC Oluomo, has addressed the mockery surrounding his recent mispronunciation of “kudos” as “kundus.”
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His remark came after a previous viral clip in which he mistakenly used “kundus” while attempting to applaud the efforts of union members in Abuja.
In a viral video released on Tuesday, Akinsanya spoke to union delegates and acknowledged the jokes aimed at him but stated that he is not bothered by them.
He admitted to having limited formal education and noted that while he may struggle with English, he is proud of his children, who are citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Akinsanya further shared that rather than focusing on formal education, he dedicated himself to building a career in the transport industry, starting off as a bus conductor.
He highlighted that his accomplishments, despite his modest origins, are a testament to his hard work.
He said, “If you and my children come out to express yourself, I’m not sure you can beat them, they are highly educated. I trained my children properly with money. My children are citizens of America and the United Kingdom. I worked hard to get there.
“ ‘Kundusi!’ What happened? Grammars are too much. Grammar won’t finish Nigeria, I might not understand the English language, but I understand Yoruba.
“I started as a bus conductor, then as a treasurer of a unit of NURTW, to unit chairman, to branch deputy treasurer, to branch treasurer, to branch chairman, to state chairman, and then to national president. I worked hard to get here. I am not educated.
“So they are mocking me for saying ‘kundusi’, is my child not Qudus? You that you are educated, what did you do?”
