Dino Melaye has explained that his approach to money started long before he entered politics, recalling how a goat he bought as a child helped him take care of his education.
The former Kogi West senator said he bought the goat when he was 12. As it reproduced, he sold the young goats and used the proceeds to cover different stages of his education.
According to him, the money from that small venture eventually helped him pay his secondary school expenses, WAEC and JAMB fees, as well as his tuition during his first two years at Ahmadu Bello University.
Speaking on the KaaTruth podcast, he said:
“When I was 12, I bought a goat, and this goat would give birth, and I would sell its offspring to pay my school fees in secondary school. From the offspring of that goat, I paid for my WAEC, JAMB, and my first and second years at Ahmadu Bello University. My school fees were paid through that investment. At 18, I was already investing internationally, though not on a large scale. You don’t need to have all the money on earth to start investing.
“If my wealth were ill-gotten, if I hd stolen government money, I would not be criticising the government, because they would have long come after me. I’ve never been invited by the EFCC, the ICPC, or any of the anti-corruption agencies in this country, because I’ve never handled government contracts, whether at the federal or state level.but
“Then Covid came, and Zoom’s value multiplied 400 times over. So, ask God for direction. When I started investing in franchise businesses in America, over 20 years ago, I started with one. One gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, three gave birth to four.
“Today, I don’t just have a portfolio of apartments in Dubai; I am a developer. I am building. So you must be tenacious in life.”
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