What do you believe is the single most important factor driving up the cost of living in Nigeria?

I think around 2006 or 2007, I went to a park close to my house in Akowonjo because my elder brother used to play basketball, and whenever he was at the park I would go there and watch him. That day, he asked me to try out, and I made a fool of myself. A lot of people laughed at me, but some people told me to keep pushing because it looked like I could play basketball, but I just needed some coaching.

I thought about it and I started training. I started playing basketball when I was in secondary school, and I attended some competitions as an amateur. After my brother travelled out of the country on scholarship, I realised that there was opportunity in the sport, and because I have always liked basketball, I started learning how to play it, and here we are. Basketball has presented so many opportunities for me, and that was how it all began.

How has the journey been so far?

To be honest, the journey has been great, and the process has been amazing. It is still a journey, just as you said, because it is a marathon and not a sprint; I am always taking it one season after the other. We are here not because this is an apparent situation but because there are a lot more steps and more places to go, more experience to gain. I watched a clip of my last game over a million times, and there were six different things that I could have done differently, and that’s the experience for me. The moment we make mistakes, the moment we correct them, and the moment of redemption—that’s how the whole journey has been for me.

While in Nigeria you played for River Hoopers and Kwara Falcons; now you are in Tunisia after also playing in Cameroon. How will you compare the system in Nigeria to those countries?

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