Chess master, Tunde Onakoya, has revealed that his father sold his taxi to pay his West African Examination Council (WAEC) fee.
Onakoya who recently set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon made this disclosure in a post on his X handle.
“It was an incredibly painful sacrifice because this affected him to a point where he had to leave Lagos and go back to the village to work in a bakery,” Onakoya said.
“He always told us he had no regrets because he wanted us to get the education he never had.”
Onakoya said his dad’s decision to sell his taxi put him under immense pressure to make it in life.
The new chess record-holder said everyone had high hopes that he was going to become a medical doctor and save his family from poverty.
“You can imagine how devastating it was for everyone when I did not gain admission to study medicine despite all the sacrifices my parents made.
“Everything spiralled…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
