BY BOLUWAJI OBAHOPO, LOKOJA
From helping his mother fry and hawk bean cake (akara) at the age of five, to learning how to cut palm fronds for elderly women, axing of wood for sale, and engaging in newspaper selling, the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole, had a dose of difficult early life. If not for providence and resolute determination, it would have been difficult to pull himself out of the shackles of poverty and become a successful person in life. But working hard, believing in himself and confessing himself to riches changed the narrative of his life.
Growing up
Born on May 5, 1965 and raised in Kabba, the headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, growing up for Matthew Kolawole was rough and challenging. He hustled along with his mother, who had a Herculean task taking care of him and his sibling. He had…
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