The President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has said he is taking lessons to improve his spoken English.\n<\/p>\n
He made the disclosure on Tuesday, while addressing Nollywood actor Adams Kehinde, popularly known as Lege Miami, and other attendees at a rally organised in support of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid.\n<\/p>\n
The remarks have drawn attention online following the circulation of a video of the exchange.\n<\/p>\n
Speaking in Yoruba, MC Oluomo acknowledged that he and Lege Miami were not fluent in English, adding that he had decided to take classes to improve his communication skills.<\/p>\n
He also said his frequent international travels had not made him a fluent English speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeither of us speaks English fluently, so I am taking classes to improve. I travel around the world. I am a citizen of America.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I get to immigration and they ask how many weeks I want to stay, I tell them no, this is my home. I am a US citizen; I am going home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
MC Oluomo also spoke about his children\u2019s educational and professional achievements, saying they had careers in different fields in the United States. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy children can speak better than me. My children in the US are nurses, a doctor and an engineer,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
He added that he sometimes relied on his children to speak on his behalf when he found it difficult to express himself in English.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I get somewhere and cannot speak English well, I will give the microphone to one of my children,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
In April 2025, MC Oluomo faced online criticism after pronouncing the word \u201ckudos\u201d as \u201ckundusi\u201d while praising members of the union in Abuja.\n<\/p>\n
PUNCH Online reports that he responded to the criticism by acknowledging that he was not educated and might struggle to express himself in English.\n<\/p>\n
He, however, dismissed the importance attached to his English proficiency, saying, \u201cGrammar won\u2019t finish Nigeria, I might not understand the English language, but I understand Yoruba.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also challenged his critics to compare their achievements with those of his children, whom he described as highly educated and citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI trained my children properly with money. My children are citizens of America and the United Kingdom. I worked hard to get there,\u201d he said in the earlier video.\n <\/p>\n
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