Oluyemi Titilayo Showunmi is one woman of remarkable and admirable status. She is a Deputy Director in the Lagos State civil service with over 21 years in service. Her journey cuts across so many life lessons, experiences and so much more that has helped her to the height she has attained today. Oluyemi opens up to Tosin Clegg about life at 50, how she met her husband, life lessons, becoming a person of influence and much more
I thank God for the gift of life
I thank God for the challenges of life. I thank God for what I am able to surmount. I thank God that I don’t look like what I have been through and I thank God for everybody who has been around me, particularly. First, I will give glory to the almighty God, as I have said. I will thank my husband who has been very supportive. I thank my parents for the value they instilled in me, and of cause, family-friends who have become family members. I also thank everybody I have come across in life, colleagues, both juniors and seniors, everyone has been awesome. For everyone I have met, I have learnt something from them, so being 50, in one word for me, is edifying. It is sort of enlightenment, but most importantly it is about being grateful to God for the gift of life.