A video showing billionaire businessman and UBA Group Chairman Tony Elumelu correcting a woman who addressed him by his first name during a conference has gone viral online.
The incident happened during the event when the woman approached Elumelu and greeted him by saying, “Good morning Tony.”
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Elumelu appeared surprised by the way she addressed him and asked her to repeat what she had said.
“Tony??”
The woman then repeated her greeting, saying, “Good morning tony.”
Elumelu responded by explaining that he preferred to be addressed with a title or surname rather than simply by his first name.
He said:
“No, you wouldn’t call me Tony. I am not one of those…You call me Mr Elumelu or TOE or Chairman. I don’t subscribe to that kind of Oyibo life”
The businessman appeared to be making a point about the way people address elders and respected individuals in Nigerian culture, while also making it clear that he does not subscribe to what he described as the “Oyibo life.”
See video below………