Kings maker don't look like kings

This was a true life story of a relative of mine.

His words......many years ago, i was working as a clerk at a faculty in one popular university in Nigeria then i saw an advert for NDA(National Defence Academy) i have always wanted to go to NDA so i applied,summited my form and i was called for admission letter.

I had to travel to kaduna all the way from oyo state,i have a distance uncle that was resident there then, i wrote a letter(no telephone)to my uncle that i was coming to sit for an exam in kaduna and would love to stay in his house.

I didn't get a reply for my letter even as my departure time was approaching, i become so worry because i needed to go anyway ,as i was telling a college in the office concerning my fear of where to stay. Our office cleaner who was a Hausa man overheard us and in his broken English interjected that he knows someone right inside the NDA.

Who could he know there, is it not a cleaner like himself,i unintentionally said it to his hearing.
"oga no o the commandant op za NDA na ma classmate and ma priend"
In his bad handwriting ,he scribbled the commandants name on a piece of paper.
"Just mention my name por am ,him go helf you"
I reluctantly collected the paper not because i intended to make use of it but because i did not want him to feel bad.
The next ,i set out for this long journey by train ,i got to kaduna the next day towards evening ,upon getting there i went straight to my uncle's house only to find out that they have relocated from that place and no one knows their new address. I became stranded and it was late.

Around after 7pm, i made up my mind to give my cleaner's contact a shot, i went to the gate of NDA and mentioned the name i was given,to my utmost surprise, everyone in that bit,recognise the name and one person was promptly detailed to take me to the person. I gave the paper kabiru gave me to the secretary,the commandment shouted and followed the secretary outside to usher me in"where do you know kabiru?"he is my college in the office sir , i answered.where is he, how is he, hope he is doing well?,this man was asking me questions in an obvious excitement.

The look on his face shows kabiru is his beloved friend. He asked me what i came to do in kaduna and i told him i want to take NDA exam, wow do you have where to sleep? No sir, he immediately ordered someone to take me to his house,on getting there, i was lavishly entertained.
After the exam the next day, he drove me back to the park.

When i get back to campus ,i began to look at kabiru with a different eyes , how will this man know such a powerful person? Needless to say that my name was number four when the result came out .

Relationship is a currency. Every man needs another man to move on and that may be your neighbour you look down on, maybe the taxi driver you so much despise or even the house help you think is nobody today.

Relationship is a stream of income, everything in life actually reproduces on the basis of income of relationship. Those we know in life matters. Most of us are talented but we need a cup bearer.

There are some height you may never get to in life until someone tell someone about you. So, shut the door of relationship gentle ,you may need to use it someday. Let's us endeavour to take our relationship seriously,even if we meet online, don't look down on anyone. You never can tell which of the relationships is your own key to success.

Sometimes those who crown kings don't look like kings.

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