To qualify as a Chartered Accountant was not as easy task. In fact, it was the greatest challenge I ever had in my entire life – having the courage to face what some people call the “almighty” ICAN (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria) examinations. The “almighty” tells of how challenging and difficult it is to pass the examinations which a number of would-be Chartered Accountants have abandoned and many have vowed never to write again because of the failures and setbacks they have suffered. These are the quitters and losers.

Having passed each of the first five stages of the examinations at a sitting, one would have thought passing the final examination would be an easy ride. But alas, I failed. It was a big blow indeed. And as if that was not enough, this was followed by successive failures. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven attempts at the final examination: total failure. But I had learnt long time ago that success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. As long as you are still enthusiastic about your goals, dreams and aspirations, failures notwithstanding, you are still on course; failures are part of the process.

I became resolute, never to give up, determined not to throw in the towel, never to raise the white flag of defeat. I went for it the eighth time. Then came that beautiful seven letter word: s-u-c-c-e-s-s. Today when my friends see me, even those that quit, what they say is “he is a Chartered Accountant”. Not “oh, he failed seven times.”
Today, that boy who repeated primary four, who wrote O-Level four times, who wrote the university entrance examination four times and who wrote ICAN final eight consecutive times, is finally a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Tax Practitioner, a Certified Stock Market Agent, a Financial Expert and an Investment Analyst. All thanks to the power to keep on. Today I live my dreams and you too can Live Your Dreams.
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