How Lagos Bank guard defied odds to earn two doctorate degrees, now accounting scholar

Learning is a process. The change wasn’t instantaneous. At Zenith Bank, I was trained as a frontline staff on how to handle members of the public. Here in an academic environment, what I learnt is helping me to handle students from diverse backgrounds,

Dr. Samuel Umanah, lecturer at the Department of Accounting, University of Benin, Benin City.

Dr. Samuel Umanah's story is one of unlikely triumphs. He wasn't born into academia or privilege but instead followed a narrow path to acquiring two doctorate degrees (Accounting and Religion).  In this interview with The Record’s Toyeeb Abdulquadri, he recounts…