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Member Since: Sep. 05, 2021

Yaqeen Habeeb

Biography

Yaqeen Abdullah Habeeb was raised in a rural setting and when he went to secondary school his immense academic talents became apparent within a very short spell of time as he was promoted to Class 2 merely after seven (7) weeks in Class 1. He was active in social and academic associations where he held commanding and leadership positions both in secondary and tertiary institutions. He obtained Division One Distinction in his West African Examination and First Class Honour in his first degree. He won Mobil Oil Scholarship after being nominated by his University as the best Economics student and successfully went through a competitive interview with best students from other universities. After his Master of Science degree in Economics he obtained a Doctorate degree in Management Sciences. He also studied Banking and Finance at National Institute of Bank Management, NIBM Pune, India through a scholarship of the Special Commonwealth African Assistance Plan. He has attended several banking and finance courses in Nigeria and abroad including Harvard Business School.
He lectured in two Nigerian universities before moving to banking where he rose to the top of the professional cadre becoming a Deputy General Manager and acted as Executive Director every time his Director was on leave.
As a lover of education, he offers not less than 30 scholarships annually to indigent, brilliant students in the last twelve years and has contributed immensely to community development through his NGOs.
He has served his country as Resource Person to the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Committee of the Constitutional Conference and as a Special Assistant to a Federal Minister.
He passionately believes that standing aloof and thinking that we are too clever or intelligent to join politics means we shall be ruled by morons. He therefore supported many people of high integrity to participate in elective politics. His admirers, knowing fully that he has great natural endowment as a leader, with wide experiences prevailed on him to offer his services to bring a new lease of life to the people of his State. He therefore once contested the gubernatorial primaries but lost. He is currently an educationist and also engages in humanitarian services through Non-Governmental Organizations dealing in welfarerism of the under privileged.

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?

I grew up in a rural setting in the North Central Region of Nigeria. My upbringing reflected real hard work to fend for our daily needs. I was not given the opportunity to obtain secular education as my father withdrew me barely two years into primary education. After staying in the farm for one year I had to rebelled, so to say, against my father's decision and sent my self back to school when he travelled. After the completion of primary education I was not allowed to proceed to secondary school. I had to run away from my community after some years of being in the farm. I started life as a street boy without a home then a house boy from where I got myself sent to school. I did secondary school speedily yet got a distinction. I did Cambridge Advanced Level and passed well. Then proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where I read Economics and came out with First Class Honours. I was compelled by the university to stay back in the university and that how I became a lecturer and I later progressed my education to PhD level in Management Sciences of the University of Ilorin where I also lectured.
I worked in three banks rising to the top of the professional cadre and also contested the governorship position of my state. The root of my success can be traced to my rejection of status quo and philosophy of life of accepting responsibility for ones situation. This is what has influenced the writing of my book that we should accept responsibility for the situation of our country and be ready to change it to a country we can be proud of. Same for the entire black race hence the use of Blackman's Revolution.

When did you first start writing?

I started writing motivational book since 2005 but did not publish the manuscript. However, I have delivered lots of motivational talks.

Where to find Yaqeen Habeeb online

Website: https://theblackmanrevolution.com/
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/yaqeen-abdullah-habeeb-70129b51

Where to buy in print

https://www.amazon.com/Its-Time-Blackmans-Revolution-Nigerians-ebook/dp/B09GTMJY9Q

Books

It's Time for the Blackman's Revolution by Yaqeen Habeeb

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 41,900. Language: English. Published: September 22, 2021 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Government

“This book is a valid intellectual premise for a purpose driven revolution towards a better country that benefits us all as a nation. Having read this, I just regained some hope of the possibility of a better Nigeria.” Ibrahim Yusuf - A PhD Student

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