1988: Arsene Wenger scouts George Weah playing for Tonnerre Yaounde in Cameroon and organises a transfer to Monaco for £12,000.

Paul Biya is Cameroon's president.
1992 - George Weah joins PSG and later becomes top scorer in UEFA Champions League, earning a move to Europe's top club at the time AC Milan.

Paul Biya is Cameroon's president.
1995 - George Weah tears up the Italian Serie A with AC Milan and wins Balon d'Or.

Paul Biya is Cameroon's president.
2000 - Timothy Weah is born.

Paul Biya is Cameroon's president.
2003 - 37 year-old George Weah retires from football after a season at Al-Jazira FC of Abu Dhabi.

Paul Biya is Cameroon's president.
2005 - George Weah runs for president in Liberia and is defeated by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who mocks his lack of education.

Paul Biya is still Cameroon's president.
2011 - George Weah graduates with Business Management degree from DeVry University.

Paul Biya "wins" another term as Cameroon's president.
2014 - George Weah contests in the Liberian senatorial election and becomes the senator for Montserrado County.

Paul Biya is Cameroon's president.
2018 - George Weah runs for president of Liberia and wins.

Paul Biya "wins" another term as Cameroon's president.
2020: George Weah convenes referendum on presidential term duration in an obvious attempt to extend his stay in power like Paul Biya once did.

Paul Biya is still Cameroon's president.

The student has almost caught up to the master.
Bonus point: 2017 - Timothy Weah makes senior professional debut for PSG.

Paul Biya of course...

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A bank C-Suite guy makes something like N2m/month. A teller at a branch of that bank makes something like 75k/month.

The C-suite isn't paid that much because they necessarily produce 27x the value of a teller, but because their potential risk to the bank is 27x that of a teller.
If the teller goes rogue and somehow beats the control systems in place, the most they can cost the bank is a few million naira. If the Head of Network Security goes rogue, he/she can bring the entire bank down.

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Are public sector workers in Nigeria not entitled to achieve self actualisation? Or that is reserved for the private sector alone?

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