In the spirit of throwbacks, TheNewsGuru brings to you an inspiring speech delivered by comedian Bovi Ugboma at Tedex Gbagada, held some months back in Lagos.
The talented comedian shares the story of how he started out in the industry serving Richard Mofe Damijo and losing money from his major TV production because his executive producer refused to pay his own share of the money.
He said: ”Fame hit me before I was even ready for it. I had no car, I had no good clothes but I refused to dwell on it. I had no girlfriend, I had nothing. I was the one physically taking the tapes of my soap opera to all the TV stations myself .
“I was seeing friends doing well, but I knew this work had to grow and reach out to people. Those days, I usually take public transportation, I decided to stop taking public transportation once it was 1.45 pm because secondary school would have closed by then and when they see me in the bus, they would start making all sorts of fun about me. After the TV programme had run for 2 years, my executive producer refused to give me my share of the money 7.4m naira, I was entitled to 40%.
“Long story short that was how that project ended. I told her that it was a dream Joseph interpreted that took him to the prison, it was another dream he interpreted that made him a Prime Minister .I started again” he reveals.