Popular comedian and actor, Ayo Makun, has narrated how his mother’s last words had motivated him into being successful in his career.
He said his mother had given him a huge responsibility to take care of his siblings and that had been enough reason to be who he is today.
AY as he is popularly called said this on a latest episode on Nancy Isime show.
He said, “I came home to ask for money that I needed for school, and the money wasn’t available. And then, we had lost my dad.
“So, she was seeing me off, she was practically walking me on the street and encouraging me. She said, ‘You know Yomi is looking up to you, Lanre is looking up to you. Your younger ones are looking up to you. Don’t go and do anything funny, don’t be a part of any cult’.
“But the money dem never give me o wey I find come o but dem dey encourage me. ‘I know that it’s difficult, but then, just know that your younger ones are looking up to you. Don’t go and do anything stupid. God will do it at the right time’.
“Do you know how touching it will be getting all that messages from your mum, and then you get a call while in school that you’ve lost your mum?
“So, all of that moulded me like, okay, this is going to make me live a certain way of life. That was what gave me the boost to work extra hard to see myself through school, see my younger ones through school.
“It was her message. Her message was more like, ‘Your younger ones are looking up to you’. That message was what gave me the foundation of everything that makes me stand out today.”
The actor was recently listed as one of the top actors with the Box Office Grossing movies of all time alongside notable filmmakers like Funke Akindele, Mo Abudu and others.
