Not being educated made me suffer greatly; I wish I had gone to school — Yetunde Wunmi

Veteran actress Taiwo “Yetunde Wunmi” Akinwande has opened up about how her lack of formal education affected her career.

The 66-year-old made the revelation during an interview on her colleague Ayo Adesanya’s “Real Life With Aunty Ayo” podcast, which was posted on YouTube on Thursday.

She attributed her lack of formal education and perceived life challenges to her father’s aunt, whom she identified as Abiba, and to destiny.

The actress said, “Maybe I should say I was destined not to go to school because God uses people to work out His plans in our lives. When I was a child, I only knew my paternal grandmother as my mother. She enrolled me in school there, and I studied until Primary Two.

“Lack of education made me suffer greatly in the entertainment industry. People often assumed that I would not deliver whenever they considered me for a job. What they did not know was that the mercy and grace of God sustained me throughout my career.”