Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, light-heartedly corrected a Master of Ceremonies (MC) who mistakenly introduced him as the “President of Dangote Group” during an event attended by President Bola Tinubu.

The incident occurred on Thursday, June 5, during the inauguration of the Lekki Seaport Access Road.

Taking the stage after the introduction, Dangote said, “Mr MC, for your attention, Next time, when Mr President is around, my own title is ‘chairman’ not ‘president’.

“Whether with a small p or tiny little p, don’t call me president o. Thank you.”

He followed the correction with a brief apology to President Tinubu, saying, “I’m sorry sir, he called me president. I didn’t allow him to do so, sir.”

Watch the video below:

𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐂 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

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