A Year Ago He Was An Area Boy Under Oshodi Bridge, But Now He’s A Web Developer And Graphics Designer – How Chess Master Tunde Onakoya Changed The Life Of A Young Nigerian Boy

Nigerian chess master,.and the founder at Chess In Slums Africa Tunde Onakoya has shared recent photos of a young man named Ayomide who just last year was an area boy and lived under Oshodi bridgel and just a little over a year ago, he has become a Web developer and graphics designer.

Sharing a before and after photos of the young man on LinkedIn, he briefly captioned it:

Thinking about Ayomide today…

We met him as an Area boy under oshodi bridge a little over a year ago, but he is now a Web developer and graphics designer.

No longer a pawn in another man’s game, but the hero of his own story❤️

Tunde Onakoya is a Nigerian chess master, coach and founder of Chess in Slums Africa.

He has organized a number of interventions for children across slums in Lagos state including Majidun (Ikorodu), Makoko and recently, Oshodi. The children are engaged in a 2 week’s session that seeks to unlock their potential through the game of chess while learning to read, write and acquire basic literacy skills.

Source: Tunde Onakoya LinkedIn

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