Singer, Small Doctor, Speaks on Dropping Out of UniLag to Work as Conductor

Small Doctor speaks on his journey to stardom.

Fast rising Nigerian singer, Temitope Adekunle, popularly known by his stage name, Small Doctor, has spoken on the reasons why he decided to quit schooling for working as a commercial bus conductor.

This was in a Channels TV show; Rubbin Minds with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. According to the singer, he left UniLag because he had so many carryovers due to lack of concentration. He also lacked the funds to see him through school, he said.

He worked as a conductor for close to a decade.

Excerpts below;

I had recorded my first single, I had been gaining airplay in my hood back then. Agege, Ogba, all those places.

“But person no fit just stand dey believe say dem go dey call you for show.
“Those times if you’re opportuned to be on the stage you go beg with the fact that they’ve been playing the song all the while. So I just needed to have some other things to just keep the ball going.

“Despite my early successes by going to school in my neighbourhood, I had to make a living.

He mentioned some of the routes he used to ply, at the time;

“I was a conductor for years, almost a decade, From Agege to Ikeja, Ikeja to Maryland, Maryland to Yaba.
“I shuttled that place for like three to four years. I moved to Oshodi to Mushin under bridge. So it was from Oshodi to Mushin, Mushin to Oshodi I spent like six to seven years.

On dropping out of school, he said;

“I decided to go to school (UNILAG) during that time but had carryovers and could not concentrate due to lack of funds and time so I dropped out.”