President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has disclosed that he is taking English lessons following repeated social media mockery over his spoken English.
The transport union boss made the revelation while addressing Nollywood actor Adams Kehinde, popularly known as Lege Miami, and other attendees at a rally organised in support of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.
In a video of the encounter circulating online, MC Oluomo, speaking in Yoruba, admitted that he and Lege Miami were not fluent in English, revealing that he had decided to enrol for lessons to improve his communication skills.
He said his frequent international travels, including trips to the United States, had not made him fluent in the language.
MC Oluomo, who described himself as an American citizen, jokingly recalled how he tells immigration officers that he is not visiting the US but returning home.
He also spoke proudly about his children’s educational and professional achievements, disclosing that some of them work as nurses, a doctor and an engineer in the United States.
According to him, his children speak English better than he does, and he sometimes relies on them to communicate when he finds himself struggling with the language.
He said he would willingly hand over a microphone to one of his children whenever he could not express himself properly in English.
The latest disclosure comes amid previous controversies over his spoken English, which have repeatedly made him a subject of ridicule on social media.
In April 2025, MC Oluomo was widely mocked after he pronounced the word “kudos” as “kundusi” while praising members of the transport union in Abuja.
Following the backlash, he acknowledged that he was not highly educated and might struggle to express himself in English.
However, he dismissed the importance attached to his English proficiency, insisting that grammatical errors did not define his intelligence or achievements.
He had also challenged his critics to compare their accomplishments with those of his children, whom he described as highly educated citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom.
MC Oluomo said he had worked hard to provide his children with quality education, maintaining that their achievements were a source of pride to him.
