Helen Ogbu
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Today with David McCullough on RTE Radio 1.
Well, what I would say is I give it back to the people of Galway and also to my colleagues.
I see it as a tremendous honour and privilege to be elected as the mayor of Galway.
I came here 21 years ago and Galway became my home.
But I never saw this coming.
But it's true community engagement and giving back to the community that has brought me this far.
You've actually done a lot of research, David.
Well, what happened was we do this composition in primary school in Nigeria.
And what I wrote, like they always ask, what would you like to be in future?
And I said, I would like to be an ambassador.
And then that was a very big word.
I didn't actually like my dad used to take us on grinds.
And so I must have heard the word from him and the meaning of the word.
But that just stuck with me.
And that was what I said.
I was going to do it.