I once heard of a Lebanese who said, "I could see money lieing all over on the streets of Lagos as I came in...". Down the South of Nigeria, so many multi-nationals cast away millions of barrels of crude oil on a daily basis: 1 man, not a Nigerian also has in less than 20 years filled the Nigerian media space, owning 4 TV stations, 3 radio stations in Lagos & several others in Major cities of Nigeria: the Vaswani brothers, are another group of daring Indian business men that have succeeded in penetrating into the major sectors, buying off shares in our so called marine-borne industries & turning them into gigantic money making plants! Some where in the North of Zambia, the government sold the biggest copper mines for $20 million with claims that they weren't productive. Guess what! The buying company in less than 3 months made a profit of $75 million, paid up their debts which had been spread out at the initial of contract to 10 years! 3 months as against 10 years! Wow! That was indeed phenomenal don't you think?
It brings us to the question, " is there a problem with Africa or Nigeria in particular? Why do we keep selling off our birth rights in the name of Foreign Direct Investments? Why don't we ever think of repairing or fixing our ruins ourselves? Why are we so knowledgeable, the most skillful, the most traveled yet the most underdeveloped? everyday, we enter into contracts selling off our Diamonds, gold, major resources. All so we can feed! We are loosing our value system! Its almost impossible a Nigerian who believes in himself, he says he will rather travel to the UK, Germany where the power of the currency is weightier than the Naira. He says its the fastest way to make money! Loads of black Nigerians are jetting everyday, some will even give an eye to leave!
They've been denied severally yet they'll still sleep at the embassies to get a visa. Just as they're traveling away, d airplanes are loaded with foreigners, especially whites, amidst the security threats & alerts, some come never to return cos they have found what we have refused to see. They set up business, we work in them, they pay us peanuts! Well please don't blame them, we didn't see those opportunities, they did & are using them to the fullest, against us right? Sorry but they saw them!
Check this out China is currently working on a 10 year plan where 20 percent of their population will be millionaires! Alaska where oil was discovered many years ago in the US puts a portion of the money derived from crude sales aside for education, oil spillages, SAVINGS! There is a succession plan on ground already! As Nigerians, we can not keep crying of unemployment, no financial backups or startups we must rise up to the challenge! There must be a plan, an individual success road map/guide a nationwide blueprint! America had the American dream & every single American no matter the status built their dreams around it till they achieved it! We can! We've got what it takes! While prayer is vital, it is a part of revelation ¬ majorly a part of execution. Successful people are those who are doing something others are not doing!
Its time we begin to buy the shares in companies we want to take over. Where is the money you asked right? Its right in your pocket. You do not necessarily have to buy up large shares at the moment, have a goal, work on it in droplets & you'll be shocked at how much you could within the realistic time frame you set for yourself. We are climbing to the top together, please give me your hands!
Till I come your way with another illuminating truth that leads in the darkest night, keep your torch burning!
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