You don’t want to be rich so you can buy g wagons & flex jet photos.
You want to be rich so you can sit on your porch with a coffee for slow mornings.
So you can go to the gym middle of the day.
Take long walks and call them meetings.
Never miss a single family moment. That is being rich, and it has nothing to do with buying things to impress strangers.
It’s funny when people say oil companies leave Nigeria because of government.. As someone in the business I would tell you for free that our people in these communities are also the issue infact most times more than the government… The entitlement mentality is crazy no other African country behaves like this , Oil companies provide CSR and even give them super priority in employment schemes plus give the less educated people security surveillance jobs yet many times they feel it’s not enough.. Last month I was almost ambushed in a community not long after I left they even vandalized things the fight continued and people even died luckily I left on time ,the risk we face is crazy but I never like mentioning because I believe I am doing it for Nigeria …. Truth is aside government our people in communities make it tough for oil exploration ..Nigeria is possibly the only country you pay freedom to operate fee to do a contract in oil and gas communities,this fee sometimes is almost equal to your contract sum , the king and chiefs share the money … Shell have planned to invest 12% of their exploration budget for the year in Namibia because of more friendly environment, IOC’s are also moving to Guyana ,imagine we barge crude in Nigeria because of fear of bunkery this alone has its massive cost implication … As a people we need to think deep ,not only government affects ease of doing business , the FG tried to make things easier with PIA but our people still sabotage the process …
After NYSC, I had this limbo period in Lagos when I was deciding what to do with my life and where to stay. I was homeless in Lagos after a disagreement with my mum’s brother I was living with and ended up in the streets. My guy Gogo Somba (great guy) took me in to live at Opebi.
You know why some people succeed and others don't? I will tell you.
I went to play table tennis somewhere in Festac a few days ago.
There were over 20 other men there.
Business men
Rich
The parking lot was bustling with all sorts of luxury cars.
I had this friend who was “ghosting” me for a while. Replies my chat with “lol”. It was hurting cos this guy is my gee, his wife is also my person.
Was wondering if his wife was managing to talk to me cos her husband had completely gone cold!
Decided to mute his updates on