nairavsdollars:
Ezego of Afonjaland. How did he become a billionaire?

Adadioranma79:
God bless you

megamank:
Just imagine.......what is his business.....where has he worked? Even CEO in some big companies overseas wouldn't acquire these unused luxury..... Nigerian are just too greedy

miarhpe:
I try to imagine how you would have two billion naira lying in your garage as toys while youths in your street are unemployed? and you sleep comfortably without thinking how can I *create more opportunities for people to be employed?*.

It was a delight seeing the cobbler smile that he got N30 for cleaning my shoe at Oshodi on my way to work, while my polish at home looked robust, waiting only for emergency. It may not make personal financial sense (@unnecessary expensis), but it makes economic sense and puts food on another man's table.

my 2kobo

Papanwamaikpe:
It's all vanity

Bimpe29:
And some of his close family member might be languishing in poverty.

miarhpe:
I try to imagine how you would have two billion naira lying in your garage as toys while youths in your street are unemployed? and you sleep comfortably without thinking how can I *create more opportunities for people to be employed?*.

It was a delight seeing the cobbler smile that he got N30 for cleaning my shoe at Oshodi on my way to work, while my polish at home looked robust, waiting only for emergency. It may not make personal financial sense (@unnecessary expensis), but it makes economic sense and puts food on another man's table.

my 2kobo

cashlurd:
I wouldn't want to see people come here to lament on how the man could have used the money to feed the less privileged. Even if Bill Gates and the first five richest men on the Forbes list channel their whole bank account to cater for the less privileged, there would still be a lot of poverty, crime, joblessness, illiteracy and other social vices.

Make your money, live as you please, help those you feel for, don't listen to the "vanity upon vanity" wailers cos if everything is actually "vanity upon vanity", they wouldn't have opted to work in other to earn a decent living or survive.

Viicfuntop:



Oh pls. He had made his money. He doesn’t actually owe anybody anything

miarhpe:
I try to imagine how you would have two billion naira lying in your garage as toys while youths in your street are unemployed? and you sleep comfortably without thinking how can I *create more opportunities for people to be employed?*.

It was a delight seeing the cobbler smile that he got N30 for cleaning my shoe at Oshodi on my way to work, while my polish at home looked robust, waiting only for emergency. It may not make personal financial sense (@unnecessary expensis), but it makes economic sense and puts food on another man's table.

my 2kobo

DeadRat:
GOD BLESS YOU SIR

miarhpe:
I try to imagine how you would have two billion naira lying in your garage as toys while youths in your street are unemployed? and you sleep comfortably without thinking how can I *create more opportunities for people to be employed?*.

It was a delight seeing the cobbler smile that he got N30 for cleaning my shoe at Oshodi on my way to work, while my polish at home looked robust, waiting only for emergency. It may not make personal financial sense (@unnecessary expensis), but it makes economic sense and puts food on another man's table.

my 2kobo

ZirdoRoray:
See Money! Anybody with solutions to my problem? The money wey dey my mind fit buy all these moto o.. chai!

miarhpe:
I try to imagine how you would have two billion naira lying in your garage as toys while youths in your street are unemployed? and you sleep comfortably without thinking how can I *create more opportunities for people to be employed?*.

It was a delight seeing the cobbler smile that he got N30 for cleaning my shoe at Oshodi on my way to work, while my polish at home looked robust, waiting only for emergency. It may not make personal financial sense (@unnecessary expensis), but it makes economic sense and puts food on another man's table.

my 2kobo

LordAdam16:


Good for you.

But not everyone is a capitalist. And not everyone who happens upon wealth can actually create tons of jobs.

The man is a real estate magnate. And it's no secret that real estate magnates are heavy spenders. Several of the bulls buying million-dollar single-digit plate numbers in the UAE to dorn their rolls are real estate magnates.

One reason why they spend so much is because they don't create the resource. It's land. They got opportunity. The resource is very valuable. So they make a ton of money from it. They're right there with the mining dons, hedge fund tycoons, middle eastern shiekhs, russian oligarchs, and colombian drug lords. In their little microcosm, jobs don't create wealth, resource does.

They're not like the Musks, Ortegas, Helus, Gates, Bezoses that employ hundreds of thousands of people to run their company; and don't actually have a lot of liquid cash lying around.

That said, respect everyone's hustle.

-Lord

ZirdoRoray:
See Money! Anybody with solutions to my problem? The money wey dey my mind fit buy all these moto o.. chai!

miarhpe:



A very valid statement I must confess, but let's change the optics and view this from the perspective of the economic and social ramifications. 2billion naira investment would probably employ conservatively 150 people. That is family taken care of, mouths fed and a youth or youths kept our of vices like robbery, prostitution or kidnapping. He has bought himself some level of security by dropping the crime rate in his little way. Not to think of the students that may never see the floor walls of the university of their parents weren't employed.

I say this not to win an argument but to appeal to you to consider creating jobs if you had the option of stocking your garage with 2billion naira worth toys in future.

Papanwamaikpe:
It's all vanity

lastempero:


There will always be the poor amongst us,the bible even layed emphasis on that.

Pebcak:


I still dont understand the sense behind the high duty fee nigerians pay for cars 75% of the car's value, this is crazy coming from a country that can't boast of multiple car production or asembly plants. IMO before they can charge anything more than 20% the government should give toyota,nissan,honda,...... chance to bring their plant to 9ja entice them with low tax, in turn they will provide jobs and we have cars from nigeria at not too high cost for brand new then at that point if you want to buy from outside 9ja or buy luxury cay slam them with 75% duty fee.
on the second note policies like this just hurt deep to the bone, the low and middle class citizen will pay 75% duty while the few 10% rich and politicians buy overrated expensive cars and find their way around not paying I bet Okeowo will be calling his contacts to to go go around this issue instead of doing the needful

ssogundele:

He's into properties/real estates. He owns a palatial building in ikoyi that has 16 bedrooms and a Methodist chapel. Was shown on bisi olatilo's show.

miarhpe:



A very valid statement I must confess, but let's change the optics and view this from the perspective of the economic and social ramifications. 2billion naira investment would probably employ conservatively 150 people. That is family taken care of, mouths fed and a youth or youths kept our of vices like robbery, prostitution or kidnapping. He has bought himself some level of security by dropping the crime rate in his little way. Not to think of the students that may never see the floor walls of the university of their parents weren't employed.

I say this not to win an argument but to appeal to you to consider creating jobs if you had the option of stocking your garage with 2billion naira worth toys in future.

miarhpe:


Your argument is valid. But let's shift the mirror a little. which do you consider far reaching? investing in real estate or investing in people?

It is one thing to have money, but the people who have people committed to them are the ones that are truly rich.

Because after all said and done, the world would always remain about people.

Papanwamaikpe:
It's all vanity

Papanwamaikpe:
It's all vanity

miarhpe:
I try to imagine how you would have two billion naira lying in your garage as toys while youths in your street are unemployed? and you sleep comfortably without thinking how can I *create more opportunities for people to be employed?*.

It was a delight seeing the cobbler smile that he got N30 for cleaning my shoe at Oshodi on my way to work, while my polish at home looked robust, waiting only for emergency. It may not make personal financial sense (@unnecessary expensis), but it makes economic sense and puts food on another man's table.

my 2kobo