BiafraInc:
What a dunce!! This boy, you will never learn any more in your life. Who told you that slavery is a job? What a daft and dumb asshole.

Rossinkipp:
^^^ This is about making money for ordinary folks. You know, the ones y'all keep telling us are suffering so terribly under Buhari.

after4:
You will have to go to maiduguri, zamfara, katsina, benue, jos, orlu and other Fulani infested areas to preach these you BMC message

NaMe4:
Seems this guy is hungry. Go find Iya Basira abeg!



I understand what you're trying to say though, infusing some creativity into your business.
A lot of business owners in Nigeria do this already.

The truth remains the business environment in most parts of Nigeria is unfriendly.

Just to name a few:
Lack of basic amenities eg Power.
Multiple taxation by government.
Terrible loan facilities.
Insecurity.
And with the present economic situation today, as you mentioned earlier, there is a grossly uneven distribution of wealth with the spending power of a larger group of the population being low.

FarahAideed:
So after being creative and Buharis bad policy destroys your business or his Taliban kidnappers kidnap you ..what next ....

Rossinkipp:


Why haven't they kidnapped the 99.99999% of Nigerians making their cool bread, while you lament?

What 'bad policy' of Buhari stops you from being a creative, innovative business person?

This idea of tying your life prospects to one man amounts to making him far more powerful than he actually is.

Snitch24:
So basically according to your post
The solution to Nigeria problem is to start a Street food joint that opens 24hrs


What about agricultural?
That's The only thing that can restore the economy back

jumpandpas:
Mr Okonkwo's hotel was destroyed by Hishba officials in Kaduna he went back home to Nnewi and start cassava farming, Fulani herders invaded his farm and destroyed all the cassava.

Rossinkipp:
Yes... things are hard, and Buhari, as president, will naturally attract some opprobrium.

But most of us are not helping ourselves, and refuse to be creative and innovative in our approach to making money, especially the 70% of us that are into business activities of various kinds.

Rossinkipp:


Why haven't they kidnapped the 99.99999% of Nigerians making their cool bread, while you lament?

What 'bad policy' of Buhari stops you from being a creative, innovative business person?

This idea of tying your life prospects to one man amounts to making him far more powerful than he actually is.

FarahAideed:
So after being creative and Buharis bad policy destroys your business or his Taliban kidnappers kidnap you ..what next ....

Rossinkipp:
Yes... things are hard, and Buhari, as president, will naturally attract some opprobrium.

But most of us are not helping ourselves, and refuse to be creative and innovative in our approach to making money, especially the 70% of us that are into business activities of various kinds.

Look, the key problem in Nigeria is not that there is not enough money. It is that the money there is is unevenly distributed. To a pretty disturbing degree.

But short of rounding up all the elite and forcing them at gunpoint to cough out their billions and share among their countrymen, what else can WE THE PEOPLE do to prise away some of that money from the middle and upper classes, currently 'oppressing' us?

Quick answer: Greater business creativity.

In whatever business you do, aim to stand out from competitors. Aim to be different. Flashy. Welcoming. Bright colours around your business premises, or kiosk.

I was in Jamaica very recently. They have no oil. Bananas, Bob Marley and weed are their main earners. Tourism is vibrant.

Yet the people are not suffering. They are well-fed and clothed.

The common business people there practise a lot of differentiation.

The art of making yourself look better than the next seller.

Their local eateries (equivalent to our bukkas) are each bedecked in bright colours - yellow, gold, red, green etc, and the walls have these graffiti art of various icons, with lofty quotes attached.

People flock to them and they make a killing. Small island of 3 million people. You will NEVER see any 'bukka' there, or even a drinking joint that is just bare, with no bright colours or decoration, or bit of flashiness to attract people.

In Nigeria, you can pass by a house, or a shack, and you might not even know they sell anything there, food or otherwise, unless someone tells you. Then when you see the owner, he or she will be complaining about 'poor patronage' and 'no business because of Buhari'.

I mean, it's simple. Say you were looking to buy Suya.

You drive up to one street known for Suya sellers. You see them all in their usual scanty operations, out in the open, with nothing but the actual grilling taking place.

You then see one Suya seller with a bright, portable yellow and white tent overlooking his operation, with a few plastic chairs around, and maybe even a bit of music playing. The seller himself is decked out in a bright uniform and a matching cap, all smiles and sh..it.

WHO will you go to for your SUYA on that street?

It's a no-brainer.

And the intriguing thing about it is that the cost of that entire paraphernalia he's used to outshine others, could be recouped in one or two days of selling! Cheap as hell.

WE DON'T DO THIS ENOUGH IN NIGERIA, in our various businesses.

We are so busy being depressed that we are 'selling Suya' that we exhibit our depression in our unremarkable premises, and in our sullen faces, forgetting that we can turn it into a spectacular thing, simply by PACKAGING our offer and OURSELVES properly, and being PROUD of what we do, rather than seeing it as ''managing''.

It is a mindset issue.

Other ways to prise away that money from the rich include having street food markets.

I don't know why we lack them in Nigeria, but they are some of the biggest money spinners for local caterers around the world.

These are huge open air markets where they sell primarily cooked food from all over the country, including many you would never have seen or heard of without that market being there. They are brightly lit at night, and heavily attended.

In a Nigerian street food market, one row could be people selling one type of street food, say puff puff. Another row would be moi moi etc.

Another row would be swallow centre, amala, fufu, poundo, eba, tuwo shinkafa, lafun etc, with multiple soups, including completely strange, and highly delicious ones from all over the country!!

Another row would be for Jollof rice/fried rice.

Another would be for pepper soup connoisseurs. Fish pepper soup, Goat, Pork pepper soup, Lamb, Beef. Chicken. A street with different regional variations of pepper soup from across Nigeria.

I mean, what a blast to be on that street.

One row could be for the Igbo delicacy Abacha, Ugba etc.. the African salad section.

Each seller's stand competing with the next for the most delightful cuisine and flashy branding.

These street food markets are open almost 24 hours in some countries. If set up in Nigeria, and are well regulated as elsewhere, they would attract many monied people as well as huge numbers of tourists and foreign business visitors to Nigeria, every day.

Street food market in Asia


Bangkok Street Food Market

Rossinkipp:


This is precisely the mentality that needs to be curbed.

This one thinks prosperity is all about sitting in an airconditioned office facing a computer screen.

You've a lot to learn.

Rossinkipp:


For every story like this there are a thousand or more success stories.

If you dwell on the negative the universe will keep replaying that for you.

There are literally millions of Igbos doing business in the north who've never had any problems with anyone there, just as 99.9999% of Igbos in Igboland have never seen a killer herdsman, let alone be disturbed by one.

jumpandpas:
Mr Okonkwo's hotel was destroyed by Hishba officials in Kaduna he went back home to Nnewi and start cassava farming, Fulani herders invaded his farm and destroyed all the cassava.

Rossinkipp:


Why haven't they kidnapped the 99.99999% of Nigerians making their cool bread, while you lament?

What 'bad policy' of Buhari stops you from being a creative, innovative business person?

This idea of tying your life prospects to one man amounts to making him far more powerful than he actually is.

after4:
You will have to go to maiduguri, zamfara, katsina, benue, jos, orlu and other Fulani infested areas to preach these you BMC message
You want to build a business at the war front