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kehindetayo: Our papa is only slapping d evil spirit in her not d girl. Its takes spirit to understand things dat happen in d spirit! Papa go on!

I see a fowl spirit in you

Lemme get my double barrel to blast it out

uken73: The western world can be so unforgiving.

He should tell the small girl. He is sorry

Dibiachukwu: My brother, sorry you are the hypocrite here. There is no use for this thread. Nigerians have no right to criticise their Ghana counterparts on a topic that affects both people. Nigerians elect m.oro.ns as their leaders, ghana does the same. Nigeria and Ghana are both s.hitho.les. Nigerians are slaves, so are ghanians. Instead of opening a thread where you will need to lie to claim a non-existent supremacy over the ghanians, you people should have just let them be. Knowing very well that every single thing that is wrong with ghana is also wrong with Nigeria (most atimes, on a much bigger scale). The whole world knows that all of Nigeria's garments are very dirty; so you are doing a very bad Job hiding it. I suggest you wash it instead. Then you can hang your clean clothes outside.

P.S that adage is used by people that have some clean laundry. Nigeria has no clean laundry.

You very right! And you are an impartial person regardless of some ghanaians coming out in attack. I respect you for that. The truth of the matter is that ghana and nigeria are going through similar problems but due to the ghanaians coming out here to bash the nigerians cos of their statements .. The. Nigerians try to disprove them..and that is where we. Have all failed .. None of the countries are in right standings.. But people are ready to defend their country with blind patriotism , just to prove their point. Instead of facing the reality on ground

Dreal1247: .
I av just received the dvd from a friend.

Well I know it can be use as a biological weapon. No doubt about that. But its origins have true origins from the African forest ..if We have received better. Education. And be more sensitive to issues in. The region. Do u think they will have a chance? Blame Africa for the mishaps.. If they are making weapon against africa. R we not suppose. To make our Own..

Dreal1247: But why must US introduce ebola from the laboratory just to suffer people?

Bring up a staunch proof. About that

zionsamuel: MONDAY FROM GHANA WROTE;

Good afternoon Sis Charmain.

I am Monday from Ghana, and I must say am stirred by your replies. Dear Lord.


Ma I have a question. What does it take to give my first $1 Million?

I am a 22 year old lad and I want to give big in church.

Thank you ma

HERE IS SIS CHARMAIN'S REPLY;

wow, welcome from ghana

to give your first $1m
firstly pray about the new level you want to enter
get all Pastor Chris's messages on finances
respond to the word and act
know that its not about the quantity, its about the sacrifice.
when your sacrifice meets quality, it will result in the desired $1m [quantity]
make sure everything you do is backed up by your action, because remember, faith without works is dead

My goodness.. Just See brainwash.. People are stupidd oooo!!!

MrsChima: Ghana is safer than Nigeria. Ghana can bounce back with effective budgeting and tactical planning.

Thanks. Mrschima.. I know ghana will bounce back.. andit will surprise people how soon it will happen.. All haters should continue Celebrating,but I know the country Will Come through. With the tactical planning implemented and. Reduction of Corrruption

its good to see a few people research.. I have know about this for like a year now.. When I said hitler was not the main evil person. People said I was mad.. that war had to do with the capitalist, freemasons zionist and jews And private banking system.. There is somethong about this jews.. People need to wise up And be Careful.. That's why I love the Asians cos They don't give room for Penetration . But for africa... Hmmm. Our yansh just open to all Sort of junk.. you read more about private banking system and capitalism it will throw more light.. Kudos. To the OP. Always bringing up mind bogging posts

1stola: I taya o
Beat by dre kor, Flogged by rihanna ni
Nonsense overpriced craps.

Monster beat is better

MizzToluwalase: spiritual attack le leyi o.... Jesus loves u but ure rejecting him, y? Com to my church, come feel nd experience jesus I bet ur life will neva remain d same. Bless u

Smh

Accra - The Ghanaian presidency has
announced that the United Nations will
use Ghana as a base for supplies
bound for countries stricken by the
Ebola outbreak that has killed more
than 1 550 people in West Africa.
More than 3 000 people have been
infected since the virus was detected
in the remote jungles of southeastern
Guinea early this year and it has
quickly spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone
and Nigeria and Senegal reported its
first case on Friday.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon had a telephone
conversation with Ghana's President
John Dramani Mahama, who agreed to
let international agencies use Ghana's
capital as a base for air lifting supplies
and personnel to affected countries.
Mahama chairs the West African
regional grouping, Ecowas, which has
set up a solidarity fund to fight the
deadly disease.
"Using Accra as the logistics and co-
ordination centre will open a vital
corridor to get urgently needed
supplies and health personnel into the
affected countries and areas," a
statement said.
Regular international commercial
flights to the affected countries have
been suspended, making it difficult for
supplies to reach them.
The statement said the UN and local
authorities would work closely to put in
place appropriate screening and
prevention measures to avoid any
adverse effects on Ghana as a result of
the international operations.
The UN will also help review and
strengthen Ghana's Ebola
preparedness as steps are taken to
prevent the virus from spreading to
that country, according to the
statement.

texaco1: I watched their presidential debate and out of the 4 of them ,only ndoum spoke with knowledge about the economic problems of ghana and solutions to it,next was nana ado dankwa . I think the lesson to be learnt here is for any country to get it right economically they first need to get it right politically. Clinton spent 8years and the us economy boomed only for bush to reverse it all withing four years

Well i must say ndoum is an intellect .. Too bad his party has been relegated to become a minority, I wish that after k4 addo came in then ndoum.. Those are men with something upstairs . The clinton. - bush rule is similar to that of. Ghana.. Come 2016 I believe nobody will teach ghanaians to Get it Right This time

Reading this post. I must say we have a failed Educational system, and a lot of us are being brought up wrongly, the System is even wrong and one sided, and parents are not even helping matters, a lot just know how to born and not raise a child,, exposing children to get advice and mentor ship from external influences, there is need for Serious sex education amongst youths, boys in particular, am not talking about the Dead type we received in Our school days but an interactive and fun one, am Even particular about the guys now cos we are getting a lot of Deformed men in the society, whereby they are always nervous when ever a lady is around, they are scared and lost of words whenever they around opposite sex , they develop this kind of kindergarten shyness, they have a feeling in them but due to indoctrination and poor and negative Exposure, they take it to be devilish , (am not saying all feelings are normal tho) and after been scared off with stories of People that engaged in sexual sins and paid dearly. , it there by increases their fear, a lot of them now turn into efiko or book worm as their only friend and an advent to escape this 'lust`... their own no pass from school to church, tru and fro.. That's the Order Of their life, nothing further, this influences their lifestyle, dress sense, sense of humor. Etc so when many of Them see that they don't Actually fit Into a particular society contrary to their Behavior they are consoled by the thought that they are not Of This world.. Etc , there are a. Whole lot of scenarios. Its so pathetic.. We need serious reforms!! And REAl education!!!

olashas: Broke a.ss Illuminatti king

. Pls he is no kingg.. He is a dead owu blown guy trying his luck with a format that won't catch a goat! Its not even the illuminati u join its freemason. I go blend am sef

Chai!! Awon telemundo babes, a lot to choose from!!! *rubs hand like birdman*

Vessi: But that's none of my business.

This tea sweet die

Una wey dey put 10 cubes of sugar.. Diabetes don dey before ebola ooooo!

texaco1: jj rawling gave repeated warnings about ndc goverment corruption and warned ghana ins despite the fact that he rawling is the founder of that party . All ghanians kept shouting was e dey be keke. Now rawlings has been vindicated . Nana ado dankwa was their chance ,but imagine ppl saying he is too short to be their president. Well goodluck to ghana

Now u sounding like a ghanaian.. Lol.. U r very right, but don't even call that rawlings cos he also has hand in this issue.. Majority of the ghanaians asked for what they seeing now, when I heard someone say they prefer a Dog to rule ghana than nana addo.. I knew that was it.. Any person that was in ghana in koufours regieme will attest to how ghana was fast developing.. But triblastic people were just ranting around.. Now ndc is in and they are complaining. Ghanaians have themselves to blame.. One other thing that annoys me is the way people depend on God and church as a solution.. Sitting close to tv sets always watching tv joshua instead of getting up to work the country.. Gosh! What kind of people do we have In africa!! Am so pissed! I pray to become president one day

ejiro2130: This has nothing to do with re domination of the cedis
Ghana economy solely depend on Gold trading, the price of gold crashed a year
The government over spent it budget around the same period by 50% jst to rig elections
60% of miners in the country are without jobs that's lyk half the population of the
country
The clueless government is seriously increasing taxes,

Seriously nigerians should really start appreciating GEJ

Ejiro it seem u have extensive knowlege about the government situation. U best explain the issue.. I must say this seems to be ghanas most corrupt regime. Its a clueless, corrupt, religious and tribal government.. What koufour did for Ghana. If they continued ghana will. Be flying high by now..

texaco1: u need to have lived in ghana to understand whatt really went wrong. I stayed there throughout the time of atta mills and I saw how the Chinese were doing and how corruption rose astronomicaly. They kept importing everything and gradually the manufacturing companies started folding up.and at the same time was borrowing money in huge sum all on the assumption that their oil will solve the lending problem. They even used their oli as a collateral at some point . With all due respect to ghanians , nigerians are smarter than that.

I. Tell U ghanaians are smarter than that. The NDC just don't have a plan for ghana and that was the result. My problem with majority of ghanaians was shutting their eyes and being tribalistic and voting ndc in. You must also know that ghana juust clocked middle income.. So its prone to shake up.. But the. Present government did not care..and are extremely corrupt. I. Know ghana. Will get out. Pretty soon and move on

texaco1: during the time of kuffor ,many companies went and established in ghana .kuffour belongs to npp . He did some wonderful things in ghana and his party had wonderful plans . Immidiately the opposition won which is the ndc ,they didn't continue with what kuffour laid or started ,they simply threw it out of the window and secondly the ndc president then was a very weak and sick man. His name was john evans atta mills although he was a good man. The decay started creeping in gradually , before I left ghana I told them that by the time I visit that place again ,most houses will be using generators ,they thought I was joking but even before I left their power supply and generation had been highly unstable and even in accra power was been rotated,and like someone told me the situation has even worsened .the blame was first put on nigeria that a gas pipe line had problems but when the problem persisted ppl started asking the govt questions . I think only a ghanian can corroborate what I am saying on anyone living in ghana . Believe it or not many ghanians even as of last year wanted to travel to nigeria and start doing laborer work due to the hardship there. Bros,visit ghana and see what I am talking about

Seriously. Its Not as Bad As people tend to label it. And. People tend to make. Politics out of the case.. although I must say all this could have been avoided by keeping npp in power. I keep telling people, there is no free food in free town. And a lot of them should have known that by now and work to get better life. But some Just sit down and Complain.. I pity for those that don't really have any foundation to stand on.. Someone. Any. Ghanaian that wants to come and do laborer work in nigeria , has been a laborer in ghana, so they should stop sugar coating the issue like its. That bad

borga112: Ghana

I love it.. I. Have seen the masterplan. there are still some structures to be built inside.. But the usual NDC NPP bashing disrupted.

amiskurie: Ghana's villa is donated by China,I cld remember

U don't remember a thing.. It was by india and not china and was a loan. And what's your point trying to insinuate that?

all4naija: Okay. My apologies, sir!

Alright! No p

atlwireles: You have to forgive the kids here.

Kids is the. Right word to describe them..

all4naija: You are still talking about racism in the 1st century when black people can't organized themselves. Keep blaming racism for all your failure while you seat down contributing nothing to humanity. With time nobody is going to pay attention to your racism cry. Please, make use of your time for something worthwhile.

If you understood my reply considering where he was coming from, your comment will be the other way round! I was not even making emphasis to racism but the picture I posted actually covers a lot. But I was particular on the fact that blacks do not plan. Research etc referring To the same thing as u mentioned so don't get me wrong

MarvellousGod: They don dey pack because they know say oil go soon finish for Naija..

They Don Dey Pack cos doing buisness in Nigeria is stressful. The good thing is that they have packed enough money.. Keep calm and think this is a good sign.. The day USA gets energy. Security and oil prices drop then u will know what's up

Allohrandy: Nigerian image was destroyed by GEJ and his pdp members. our army which used to be the strongest in Africa are now bunch of lazy girls who run from boko haram due to bad leadership. we need a strong leader in Nigeria

Nigeria has had a battered image even b4 babagindas regime.. So what are u. Saying? The leaders where once common men like you. So the problem is not only from them but the citizenry as a whole ,

Home » THE CEO » Otunba Dele Momodu Publisher/CEO, Ovation International Magazine – Why I chose Ghana as my intellectual base

Otunba Dele Momodu Publisher/CEO, Ovation International Magazine – Why I chose Ghana as my intellectual base
At first, all he wanted to do was to be a univer sity teacher, just like his mentor, Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel Laureate who turned 80 recently, and who taught him literature in the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in Nigeria’s former West ern Region.
Having gone through the ‘University of Hard Knocks’, where life tossed him up and down with the force of a mon soon, the young Momodu studied hard at Ile-Ife, and graduated in flying colours. Then, he began the race to live his dream. But after a fruitless search for work, he became desperate. And he headed to Lagos, the then Nigerian capital, looking for gold. That was where his second love, journalism, was revealed. He discovered journalism, or journalism discovered him, and he began to cut his teeth at the African Concord, a wave-making magazine published by the Concord Press of Nigeria, the biggest private newspaper house at the time.
That was where the jour nalistic potentials of Otunba Dele Momodu, publisher of the famous lifestyle magazine, Ovation International, and a presidential aspirant in the last general elections in Nigeria, became full bloom. Since then, there is no stopping this quintes sential journalist; not even the military which unleashed terror on him and other writers and rights activists in the 1990s, kill ing some, maiming some, driv ing others into exile. It was while in exile in London that Momodu founded Ovation International magazine, a medium that has made him one of his country’s most influential citizens.
Momodu looked as modest and humble as they could come when he granted Weekend Sun audience, recently, at his posh abode situated at the high brow Airport Residential area of Ac cra.
He discussed everything jour nalism, and held nothing back on the twists and turns he has had to face in his 54 years on earth. In the end, Momodu couldn’t help but sing: To God be the glory, great things he hath done…
Please, sit back, relax and enjoy every bit of the interview where he disclosed vital busi ness lessons that would benefit any potential entrepreneur eye ing the Ghana business environ ment.
It seems you are very much at home in Ghana here than in Nigeria-
Not really. I started living partly in Ghana about 13 years ago by pure accident. On July 25, 1995, I managed to escape from Nigeria. I was on the run from the Abacha junta. When I crossed the Nigerian border into Cotonou, I started crying because I wasn’t sure of where I was going. I also had a fear that if I remained too long in Coto nou, which was just next door to Nigeria, anything can happen to me. When I got to Lome, I couldn’t speak French. So, I moved to Ghana. I got to Ghana late in the evening and checked into a hotel in Dzorwulu, Nuga Hill Hotel. I was struck instantly by the sharp difference between Accra and Lagos.
Namely?
Infrastructure. Rawlings was still president; a lot of activities were still taking place, and a lot of reconstruction works were going on. The environment was very serene, like anything you can get in Europe. They had landline telephones, even till today. The Abiolas had an office here then, a shop where they were selling printing materials. When I visited them, I was quite amazed at the kind of life they lived. They lived in a bungalow with low fence. I said to myself, I will come back here one day. I have always been a good student of Kwame Nkrumah. I read all his works that I could find. My favourite was Africa Must Unite. I read that book over and over again.
Anyway, I went into ex ile. Because when you are in exile you cannot go to your own country, I had to seek asylum in London, and I was one of the very few Nigerians ever granted full refugee status. For a long time, I could only come to Ghana if we had meetings. Gradually, I totally fell in love with Ghana and I decided that I would set up something. Around 2002, I came in with Seye Ke hinde, publisher of City People, and we went around. You see the office where we have House of Ovation, it was Seye and I that went to look at the property and decided we were going to take it. But I soon realised that the sharp cultural and attitudinal differenc es between Ghana and Nigeria remains. I realised that while you can do business and make money in Lagos, it is a different ball game here in Ghana because it is a smaller market.
So…?
So, I decided that I would set up a library. What I am doing here is not really business. A lot of people think I have moved my business out of Lagos to Ghana. No. Ovation is 80 percent Nige rian. We are there in Lagos. Our stories are largely Nigerian. But then, we also wanted to have a kind of flavour that is different from what we have in Lagos. So, we set up structures in Cotonou where we were doing Ova tion in French. We have people translating some of our major stories in Togo and Cotonou. And in Ghana, we do a lot of stories, mostly articles. When you say something is an African publication, it must truly reflect Africa. Now, we do things in East Africa. We have done things in The Gambia…
Ovation is in East Africa?
Yes. We are doing things now in East Africa. I just came back from Nairobi. We are doing events in Cote d’Ivoire, as well as in Liberia and Sierra Leone. We are trying to have a pan-African publication. When I was returning from Nairobi, , as soon as I sat down on the aircraft and other passengers started coming in, you would not believe how many people, non-Nigerians, who stopped to take pictures with me.
They were all calling me Mr. Ova tion. Most people did not even remem­ber my name, but the brand name is so strong. That is my original dream. And I’m happy we are living the dream. So, Ghana is my intellectual resource base. It is not about business. I don’t make a dime here.
What about the restaurant, House of Ovation?
House of Ovation came into exis tence because of an experience I had at a time. A lot of people, when they come from Nigeria, they used to come to my house to eat. On one occasion, Lucky Igbinedion, then Governor of Edo State, came to Ghana with all his legislators and I hosted them. They ate, drank and enjoyed. When he was going, he sent his personal assistant to give me money and I was embarrassed. From the way I was brought up, if you go to a man’s house, you are his guest. You can’t pay for food. If I couldn’t afford to give you food, I would not have invited you to my house in the first place. So, I rejected the money.
But that episode got me thinking: if people can afford to pay for food, then, why shouldn’t I open a restaurant for them? That was where the idea of the restaurant came from. A lot of time, too, if I am not around, it means my guests couldn’t eat. And Nigerians love their food. Even me. When I went to Kenya, I did not rest until I found a Nigerian restaurant to supply me my rice and dodo (fried plantain). An average Nigerian likes to eat Nigerian food. So, I got this concept of a 24-hour restaurant where people can come and eat amala, even late in the night; where if you wake up in the morning, you can come there to have your yam and egg, or ogi and akara.
That was the concept. We got a place in Osu and renovated it. It was top notch. Unfortunately, we did not take bureau cracy into consideration. We ordered our catering equipment from South Africa. We transferred about 60,000 dollars just for us to able to acquire the best of customized plates and cutleries. This was in October 2006. The goods arrived Tema Port in January 2007. To clear the goods took us over three years. There was nothing I did not do. I ran to GIPC, tour­ism board, Ministry of Tourism, no dice. They were just pushing me here and there until I lost all the money I had invested. Five year lease in Osu alone cost me over US$50, 000. I lost all that.
You couldn’t open the place even for one day?
We opened but everything we needed to operate at optimal service was trapped at the port. The money was going. I was hemorrhaging to death. There was a day I lost it completely, I was crying like a baby. I lost that money and at the end of the day, I also lost interest. Overall, I lost about half a million dollars. We had to keep buying things we already bought and the longer it took for me to take off, the more difficult, the more traumatized I became until a lady, Evelyn Nartey, came and said she could do it. I told her to go ahead with it. That is why it is still there, now at West Airport. But my original concept was much bigger than that.
What are the major obstacles that businesses must scale before they can succeed in Ghana?
Every society has its own entrenched ways of doing things. Nigerians can work 24 hours and not leave the office. When we started Ovation in London, we would sleep in the office for four days. We would bathe, eat and do everything in the office. I don’t think that would happen in Ghana. Ghanaians have a culture almost similar to that of the European: if the work is 8a.m. to 5p.m., when it is 5p.m., I am going home. A Nigerian is not used to that kind of culture.
So, you are going to have that culture shock if you come here and you think someone who is supposed to close at 5 will close at 10 p.m. That was my first shock. Then, in Nigeria, weekend papers are very strong papers. In Nigeria, Sat urday and Sunday papers are bestsellers. From Friday to Sunday, you find people buying papers because that is when they can relax and read. In Ghana, the reverse is the case. The newspaper culture here is not as ambitious as what you have in Nigeria. Here, radio is very aggressive, and television, to some extent.
Another issue is registration of busi ness. The process here is a bit cumber some, very thorough though. But I think they must find a way, especially if they are trying to attract investors. They have to find a way of accelerating the process. Every society must be able to provide something. I believe more intellectual investments will come to Ghana.
The economies of the two countries, Nigeria and Ghana, seem to be fusing, yet, you have these challenges…
It is the fault of the elite. The elites of every society find everything competitive when it should not be. There is no invest ment Ghana is going to get from Asia or Europe that you can’t get from Nigeria. All the money Nigerians are carrying to Dubai, Ghana is just 45 minutes away. Ghana is the one that will benefit from the crisis in Nigeria. No other country can benefit more. Nigerians are coming here and already they are spreading tales that things are not as easy as they think. I think Ghana needs to work fast on that. I have been able to break down most of the barriers. In Ghana today, I go anywhere, everybody knows about the Ovation brand. If I got angry and walked away, I would have lost all that. So, we have to be patient. And we also have to understand the fact that Nigerians like to bully, like the Americans, which the Ghanaians don’t like. I learnt that over time, that when you are in Rome, behave like the Romans. Ghanaians are not overtly flamboyant. They are not loud like us. So, respect their culture.
Talking of entrepreneurship, what other things do investors need to do to succeed in Ghana?
Don’t come to Ghana thinking the economy is like what you have in Abuja. Look for what you can do here that is original and that is not already done here. That is the first rule of business. You go to any society, look for something that is not there and they need. If you think hard enough, you would find it. If it is ordinary akara (fried bean cake) that you are coming to sell here, do it differently. People come in thinking “those who are there, I am going to give them a run for their money.” No, it is not going to be that simple. I have seen Nigerians who came here to open big businesses. That was the mistake I made. I thought I could come here, and if I do a big restaurant, every body – Ghanaians and expatriates alike – would come here.
Sadly, there is till that mutual distrust between Nigerians and Ghanaians. If you set up a big place, Ghanaians may not come there; so, you have to depend solely on tourists who are coming from Nige ria and when they come, a lot of them might not even stay in Accra. They may be going to Kumasi or Akosombo. So, your market is still very small. But if you come and invest in something that is not too costly to start, I think the mistake that we made was thinking if I pump half a million dollars into this project it must be the best in town. It doesn’t work that way. You can pump only 50, 000 dollars into a project and it will give you more returns than investing half a million dollars. That is another lesson you must learn. Don’t think too big, because the economy is not very large yet. If you spend too much money, recouping your money is going to be impossible.
What is your attitude to money?
People think I love money; I am probably a stupid man when it comes to money. I am a scholar.
A scholar in business?
Just a scholar. I would say a bit of an entrepreneur, because for you to run a business for 18 years requires the grace of God and at least some business acumen. It’s not an easy thing in Africa to sustain a brand that still remains the No 1 in your genre.
Did you have to go to Harvard to learn…
No, I have street wisdom. You have to be streetwise to be able to survive in Africa, and to get your supposed enemy to buy into your product. That is more difficult. Despite all my criticism of gov ernment, I have been able to maintain a product that everybody loves. And if you ask me, I would tell you that is my biggest achievement.
How did you achieve that?
It is by making sure that while I criticize government, I am fair to everybody. Some people criticize gov ernment blindly, but I engage in con structive criticism so that the person I am criticising, if he is wise, if he is deep and if he is knowledgeable, he would know that I am not pursuing a vendetta. I am doing it because our nation is bigger than all of us. And they know that I will not come in the dead of the night to come and beg for favour.
You don’t live with your family?
Here is for me to work, a library. My base really is London, which is where we print the magazine. Two of my kids are London, two are in Nigeria.
How many houses do you have?
In London, I have a house on mort gage.
I mean in Nigeria?
None. My senior brother came one day and said I am not comfortable with the fact that you don’t have a house here in Lagos. I let him finish. When he was done, I prostrated and said ‘I am very sor ry sir, but the fault is yours’. He said how? I said ‘I lived with you for over 13 years on campus, you never taught me how to steal’. He laughed. He got my point.
I’ve seen too many people who were rich when I was young, but today, their children don’t have anything. I chose to invest in my children. My first son is reading computer science and Japanese language. He can speak Japanese, Span ish, Italian, French and Latin. For me, that is my property. He went to one of the best school in the world: Harrow. The school attended by Sir Winston Churchill. That is my idea of wealth. Today, he is studying in Imperial College.
My second son went to Charter House. All the billionaires in this world aspire for their children to go to Harrow, Charter House and Eton. I have a son who has gone to Harrow. I have a son who went to Charter House to read economics and is now in Bristol. That is my property. The most expensive property in the world is not a house, it is intellectual property. The third one is going to do his A level in one of those top schools. Those are my property. To pay my children school fees, I know how much it costs in a year. My investment in a year would buy houses anywhere in the world, but I would rather invest in my children.
Why do you choose this path because it doesn’t tally with the kind of people you associate with?
I don’t associate with them. As a jour nalist, you associate with the poor and the rich. But because the magazine is about the lifestyle of the rich and the famous, naturally, people think we associate with them.
 
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eyennyin: Lol at Nija . Read "confession of an economic hitman 'and u will understand how these things play out. The imperialist rep by chevron collaborate with Nija theives rep by nnpc to fix the value at $10b. The actual price is $1.2- $1.5m. They share it 75% and 15% resp. Nija taxpayers bring in $1.5m or 15% of JV funding. So Nija just built the whole 100% project and hand it over to the hitmen rep by chevron. They smile to their bank with 75% loot and a major shareholding. That's the lot of an African.

You are right but this below is the main reason why such happens