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Nnewi is one Igbo towns that has made us proud since after the war,

its understandable that Onitsha and Aba has been a commercial cities before the war not minding Igbos started rebuilding the two cities immediately the war ended

, but for Nnewi a typical village with forest they turned it to wealth, they made name for themselves because of the single decision they took unanimously to start their businesses in their home town after the war today Nnewi is one of the leading industrial city, Nnewi today host the highest auto parts market in Nigeria, bigger than Mgbuka Obosi in Anambra and Ladipo in Lagos, nothing you can't find in Nnewi today, First vehicle manufacturing plant is in Nnewi, first Kidney transplant center in South-east was built in Nnewi and so may others

If Nnewi can do it other Igbo towns can, now otheer tribes come in different parts of Nigeria to buy from them, although there are many Igbo towns taking Nnewi bold step, they should never relent, Nnewi is a success story that Igbo ingenuity can't be cage

Watch this interesting documentary of Nnewi


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eojXimUx-CY

Nnewi today host teaching hospital, almost all the commercial banks are in Nnewi, standard stadium, Mall, hotels etc




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3It4UbZD5Qs

Nnewi is good at empowering themselves

The owner of Roban stores wihich owns more than 9 shopping centres in SE and SS

Two years ago lunched his shopping centre in his home town Nnewi, Roban is one of the leading indigenous mall owners in Nigeria

Roban Nnewi

The economic iliterates will soon arrive and start talking about election instead of advertising ogbomoso to the world

This one and superiority complex are inseparable.

Always insecure

LivingSage:
This one and superiority complex are inseparable.

Always insecure

Read their story and learn not Owambe

Nnewi, the autotech centre of West Africa

How Nnewi produced some of the largest transport moguls in Nigeria still amazes me

Nnewi produced Chief Ilodibe(Ekene dili Chukwu), Chief Izuchukwu(Izuchukwu Transport) and Chidi Anyaegbu(Chisco)

Can you write bad story about yourself to the world?

Carry your insecurity comot here.

You'll soon be quoting data ceaselessly now, thesame data you always faulted and call Yemi kale data.
Siu
[quote author= post=122396887]Read their story and learn not Owambe[/quote]

Tec hub Nnewi building themselves

LivingSage:
Can you write bad story about yourself to the world?

Carry your insecurity comot here.

You'll soon be quoting data ceaselessly now, thesame data you always faulted and call Yemi kale data.
Siu

Typical village turned to city by individuals efforts

This is Nnewi I will like to host you here

Youths with great Ideas and vision


CEDTALK in Nnewi

LivingSage:
Can you write bad story about yourself to the world?

Carry your insecurity comot here.

You'll soon be quoting data ceaselessly now, thesame data you always faulted and call Yemi kale data.
Siu

Nobody stopped you from writing your own. Na you suppose carry your insecurity commot from person thread

U guys are doing well. Keep up the good work.

Industrial revolution in Nnewi, propelled by indigenes

Watch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADMsYSxmYAk

gidgiddy:
Nnewi, the autotech centre of West Africa

How Nnewi produced some of the largest transport moguls in Nigeria still amazes me

Nnewi produced Chief Ilodibe(Ekene dili Chukwu), Chief Izuchukwu(Izuchukwu Transport) and Chidi Anyaegbu(Chisco)

The transport department of Dangote group ALONE is greater than whatever achievements you think you have.

[quote author= post=122397039]Typical village turned to city by individuals efforts

This is Nnewi I will like to host you here[/quote]Go and host your kinsmen in Delta who are unrepentant beggars and have to be deported like lepers.

gidgiddy:
Nnewi, the autotech centre of West Africa

How Nnewi produced some of the largest transport moguls in Nigeria still amazes me

Nnewi produced Chief Ilodibe(Ekene dili Chukwu), Chief Izuchukwu(Izuchukwu Transport) and Chidi Anyaegbu(Chisco)

How could you forget the one who started it all.....Sir Louis Ojukwu? Read somewhere that a young Augustin Ilodibe was one of his drivers before the war.....then he left to set up Ekene dili Chukwu.

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Meet Nigeria’s First Billionaire
August 22, 2020 No Comments
Reading Time: 3 minutes
By George Samuel

1. Sir Louis Ojukwu was a great man. He accomplished and made so much wealth before he died. All without Oil.

He was so Rich he did not need official papers to visit the Britain.

Sir Ojukwu’s Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith LWB

was used to chauffeur Queen Elizabeth during her 1956 visit.

2. According to Forbes Africa, Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, who founded the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), was the first Billionaire in Nigeria.

He practically owned Victoria Garden, Lagos.

3. Sir Ojukwu went to lagos with nothing in 1929 aged just 20 but 10 years later, he was already managing his own chain of businesses which included, Ojukwu Stores, Ojukwu textiles and Ojukwu transportation company.

4. By 1950, just Ojukwu Transportation company had over 200 trucks in its fleet. How did he do it?

Born Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nnewi in 1909, the only boy and second of four children,Sir Ojukwu went to Government primary School Asaba.

5. In 1922, he proceeded to the only secondary School in the Eastern region at the time, Hope Waddell training institute, Calabar. After completing his secondary School education in 1928.

Sir Louis secured a job as a tyre sales clark with John Holt lagos in 1929.

6. It was working as a tyre clark the Sir Louis Ojukwu noticed that many Igbo traders who came to lagos to buy tyres also bought textiles as well.

With his meagre saving, Sir Louis travelled down to Onitsha where he opened his first business venture called “Ojukwu stores”

7. and employed one of his relatives to oversee it.

He then returned to lagos and started sending down textiles on Lorries to his shop while still working for John Holt. Sir Louise’s textile boomed.

By 1930, Louis bought a second hand truck

8. and employed a driver in other move his goods himself and ‘Ojukwu transport company’ was born. Sir Ojukwu worked tirelessly and by end of the 1930’s, was the major transporter on the East-West Road.

In 1939, on the outbreak of world war 2, the British Government requested

9. use of Sir Ojukwus fleet of trucks for the War effort to which he agreed.

When the war ended in 1945, the British Goverment recognised the sacrifice he made and he was awarded a KBE (Knight of the British Empire).

10. The end of the war also created a high demand for raw materials from West Africa and Sir Ojukwus Transport business exploded sky high and he diversified into other businesses.

Some of Sir Ojukwu’s early drivers such as Chief Ilodibe (Ekene Dili Chukwu)

11. and Chief Izuchukwu (Izuchukwu Transport) would later become Transport moguls themselves (Igbo wealth Creation).

[b]Sir Louis was also a financial pillar of Ziks NCNC party and when the party came to power in 1960, Sir Louis was offered the position of Finance Minister

12. which he turned down, the position ultimately went to Okotie-Eboh. Sir Louis died in Nkalagu, present day Ebonyi state, in 1966.

Some.of his key achievements includes ;

– The first President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

– President, African Continental Bank

13. – Chairman, Nigerian cement company (NIGERCEM)

– CEO, Ojukwu Transport company…over 5000 fleet of trucks.

– Chairman, Nigerian National Shipping Line…over 100 ships and vessels

– Chairman, Lion Of Africa Insurance Company

14. – Chairman, BISCO Nigeria Limited cool Chairman, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank. founded to specifically give loans to industries

– Vice President, lagos Chamber Of Commerce

– Chairman, Palmline Shipping company

– Chairman, Nigerian Produce Marketing board

15. – Director, Shell D’Arcy Petroleum

– Director, Thomas Wyatt & Son

– Director, Nigerian Coal corporation

– Director, Guiness Nigeria Limited

– Director, Nigerian Tobacco Company

– Director, Daily Times of Nigeria

16. Sir Louis Ojukwu also owned numerous building, landed properties and stocks.

It is estimated that as at the time he died in 1966, he worth about 40 Billion Dollars in today’s money.[/b]

How many Billionaires in Nigeria today do we know their background?

17. It is not a coincidence that his town, Nnewi, has the highest number of Billionaires in Nigeria today. You can clearly see the effect of wealth distribution. He inspired many of those Billionaires from Nnewi and beyond.


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OkoYibo:
The transport department of Dangote group ALONE is greater than whatever achievements you think you have.

So?