₦airaland Forum

Talking about riding the bull at the Rodeo.

I have been doing business in Europe and America for over 25 years. I have never been targeted for assassination. Not by a business rival and not even talking about government people. I still can travel freely to over 180 countries of the world, except my own country Nigeria. Why, because I went to do business there to change lives.

I have be shot at several times, almost got kidnapped. jailed by the police, Lost money to crooks, flew on a plane that crashed a week later due to poor maintenance and many more. My spouse was locked indoor for an entire year because she couldn't go out without being kidnapped. I don't know where in Europe or America you lock Foreigners indoor for an entire year. Investors are people. they have spouses and children.

I have never come across someone doing business in Nigeria that is having fun doing it. So if you have that great experience or know who does I really want to talk with you. We all could learn some lessons from you.

One of the reasons Europeans are more successful than us is they look at the problem and do a through analyse then port solutions to tackle the problems. Africans like to whitewash the problem and hide it in public. But the public already know what the problem is, so why not face it and deal with it.

I can tell you all beautiful stories of how great it is to do business in Nigeria and I would be lying. I like to be real.

If you love to ride a bull, thank God Nigeria is available to do business. It is not for everyone out there.

Many Nigerians believe that there is dignity in money itself not labour.

What an irony?

hisgrace090:
Many Nigerians believe that there is dignity in money itself not labour.

What an irony?

Very bad

u should thank God u left alive, u no ask well before coming to invest?

I remember this Benin Guy whose property was devastated by Fulani hersdmen a little while ago!
Happy to know that he is among the minority who know that white washing doesn't solve any problems.

Unfortunately, white washing, corruption, and tribal scape-goating has been the order of the day since Nigeria began to rely on oil, just about the same time Nigerians began to demonize Igbos, especially his fellow Edo people.

While he sounds like a Biafran now, his fellow tribes men are still shouting 'our oyel', neglecting basic tenet of hardwork and honesty, while Fulani people siphon most of the money up north, and intoxicating small amount is left to corrupt the southern landscape all in the name of fighting Igbos.