Chairman, Board of Directors, G. U. Okeke Transport Services Company Limited, Chief Godwin Ubaka Okeke, has said he ventured into transportation business immediately after the civil war in 1970.

Chief Okeke, who is also chairman, Board of Directors, ANAMMCO Ltd., said though he suffered with his family just like any other Igbo in the 30-month war, the moment it was announced that the war had ended, he and his brother trekked 12 kilometres between his Adazi-Ani community to Nnewi, Anambra State, just to confirm the report.

He noted that after the confirmation that the war had ended, he took his parent’s Peugeot 404 saloon car to Onitsha to check if the family’s businesses were still intact.

Narrating his experience, Chief Okeke said as he was about to return to Adazi-Ani, many passengers going to Enugu were milling around his car.

His words: “They were asking me if I was going to Enugu and it was obvious they were not sure if any other vehicles would come around. So I took eight passengers to Ogbete in Enugu and charged them one pound each.


“Interestingly, when I got to Enugu, immediately the ones I picked from Onitsha alighted, the ones going to Onitsha rushed to my car and I took them, charging them the same amount.”

He said he would have made another trip to Enugu that night because many passengers were waiting and were obviously stranded.

“In view of what happened that day, I arrived Onitsha from Adazi-Ani as early as 5a.m. to resume conveying passengers from Onitsha to Enugu and back,” which, according to him, signalled his foray into transportation business.

He said he later bought a Volkswagen Combi bus to carry passengers from Onitsha to Lagos, adding, “I also introduced two Mercedes 911 for haulage and, interestingly, that was how the journey started.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/06/how-civil-war-brought-me-into-transportation-g-u-okeke/

nice one Guo!!
great men always turn their stumbling blocks to stepping stones...

An average Igbo man sees a business opportunity in every turn and challenge..

KanuSE:


Every other tribe sees business opportunities as well, the only difference is that you guys make noise a lot.

Why are some of U so quick to expose d bigotry in U? Where did my post make comparisons to other tribes? I jus told U what I know about an average Igbo man, mind ur own business

nice one

But from his story, his father was among the few rich Nigerians back then, so he capitalized on that advantage to build his own business empire, nice 1

Nice one. But biko, change those buses plying the East to North Roads before una kee everybody.

Nice one my igbo daddy.

Great igbo men

Meanwhile, A 24-year-old Rwandan whose mother was raped in the genocide tells the BBC how he came to learn of the circumstances of his birth. Their names have been changed because of the shame surrounding rape, which still exists to this day.

Read the full story below

https://www.nairaland.com/5254044/father-rapist-hidden-victims-rwandas

Great businessmen always catch opportunites when they come!

Nice

Nothing sweet pass not missing opportunities

All the best ., am out

Nothing sweet pass not missing opportunities

Corner piece

me and every one reading this will also share our success story some day in Jesus name

Because you are an Igbo man.

Whao inspirational. Never despised small starting and consistency is key

I still don't understand why govt will take loan from China when people like this man can come together and own shares in our railways. 2 billion dollars that's like 700 billion for the lagos ibadan line, and govt can't tell me they can't arrange 100 of them to come up with 10 billion each to own shares in just the Lagos ibadan line with the success I'm sure more people will take part even politicians 'if it's just for them to bring in their stolen wealth and make it legit' with that other lines will be built. And if you're paying cash to the Chinese to come and build it I'm sure it will be cheaper to the loan option

Ibos and transportation business.the war enhance their self Discovery and I think it's a good one

franchasng:
But from his story, his father was among the few rich Nigerians back then, so he capitalized on that advantage to build his own business empire, nice 1

He started from scratch if you read the story very well,he is just a very brilliant man
Most okada men are making up to 5000 naira every day but majority of them can not even save 200naira

Mr G.U Okeke abeg upgrade all your marcopolo buses, especially the ones at Jos park, those buses are tired of this life. I'm sure if it were to be humans they would committed suicide long time ago

Wow

franchasng:
But from his story, his father was among the few rich Nigerians back then, so he capitalized on that advantage to build his own business empire, nice 1

exactly! his father according to the story Already owns a vehicle as at the time.

An average Igbo man sees a business opportunity in anything.
Kudos to them.

adazi ani my mothers town....if you see this man during umunna clan meeting, you will not know he is a billionaire because he is down to earth and cheerful..if he attends your wedding, he will eat like every other guest and even be asking for more self..lol. ...

during harvest and bazaar period, you will see the best version of him because he is always the one that does the speech and bargains with lots of energy and he will just start calling all his rich friends for donation..he will even shout your name,,and say stuffs like this...eze ego,, i know you are more than this...i can see where you are hiding so i will not see you....eze ego is donating 5 million.. ..in igbo language oo..

LasLas..if you meet him for help,, better be smart, hardworking, a good christain of good behavior cos he does not like lazy youths and he needs to be sure you have something upstairs..

Thats the kind of man he is...simple and God sent..

Igbo Amaka!

The Igbo man sees opportunities and harnesses it to benefit himself and others around him!

If it was a "tiger-claw cheeked" man from somewhere else, he would not see passengers to carry and charge them 1 pound each but he would see skulls to mine which after doing so, won't give him even a dime and then he will start blaming another ethnic group of trying to "take over his land"

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And you believe that crap he spew there right? Believe anambra at your own detriment!

Ogwu ego masquerading under transportation company!

I no carry water for mouth talk.

Modify: ndi aruru ala keep quoting me till your balls swell up like burns!