In 2007 I quit my well paid, job at Mobil Oil Nigeria, the
first person I partnered with, messed up and we lost money, all my gratuity
want into that business, so I have to start from ground zero, I insisted that I
will not go back to paid job, My friends and some family members were not happy
with my decision, I told them I want to go into entrepreneurship and be self-employed.
Thank God for my lovely sisters and a very good friend who came to my rescue
financially
I use to be an
ordinary electrician, (Shell Petroleum trained me to be vigilant and vibrant
security officer and a safety analyst, Mobil Oil trained me to be a tactical
technician) that is just the experience I have as at 2007, the day I dropt my resignation
letter, that was the day I found out I am an important material technician in
my department.
Well today I am into
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entertainment, event planning and
management registered with the corporate
affairs Nigerian
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Land sales and Real estate (talking about having information about genuine Land in Lekki and Ibeju-Lekki environ )
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Human capacity development (I was able to
coordinate my niece’s school
project all the way from New York and at
home in Nigeria, this year 2014 I had
help some youth to define what they want to do with their life/lives like skill
acquisition while waiting for WAEC and
JAMB , helping them to improve their communication skill, some Nigerian
graduate cannot speak well , “everything no be grammar at list talk make we
hear you ” my write ups, from the phone calls, comments
and feedback shows that my blogs has
brought about change in some people’s
life/lives )
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I run a business and computer training center, socio media orientation and public
presentation
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And off Couse my primary skill (am into electrical installation,
construction and facility maintenance agency) corporate registration in
progress
Interesting you will say but to be sincere
with you, between 2008 and now I developed all of the above.
THE GOOD
You see I find out that there are more ideas, more
opportunities and inspirations out there in the real world, I was able to unleash
other potentials in me, like when I am
talking people want to listen or hear me talk, ability to get things done and
done right, I don’t joke with business clinics, seminar or conference, it gives
me a global perspective of how to do business, talk to people and run things
THE BAD
it has not been easy, the
Nigerian factor, power, if you must know I run my shop on petrol every day to
be able to deliver quality service to my customers, financial challenges the issue of people who don’t like a brother
who is trying to make a difference, change and modification,
THE UGLY
The issue of dream snatchers and dream killers, business competition,
people who got inspiration from you but suddenly they don’t want you around,
going diabolically and physically to bring you down but in all of these I try
to be unique in all that I do
THE REALITY
Honestly Nigeria is a good ground for would be entrepreneurs so many
Nigerians are doing fine independently, the ashes economic environment has make
some graduate to go do jobs that are not related to their field of study, the
conventional believe that after school, the next thing is to look for job is
killing talents, potentials and ability to think out of the box, also the fear
of failure is making people to stay put in salary life, am not saying getting a
job is bad, no, you have to work to gain
experience, work to make ends meet, a good job with a good pay is good but gest what I have the best teacher, there are
more quality things you can do to solve problems and get paid, do not stay too
long, the conventional world will fade away someday, the enterprise world will
take over. I am not at the top yet, but I LOVE WHAT AM DOING NOW and I am going to
move to the next level this 2015 HAPPY NEW YEAR
