Culled From Businessdayonline
We have an ever-growing population of youths who would broadcast to the world through the social media what a useless country we are in. They spend all their productive hours on the keyboard complaining and abusing Nigeria.
They tell you there are no jobs in Nigeria. Unknown to them, the foreigners are seeing things differently. Few days back, I returned from a trip and noticed that at the immigration point in Port Harcourt International Airport, the foreigners out-numbered the Nigerians. While we are busy abusing Nigeria, these ones are trooping in to tap from the huge opportunities that abound.
We know of the Asian company that manufactures the popular noodles, they came into Nigeria years back and today make billions in profit. We know of a mobile phone company with just over 10 years in operation yet has over 100 million active lines – it makes billions on monthly basis. Which other country in the world can boast of such opportunity? We have designers (you can call them tailors if you like) who started small, but today their products grace prestigious runways across the globe. The other day I saw, on AIT, a businessman who started by importing biscuits, today he has a large biscuit factory with lots of staff. We all know of a certain businessman who grew his business in this country and today he’s the richest African alive. We have a consuming population. Rather than look at how to key into the thriving market, we waste our time bemoaning our misfortune. Get off that keyboard and put on your thinking cap! You need a dose of shock therapy!
