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| Ahanmisi |
(Temidayo Ahanmisi)--Auntie the only problem wey we get for Nigeria be say,
we are too bogus.
Na only for Nigeria person go build one small
‘’tachere’’ kiosk, e go call am group of stores. Short time hotel wey no reach
10 room sef, dem go say na group of hotels…
See, I go Ghana. Me and my friend go one shopping
complex like dat. The person wey we go see say their vice president go come
deliver lecture for one hall there very soon. I tell my friend say ‘’guy abeg
make we cut out from here quick quick, before police and army go block
everywhere. We get plenty things wey we want do that day.
Everybody jus’ dey laugh me for there. Dem say weda I
think say dis na Naija?’’
My young friend Chima went to tell me that the VP came
to the area while they were still there, delivered a one-hour lecture, and
left. His motorcade was just 2 cars.
I told Chima that he had saved my life, but that he
would never know just how.
About 3 months after that encounter with Chima, I had
completely liquidated my supermarket business which wasn’t going anywhere and
was costing me more money to run than I was making from it. I sold off the few
assets left and never looked back. I got immense pleasure from pulling down the
‘’x x x x Plaza’’ signage in front of the building.
I have gone on to do other things since then to save
myself in several other areas of my life. From relationships with people, to my
marriage, my home, my other businesses.
