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Malo abwino omwe oyambitsa ndi Chief Executive Executive akula ndikukhala malo osungilira diploma ndi omwe ali ndi MBA, komabe owerengeka okha ngati Chief Razaq Akanni Okoya atsimikiza ndi nthano zawo kuti kulimba mtima, kulimbikira komanso kuchitapo kanthu kumatha kupangitsa munthu kukhala wopindulitsa pantchito, ngakhale kunja kwa magulu aboma.

Razaq Akanni Okoya adabadwa pa Januware 12, 1940, kwa Tiamiyu Ayinde ndi Alhaja Idiatu Okoya. Ngakhale adabadwira ku Lagos, sanayambe maphunziro munthawi yake.

Razaq adapita ku Ansar-Ud-Deen Main College, Oke-Popo, Lagos, ndipo izi zidamaliza maphunziro ake okha.

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Ndi telala wa bambo, Razaq amakhala nthawi yayitali atamaliza maphunziro ake akuphunzira zamalonda. Amatha kuthamangitsa abambo awo, kukawatumikira kuti awapezere ndalama ndikukonza zovala. Amapanga zovala zomwe akufuna, zikuto zamipando ya njinga ndi zida zosiyanasiyana pamsika.

Ndi njira yophunzirira imeneyi, Razaq adakula ndikukhala katswiri wanzeru asanamalize maphunziro ake. Pomwe ambiri amaganiza kuti Razaq adasankhidwa kuti akhale telala chifukwa cha abambo ake anali m'modzi, wolemba bizinesi uja adafotokozera pambuyo pake poyankhulana kuti kusankha kudabwera kuno pambuyo poganizira kwambiri komanso kuda nkhawa.

Adaganiziranso zosintha kukhala loya kapena wophunzitsa, koma amafunikira kukula kuti akhale wolemera. Anazindikiranso gulu lomwe limamuzungulira ndikuwona kuti pakati pa anthu olemera kwambiri akhala amalonda.

“Pomwe ndimakhala kusukulu, ndimatha kuwona ophunzitsa anga atavala zovala zothothoka komanso zosaoneka bwino ndipo nthawi yomweyo, ndimatha kuwona amalonda ovala bwino ku Dosunmu Avenue, pomwe pamakhala bizinesi yayikulu ku Lagos. Abambo anga anali telala wabwino kwambiri wokhala ndi magalimoto atsopano, a Chrysler, nyumba zisanu ndi ophunzira ambiri, zomwe zitha kulimbikitsa mnyamata, ” iye anakumbukira.

Kutsatira abambo ake atapita kukaona ogula ku Ikoyi, adakumananso ndi Chief Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, abambo a Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, komanso amalonda osiyanasiyana olemera.

Anatsimikiza pamenepo kuti ayenera kukula kuti akhale wochita bizinesi. Anali kale zaka 17 m'mbuyomu asanamalize maphunziro ake apamwamba, ndipo sanafune kutaya nthawi yochulukirapo pamaphunziro.

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Wachinyamata wazamalonda

Ali ndi zaka 17, komwe sangatchulidwe kuti 'munthu' wabizinesi, Razaq anali atasunga ndalama zokwana £ 20 (kilos makumi awiri) posoka malaya ndi thalauza m'sitolo ya abambo ake ndipo adatsimikiza kuyamba kugula ndi kugulitsa pang'ono ntchito.

Otsatsa ochepa okha ndi omwe amalowa kwaopanga pakadali pano ndipo amafunikanso kukhala pakati, komabe Razaq adakumana ndi mndandanda wazopanga zaomwe amakhala ku Japan omwe amapanga zinthu zofananira ndi mabatani, maliboni, zolumikiza zip, ndi zina zotero ndikutsimikiza kuyika dongosolo mwachindunji. Atalemba manambalawo, adawona kuti amugulira 70, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti amafuna owonjezera £ 50.

Pamodzi ndi chilolezo cha abambo ake, amayi ake adamubwereketsa kuchuluka kwake kopanda chiwongola dzanja ndipo adayitanitsa. Zogulitsazo zidafika posachedwa kuposa momwe zidaperekedwera, chifukwa sizinatenge ochita malonda nthawi yayitali kuti amvetsetse kuti akhala apamwamba kwambiri kuposa omwe amapezeka kumsika.

Zosintha mwachangu zidapatsa Razaq ndalama zomwe amafuna kukulitsa bizinesiyo ndikuwonjezera malamulowo. Ndi ndalama zambiri zomwe zimabwera, adakwaniritsa nyumba yake yoyamba ku Surulere ali ndi zaka 19, ndipo ali ndi zaka 21, adali ndi nyumba zowonjezera zitatu pamalo omwewo.

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Pokhala womasuka mofananamo, Razaq adakwatirana mwachangu kwambiri. Mkazi wake woyamba, Kuburat Okoya, monga atsikana ambiri osiyanasiyana, anali ndi zokongoletsa zodzikongoletsera ndipo amawononga ndalama zambiri kugula.

Pakadali pano, Razaq anali akuganiza zopanga zinthu ndipo anaganiza kuti ngati atha kupanga zodzikongoletsera ndi zinthu zosaphika zomwe zikupezeka ku Nigeria, pali msika wokonzekereratu chifukwa chofunikira kwambiri.

Ataganizira zaulendo wake wina kudziko lina, adatumiza makina opanga zodzikongoletsera limodzi ndi alangizi ena ndikuyamba kupanga zodzikongoletsera pamtengo wotsika kwambiri. Ichi ndi chiyambi cha Kupanga Zodzikongoletsera kwa Eleganza Group.

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Mwadzidzidzi, malonda onse adaperekedwa ndipo bizinesiyo idayamba molawirira kwambiri. Kampani yaying'onoyo idadzipeza yokhayokha chifukwa chofunafuna malonda ake ndipo izi zidakhazikika pa ft.

Razaq kenako adatsimikiza mtima kupanga bizinesi yopanga nsapato, komabe adayamba ndikulipira mafakitole ku Italy kuti apereke nsapato kuti athe kugula malonda omwe atsirizidwa. Izi zidapitilira kwakanthawi kwakanthawi mpaka kampaniyo italephera kutsatira zomwe adalamula, kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe adalipira pasadakhale kuti athe kubweza zolipira zina m'malo mwake.

Podziwitsa za kukhumudwaku, adaitanitsa makina oyenera ndikudziwitsa othandizira kuti aphunzitse ogwira nawo ntchito; potero kubweretsa dzanja Lopanga Zovala Zamagulu la gululi.

Kampaniyo yakula kwakanthawi ndipo tsopano imagwiritsa ntchito anthu aku Nigeria mazana ambiri m'mafakitore ake komwe imapanga zoziziritsa kukhosi, mipando, sopo, kulukirako azimayi, zodulira, otsatira magetsi, mapulasitiki, ndi zina zotero.

Gulu la Eleganza tsopano limatsogozedwa ndi mkazi wake womaliza, Mayi Shade Okoya ngati Managing Director / Chief Govt Officer pomwe ndi Chairman wa gululi.

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Chimodzi mwazifukwa zonse za Razaq zakuchita bizinesi ndikuti amafuna kukhala mwininyumba. Adakumbukira poyankhulana kuti adawona kuti mabizinesi ambiri panthawiyi anali eni nyumba, komabe "Mukazindikira kuti munthu wanyamula malo abwino komanso omanga tayala m'masiku ano, adzafunika kuchita lendi nyumba kumeneko."

Kufuna uku nthawi zonse kumakhala naye, ndipo atangopeza ndalama zokwanira, adasanthula katundu weniweni. Pofika zaka 34, adapeza mahekitala 4 pa Ikoyi Crescent, ndipo pofika zaka 40, anali ndi nyumba ziwiri zazitali zomwe zidamuyimilira.

Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, amakonza kampani ya RAO Property Funding Firm chifukwa galimotoyo imayendetsa zolinga zake zenizeni. Wokonda nyumba zabwino, Razaq adawona izi ngati mwayi wopezera nyumba zabwino anthu.

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Kampani yomwe idamanga ndikusunga Katundu wa Oluwa Ni Shola ku Lekki-Ajah Expressway, yomwe nthawi zambiri imafotokozedwa kuti ndi katundu wa alendo chifukwa chakunja komwe amakhala.

Katundu wapamwambayu amakhala ndi mphamvu zosadukaduka zopanda madzi komanso madzi, pansi pamiyala, malo oziziritsira mpweya, sauna, minda yokongola, chipinda cha ma biliyadi, khothi la tenisi, maiwe osambira, ziboliboli zotsika mtengo ndi zina, nthawi zina zimawonetsa mtundu wa moyo Okoya onse nthawi yomwe ndalota.

Ndi kampaniyi, awonjezeranso ndalama zingapo ku Lagos.

Kuzindikira

Chief Razaq Akanni Okoya adapeza ndikulandila mphotho zingapo ndikudziwika kwakanthawi. Adapeza Mphotho ya Lifetime Achievement ya Enterprise Entrepreneur ndi ThisDay Newspaper, mphotho yomwe adapatsidwa Okoya ndi Invoice Clinton, Purezidenti wakale wa United States of America.

Adapatsidwa Mphotho Yagolide Yapamwamba kwambiri ndi Nigerian Institute of Requirements, momwemonso akugwirizira ulemu wa Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) kuchokera ku Federal Authorities of Nigeria.

Ananenedwa kuti ndi m'modzi mwa anthu olemera kwambiri ku Nigeria, ngakhale mtengo wake pa intaneti sungatsimikizike chifukwa mabungwe ake sadzatchulidwa pa Inventory Trade.

Pakufunsidwa kwaposachedwa, adapemphedwa malingaliro ake pamaphunziro, atakwaniritsa zambiri ndi maphunziro ake akulu ndipo adati, “Palibe chilichonse chokhudza maphunziro. Komabe nthawi zina, maphunziro amapatsa anthu chidaliro chabodza. Zimapangitsa anthu kukhazikika, kudalira mphamvu zamatifiketi awo pang'ono kuposa kugwira ntchito yolemetsa. Ndinkadziwa kuti ndiyenera kukhala wolemera, ndipo ndinkadziwa kuti ndiyenera kugwira ntchito yolemetsa kwambiri ”

Mu Januwale 2020, wogulitsa mafakitale adakwanitsa zaka 80 pakati pazokonda zambiri. Iye anali ndi izi zoti anene; "Pemphero langa ndilofuna kusangalala ndi moyo wabwino, moyo wautali ndikuchotsa cholowa cha bizinesi yanga chifukwa ndikufuna Eleganza kuti apulumuke ndikupitiliza ndi nzeru zanga zokometsera anthu."