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Indawo enhle yabasunguli nabaPhathi Abakhulu isivele yakhula yaba yindawo yokugcina iziqu ze-diploma kanye ne-MBA, kepha abambalwa abanjengoChief Razaq Akanni Okoya baqinisekisile ngezinganekwane zabo ukuthi ubugagu, ukusebenza kanzima nokuzikhandla kungenza umuntu enze inzuzo ebhizinisini, ngisho ngaphandle kwamazinga kahulumeni.

URazaq Akanni Okoya wazalwa ngoJanuwari 12, 1940, ezalwa nguTiamiyu Ayinde no-Alhaja Idiatu Okoya. Ngaphandle kokuzalwa esifundazweni saseLagos, akazange aqale imfundo ngesikhathi.

URazaq wafunda e-Ansar-Ud-Deen Main College, e-Oke-Popo, eLagos, futhi lokhu kwagcina ngokunikeza ukuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni kuphela.

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Ummeli, umqeqeshi noma usomabhizinisi?

Ngomthungi kababa, uRazaq wasebenzisa iningi lamahora akhe okuqeda isikole efunda ezentengiselwano. Wayedlalela uyise, emsebenzisela ukuthola izidingongqangi nokulungisa izingubo ezithile. Benza izingubo ezifunwayo, amakhava ezihlalo zamabhayisikili nezinto ezehlukene zokugqoka emakethe.

Ngale ndlela yokuphila yokufunda, uRazaq wakhula waba ngumthungi oqeqeshiwe ngaphambi kokuba aqede ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe okuyinhloko. Yize abaningi babecabanga ukuthi uRazaq wakhetha ukukhula abe ngumthungi ngenxa kababa wakhe wayengomunye, usomabhizinisi wachaza ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwinhlolokhono ukuthi ukhetho lwafika lapha ngemuva kokucabanga okuningi nokukhathazeka.

Wayecabanga-ngokushintsha abe ngummeli noma umqeqeshi, kepha ngaphezu kwalokho kwakudingeka akhule ukuze acebe. Wabuye waqaphela umphakathi omzungezile futhi wabona ukuthi phakathi kwabantu abacebile kakhulu kube nosomabhizinisi.

“Ngenkathi esikoleni, ngingabona umqeqeshi wami egqoke izingubo ezigugile nezingajwayelekile futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngingahle ngibone osomabhizinisi abagqoke kahle eDosunmu Avenue, ngaleso sikhathi inhliziyo yenhlangano eLagos. Ubaba wami wayengumthungi onekhono ngemoto entsha eyisibonelo, uChrysler walokho, amakhaya ama-5 nenqwaba yabafundi, okungenzeka kube yinto ekhuthazayo kowesilisa osemusha, ” ukhumbula.

Ngemuva kokuhambela kukayise kubathengi e-Ikoyi, uhlangane nabantu abanjengoChief Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, ubaba kaChief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, kanye nosomabhizinisi abehlukene abacebile.

Wazimisela ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi wayedinga ukukhula ukuze abe ngusomabhizinisi. Wayeseneminyaka eyi-17 ngaphambili ngaphambi kokuba aqedele ubuhlakani obuyinhloko, futhi wayengafisi ukuchitha isikhathi esengeziwe ngokuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni.

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Osemusha webhizinisi

Lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, okuyindawo okungenzeka angabizwa ngayo ngokuthi 'indoda' yebhizinisi, uRazaq wayeselondoloze u- £ 20 (amakhilogremu angamashumi amabili) ekulungiseni amahembe namabhulukwe esitolo sikayise futhi wazimisela ukuqala ukuthenga okuncane nokuthengisa ibhizinisi.

Ngabathengisi abambalwa kuphela abebengene kubakhiqizi njengamanje futhi nabo bebedinga ukungena kubantu abaphakathi, kepha uRazaq wakhubeka kukhathalogu yomkhiqizo womkhiqizi osuselwe kakhulu eJapan owakhiqiza izimpahla zokulinganisa ezilingana nezinkinobho, amaribhoni, izifaki zeziphu, nokunye nokunye ukubeka i-oda eliqondile. Lapho esehlanganisa zonke izibalo, wathola ukuthi kuzomubiza u- £ 70, okusho ukuthi wayefuna enye i- £ 50.

Ngokubambisana nemvume kayise, umama wakhe wamboleka inani elingenayo inzalo futhi wabeka i-oda. Okuthengiswayo akufikanga kwafika ngaphambi kokuba kunikezwe, ngoba akubathathanga abathengisi isikhathi esiningi ukuqonda ukuthi bebekade bekhwalithi ephezulu kakhulu kunaleyo esivele ikhona emakethe.

Izinguquko ezisheshayo zinikeze uRazaq imali ayefuna ukukhulisa ibhizinisi futhi athuthukise ama-oda. Ngokuthola imali eningi, wafeza ikhaya lakhe lokuqala eSurulere eneminyaka eyi-19, kwathi eneminyaka engama-21, wayesenemizi emithathu eyengeziwe endaweni efanayo.

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Ukuguqula ukuthanda kwakhe oshade naye kube ibhizinisi

Njengoba ayenethezekile ngokuqhathaniswa, uRazaq wathola umshado ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Umlingani wakhe wokuqala, uKuburat Okoya, njengamantombazane amaningi ahlukene, wayenentandokazi engavamile yezinto zokuhloba futhi wasebenzisa imali eningi kakhulu eyithenga.

Njengamanje, uRazaq wayecabanga ukuya kwezokukhiqiza futhi wacabanga ukuthi uma engahle akhiqize ubucwebe ngezinto ezingaphekiwe ezitholakala eNigeria, kwakukhona imakethe elungiselelwe lokho ngesizathu sokuthi kwakudingeka ngokweqile.

Lapho ebhekwa njengolunye lohambo lwakhe kwelinye izwe, walanda imishini yokukhiqiza ubucwebe kanye nabacebisi abathile futhi waqala ukukhiqiza ubucwebe ngamanani aphansi ahlekisayo. Lokhu kumake ukuqala koMbutho Wokukhiqiza Ubucwebe weQembu le-Eleganza.

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Kulindelwe, ukuthengiswa konke kwanikezwa futhi ibhizinisi laqhekeka kusenesikhathi. Ifemu esencane icishe yazithola iminyene ngenxa yokufunwa kwayo futhi lokhu kuyibeka ngokuqinile ku-ft yayo.

URazaq wabe esezimisela ukungenela kwezokukhiqiza izicathulo, nokho waqala ngokukhokha amafektri e-Italy ukuze ahlinzeke amateki ukuze angenise ukuthengwa okuphelile. Lokhu kuqhubeke kalula isikhashana kwaze kwaba yilapho inkampani ihluleka ukubheka enye yama-oda ayo, isebenzisa imali yayo ekhokhelwa kusengaphambili ukukhokha izinkokhelo ezihlukile njengokufaka esikhundleni.

Egqamile ngalokhu kudumazeka, wangenisa imishini ephoqelekile futhi wethula kubabonisi ukuqeqesha abasebenzi bakhe; ngaleyo ndlela siletha ingalo Yokukhiqiza Izicathulo yeqembu.

Le nkampani ikhule ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi manje isebenzisa amakhulu abantu baseNigeria kuwo wonke amafektri ayo indawo eyakha ama-cooler, izihlalo, insipho, ukweluka kwabesifazane, okusika, abalandeli bakagesi, amapulasitiki, nokunye.

Iqembu lika-Eleganza manje seliphethwe ngumlingani wakhe omncane kunabo bonke, uNkk Shade Okoya njengoMqondisi oPhethe / oyiChief Govt Officer kanti yena ungusihlalo weqembu.

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Esinye sezizathu zikaRazaq zokungena ebhizinisini ukuthi wayefisa ukuba ngumninindlu. Ukhumbule kwinhlolokhono ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi iningi lamabhizinisi ngaleso sikhathi bekungabanikazi bezindlu, noma kunjalo "Uma kwenzeka uthole umuntu ophethe i-go well ne-tie yokuhlala kulezi zindawo kulezi zinsuku, uzodinga ukuthi aqashe indlu lapho."

Lesi sidingo sonke isikhathi sahlala kuye, futhi ngokushesha nje lapho enemali eyanele, wahlola impahla yangempela. Ngeminyaka engama-34, wayesethole amahektha ama-4 omhlaba e-Ikoyi Crescent, kwathi ngeminyaka engama-40, waba nezakhiwo ezimbili eziphakeme ezimi esihlokweni sakhe.

Eminyakeni eyalandela, uhlela iFaund Property Funding Firm ngoba imoto ishayela izinhloso zakhe zangempela. Umthandi wemizi emihle kakhulu, uRazaq uqaphele lokhu njengethuba lokunikeza abantu izindlu ezinhle.

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Inkampani eyakhiwe futhi igcina Impahla ye-Oluwa Ni Shola eLekki-Ajah Expressway, evame ukuchazwa njengempahla yabokufika ngenxa yokuhlukahluka okwedlulele kwabokufika abahlala lapho.

Impahla kanokusho ifakwe kahle amandla angenakuphazanyiswa namanzi, iphansi lemabula, umoya ophakathi nendawo, i-sauna, izingadi ezinhle, igumbi lama-billiard, inkantolo yethenisi, amachibi okubhukuda, izithombe ezibizayo nokunye, kwesinye isikhathi kukhombisa uhlobo lwempilo u-Okoya konke isikhathi esiphuphile ngaso.

Ngale nkampani, futhi utshale imali ngokwengeziwe ezindaweni eziningi ezizungeze iLagos.

Ukuqashelwa

U-Chief Razaq Akanni Okoya uzuze futhi wathola imiklomelo eminingi kanye nokuhlonishwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Uthole i-Lifetime Achievement Award ye-Enterprise Entrepreneur yi-ThisDay Newspapers, umklomelo owanikezwa u-Okoya ngu-Invoice Clinton, owayenguMongameli wase-United States of America.

Wanikezwa i-Golden Award yekhwalithi ephezulu yiNigerian Institute of Requirements, futhi ngokufanayo uphethe ne-Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) inhlonipho evela ku-Federal Authorities of Nigeria.

Kuthiwa uthathwa njengomunye wabacebe kakhulu eNigeria, yize intengo yakhe ye-inthanethi ingeke iqinisekiswe kwazise izinkampani zakhe ngeke zifakwe ohlwini lwe-Inventory Trade.

Engxoxweni yakamuva, wacelwa imibono yakhe ngokuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni, esezuze okuningi ngokuqeqeshwa kwakhe okuyinhloko futhi wathi, “Anginalutho maqondana nokuziqeqesha. Kodwa-ke ezimeni, ukuqeqeshwa kunika abantu ukuzethemba okungamanga. Kwenza abantu behlise umoya, bathembele ngaphakathi kwamandla wezitifiketi zabo ngokulingene kunokusebenza kanzima. Ngangazi ukuthi ngidinga ukuba yisicebi, futhi ngangazi ukuthi ngidinga ukusebenza kanzima ”

NgoJanuwari 2020, imboni yezimboni yahlanganisa iminyaka engu-80 phakathi kwabantu abaningi. Wayenakho lokhu ukusho; "Umkhuleko wami ukujabulela ukuba nenhlalakahle enhle, impilo ende futhi ngishiye ifa lebhizinisi lami ngemuva njengoba ngidinga u-Eleganza ukuze angiphile ukuze ngiqhubeke nefilosofi yami yokusiza abantu."