Mr. Phillip retired from Nigeria’s top telecom company after thirty-five years without having a piece of earth named after him apart from the six feet allocated to him at the cemetery in Victoria Island after a brief illness followed by untimely death. What a world of regrets!
As the Senior Manager in a multi-millionaire company, He had many opportunities to live a good life and things were going well for his family. He had a wife named Esther who worked as Director of Sales in a company located in the United Kingdom but resigned to become a full housewife after persuasion from her husband, and were blessed with a son, Richard who was schooling in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United State of America. Mr. Phillip travelled every three to four months to visit them.
Mr. Phillip is a devoted Christian who offered monetary help to his church and he’s also one of the key financial contributors to church projects. He was such a treasure to the church members and the ministry.
To fit his rising profile as a top decision-maker in his company, he relocated from a 4 bedroom apartments at Ikeja to a duplex house in Victoria Island, Lagos where He’s paying 6 million naira as house rent annually. When He entered the new apartment, there was an increase of well-wishers who came visiting frequently to greet the friendly Mr. Phillip. Of course, these people know that there is no way you’d visit the philanthropist and wouldn’t end up smiling home no matter how little. The goodness either comes in cash or gift pack.
Unfortunately, he never accepted the offer of a good deal to invest in property in Nigeria that would maintain his lifestyle even after his retirement. Although, he received a lot of suggestions from friends and family advising him to venture into real estate yet Mr. Phillip’s wouldn’t concur because his mindset was that the money He’s made would sustain his old age. Meanwhile, the major reason why he wouldn’t was because of the lies he’s heard about real estate investment especially in Nigeria and his secret plan of relocating to abroad ultimately.
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