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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by busybiz: 8:51am On Nov 23, 2021
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Psycho can you compare this with one LG in Yoruba land that's littered with slum settlements

How much land do you have in Igboland that slums have taken over more than 91% of it.
Tiny land but massive slums.No wonder you all run to Yorubaland.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 8:51am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:


Have you seen old buildings in GRAs before.They will be minimal if there are.They mostly have state of the art buildings.Ibadan has old buildings because it had always been more developed than the whole Igboland.You were living in huts when Ibadan had the most beautiful houses in Nigeria then.I have been to Igboland and seen that the most developed is tiny Onitsha.Around Obosi-Nkpor area.Ibadan city only has more than 10 GRAs and more infrastructures than the entire Igboland.
Ignorant you real need to visit Igbo land cure your empty brain, the second most built up and densely populated state in Nigeria after Lagos is Anambra with morden structures not Oyo that mud houses littered every nooks and crannies

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 8:53am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:


How much land do you have in Igboland that slums have taken over more than 91% of it.
Tiny land but massive slums.No wonder you all run to Yorubaland.
Low IQ what's my business with slum cities in Yoruba land
Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by walefresh3(m): 8:54am On Nov 23, 2021
bomb24:


zombie I keep posting links and u keep saying trash.

go back to that link and verify yourself.
I requested for list of African woman richest of 2021 report from forbes... U gave link that mentioned names of both gender....Top 20 list I couldn't find any ibo woman that worth 1b dollars ...
1) list of richest people in Africa

2) list of richest woman in Africa

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by busybiz: 8:54am On Nov 23, 2021
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Ignorant you real need to visit Igbo land cure your empty brain, the second most built up and densely populated state in Nigeria after Lagos is Anambra with morden structures not Oyo that mud houses littered every nooks and crannies
Mumu talk.I bet you are in Yorubaland flexing.
Poverty no good.Come why dont you Igbos know how to manage business?

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 8:59am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:


How much land do you have in Igboland that slums have taken over more than 91% of it.
Tiny land but massive slums.No wonder you all run to Yorubaland.
I know every states in your, outside Lagos southwest is most backward region in Nigeria


See Mapo Hall littered with slums

Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by busybiz: 9:00am On Nov 23, 2021
walefresh3:
I requested for list of African woman richest of 2021 report from forbes... U gave link that mentioned names of both gender....Top 20 list I couldn't find any ibo woman that worth 1b dollars ...

Igbos are poor and poverty stricken.Tell him to name any Igbo man in the ilk of business people like Lookman Kas Lawal...the fourth black billionaire in USA,Bayo Ogunlesi,Deinde Fernandez,Harry Akande etc.
They only deal in powder abroad especially Asian nations grin

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by busybiz: 9:02am On Nov 23, 2021
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I know every states in your, outside Lagos southwest is most backward region in Nigeria


See Mapo Hall littered with slums

This is like USA compared to Igboland o.
Igboland is poverty stricken....World bank,UNDP and NBS.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by TooMuchStuff: 9:03am On Nov 23, 2021
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I read from Daily trust headline that state like Abia collect more allocation from FG than they earn, but the dubious government will not reveal to you the statistics of oil and gas they are drilling from Abia or the duties Aba importers pay to Federal government when compare to any northern state outside Abuja or Southwest outside Lagos
Abuja is not North is any sense. It's more like southern states. Think FCT should be added to 17 southern states to make it 18.
We built it. We live in it. We own it cos it's Niger Delta oil money that was used to build Abuja
Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 9:08am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:


Igbos are poor and poverty stricken.Tell him to name any Igbo man in the ilk of business people like Lookman Kas Lawal...the fourth black billionaire in USA,Bayo Ogunlesi,Deinde Fernandez,Harry Akande etc.
They only deal in powder abroad especially Asian nations grin
You show be ashamed of this endless slums in your region

Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by unshakablejihad: 9:09am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:


Igbos are poor and poverty stricken.Tell him to name any Igbo man in the ilk of business people like Lookman Kas Lawal...the fourth black billionaire in USA,Bayo Ogunlesi,Deinde Fernandez,Harry Akande etc.
They only deal in powder abroad especially Asian nations grin


did this idiot just say yoruba fourth richest in the usa. hahahahahahahahaha wat a slum dwelling pig. u could have prayed for a yoruba man to make it on top 100 in the usa.. the dundee u even quoted will believe this your sycophantic lie of your's. dumbo.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 9:16am On Nov 23, 2021
unshakablejihad:



did this idiot just say yoruba fourth richest in the usa. hahahahahahahahaha wat a slum dwelling pig. u could have prayed for a yoruba man to make it on top 100 in the usa.. the dundee u even quoted will believe this your sycophantic lie of your's. dumbo.
What do you expect from children their fathers and ancestors are number one propagandists in Africa grin grin

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 9:24am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:

Mumu talk.I bet you are in Yorubaland flexing.
Poverty no good.Come why dont you Igbos know how to manage business?
We are in morden world era of Lagos/Ibadan express is over
Ibadan and Anambra measurement

Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by unshakablejihad: 9:25am On Nov 23, 2021
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What do you expect from children their fathers and ancestors are number one propagandists in Africa grin grin

lolzz and he even said it with his full chest, and the hordes of his fellow yoruba zombies will digest this bullcrap..

trying to measure up with the Igbos have really dealt with their fractured ego.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by walefresh3(m): 9:27am On Nov 23, 2021
unshakablejihad:



did this idiot just say yoruba fourth richest in the usa. hahahahahahahahaha wat a slum dwelling pig. u could have prayed for a yoruba man to make it on top 100 in the usa.. the dundee u even quoted will believe this your sycophantic lie of your's. dumbo.
are u programmed to be mumu... He said the fourth black richest in America....

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by unshakablejihad: 9:33am On Nov 23, 2021
walefresh3:
are u programmed to be mumu... He said the fourth black richest in America....

stop being an ass hole. they are only 7 black billionaires in america and their is no yoruba man on the list.

https://www.businessinsider.com/black-billionaires-in-the-united-states-2020-2
Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Ttalk: 9:33am On Nov 23, 2021
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Ignorant you real need to visit Igbo land cure your empty brain, the second most built up and densely populated state in Nigeria after Lagos is Anambra with morden structures not Oyo that mud houses littered every nooks and crannies

Your capital city Awka is so tiny and not urban in any standard. Onitsha is another tiny city with more slum

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 9:42am On Nov 23, 2021
Ttalk:


Your capital city Awka is so tiny and not urban in any standard. Onitsha is another tiny city with more slum

Anambra is built up as a state not Just Awka, Dumbo use satellite Google map to see the landscape, outside Ibadan in Oyo others areas are evil forests

Anambra parameter is 355km, Area is 4730km

Ibadan parameter is 89.9km, Area is 520km

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Daveconsult007: 9:55am On Nov 23, 2021
busybiz:


Have you seen old buildings in GRAs before.They will be minimal if there are.They mostly have state of the art buildings.Ibadan has old buildings because it had always been more developed than the whole Igboland.You were living in huts when Ibadan had the most beautiful houses in Nigeria then.I have been to Igboland and seen that the most developed is tiny Onitsha.Around Obosi-Nkpor area.Ibadan city only has more than 10 GRAs and more infrastructures than the entire Igboland.



Sorry to interrupt.


But Igbos have one of the Finest rural areas in this continent.
Most of their rural areas are becoming urban areas.

I have been on road trips through a lot of west and Central African countries and I can't tell you that their rural areas or villages are one of the Finest around

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Igboid: 10:24am On Nov 23, 2021
delivered as usual.
Nnaa, onye welu gi, welu mmadu.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by KoshCAD: 1:50pm On Nov 23, 2021
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Low IQ I guess it was written by ignorant Yoruba man, you are mentioning leading IT firms in Nigeria, the dumb mind forgot to mention Valentine Obi Founder of etrazact, Austin Okere the founder of CWG plc, Leo Stan Ekeh of Zinox group, Nnamdi Ekeh of Konga.com, Bright Echefu Founder and CEO of TSTV Africa, Ndubisi Ekekwe inventor, engineer, author, and entrepreneur, He is the founder of First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics West Africa's leading embedded systems company, ignorant minds from waste
Hahahahaha, they mentioned people that matters, do you think all the yoruba names they mentioned there are the only yorubas into IT.

You see how low you are, leading what hahahahaha. Who made those janjawid ones you mentioned a leading IT firm hahahahaha.

Is zinox bigger than Globacom kikikikik, it is not even men6

Can you go and fight those that listed those names out.

In that list, Tayo Ogundipe, the founder of Solo not there o.

Olalekan Olude of jobberman.

Never forget our own Seun Osewa of Nairaland not mentioned.


Hahahahaha, you see where I said this guy dull chai, when this Nnamdi ekeh own konga.com, so you want to claim a tech company own and founded by
Sim shagaya. Are you this despicable and desperate kikikiki. And your fellow OSU zombies will be jumping kakaka grin

So in a bid to feel among, you have to claim a company owned by another man from another tribe.

Your Nnamdi ekeh was only employed by owner that is paying him salaries grin

I dey shame for you. Spit.

Ignorant mind from sad beast.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by KoshCAD: 1:51pm On Nov 23, 2021
Igboid:
delivered as usual.
Nnaa, onye welu gi, welu mmadu.
Delivered what, by claiming a company owned and founded by sim shagaya hahahahaha, single shame, una no get.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by KoshCAD: 1:53pm On Nov 23, 2021
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Anambra is built up as a state not Just Awka, Dumbo use satellite Google map to see the landscape, outside Ibadan in Oyo others areas are evil forests

Anambra parameter is 355km, Area is 4730km

Ibadan parameter is 89.9km, Area is 520km
Shame is comparing a whole anambra a state, to Ibadan, a local government hahahahaha.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 2:20pm On Nov 23, 2021
KoshCAD:
Shame is comparing a whole anambra a state, to Ibadan, a local government hahahahaha.
Anambra is urbanised with morden structures, second most densely populated state in Nigeria, Ibadan which is only largely urbanised area in Oyo is 94% cover by dilapidated buildings and slums, Ogbomoso is rubbish area within Oyo

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Orangedreams: 4:03pm On Nov 23, 2021
ArewaNorth:



We won't let them go because, they're the people who insisted on this structure that everyone is complaining must enjoy the fruit of their labour.
Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central government because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then but some ignorant or selfish people limit their accusations to only Abdussalam Abubakar constitution that give birth to current democratic govt. Today, they're shouting restructuring that they helped to destroy. We won’t forget.”*.

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation.
However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914.
Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended.
To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.
But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions. He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.
After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future. According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance. But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria. At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution. While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe
Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.
It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.
Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe.
As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here is a quote:
"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"



As much as I find your write up very correct, o what is the way forward?
Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Midastorch(m): 5:15pm On Nov 23, 2021
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Psych grin

Lol....Maybe mentioning Uzu of Umudioka or Chinedu CSO from Amichi will make you think twice.....Social media is not faceless as we think it is...

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by KoshCAD: 5:18pm On Nov 23, 2021
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Anambra is urbanised with morden structures, second most densely populated state in Nigeria, Ibadan which is only largely urbanised area in Oyo is 94% cover by dilapidated buildings and slums, Ogbomoso is rubbish area within Oyo
Which of the anambra are you talking about that is urbanised hahahahaha.

Don't start what you cannot finish, I don't have strength to post pictures to destroy your lies.


And why were you trying to claim konga.com to your beother as the founder cheesy

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Ttalk: 5:26pm On Nov 23, 2021
KoshCAD:
Which of the anambra are you talking about that is urbanised hahahahaha.

Don't start what you cannot finish, I don't have strength to post pictures to destroy your lies.


And why were you trying to claim konga.com to your beother as the founder cheesy


The whole urban area in Anambra is not up to Festac. The dude is daydreaming
Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 5:32pm On Nov 23, 2021
KoshCAD:
Which of the anambra are you talking about that is urbanised hahahahaha.

Don't start what you cannot finish, I don't have strength to post pictures to destroy your lies.


And why were you trying to claim konga.com to your beother as the founder cheesy
grin grin

Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Kinematics: 5:56pm On Nov 23, 2021
post=107889641:

Anambra is urbanised with morden structures, second most densely populated state in Nigeria, Ibadan which is only largely urbanised area in Oyo is 94% cover by dilapidated buildings and slums, Ogbomoso is rubbish area within Oyo



The highlighted too is a reason to brag? With the 2nd smallest landmass in the country what do you expect?


We get too many comedians on nairaland.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by busybiz: 5:31am On Nov 24, 2021
unshakablejihad:



did this idiot just say yoruba fourth richest in the usa. hahahahahahahahaha wat a slum dwelling pig. u could have prayed for a yoruba man to make it on top 100 in the usa.. the dundee u even quoted will believe this your sycophantic lie of your's. dumbo.

Mumu.You are. shocked

You poverty stricken Igbos have always tried to measure up to the rich and superior Yoruba people cheesy grin but woefully failed everytime.
If person pass you,know say him pass you be dat.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifeandtimesnews.com/nigerias-kase-lawal-with-a-net-worth-of-3-billion-is-americas-4th-richest-black-person/amp/

With a net-worth of over three billion dollars ($3 Billion+) Nigerian born oil and Gas baron, Kase Lawal comes after David Steward, Oprah Winfery and Robert Smith as the fourth richest black person in America

While other major oil companies have dominated the news for everything from overpaid-CEOs to accounting scandals, Kase L. Lawal has been quietly building a gas and oil empire. Nigerian-born Lawal is CEO and chairman of Camac Holdings Inc., an oil and gas exploration and refining company based in Houston, Texas. Since 1986, with a combination of hardcore business sensibilities and extensive African contacts, Lawal has built his family-owned firm into a billion-dollar business. Ranked number one in 2002 and 2003 on Black Enterprise’sprestigious list of the top 100 black-owned firms in America, Camac Holdings had offices throughout the world and employed over 1000 people. Lawal’s success has spurred him to help open up the lucrative oil business—a traditionally white, male domain—to other people of color. “I want to encourage more blacks to get involved in the oil industry as entrepreneurs,” he told Black Enterprise. Left Africa to Launch Life in America

Kase Lukman Lawal was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, to a local politician and a textile trader. He told the Houston Chronicle that when he was growing up he always knew he would be a businessman though he was not sure what that business would be. Even as far away as Nigeria, the Civil Rights struggle in America rung loud and clear. Lawal was fascinated and wanted to be a part of it. So, as his siblings went off to study in England, Lawal made plans to attend a university in the United States. “My father was absolutely opposed to me coming to America,”Lawal told the Houston Chronicle. “He feared for my safety and thought it would be hard for me to adjust to the American way of education.”

embarassed



STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Lawal moved to America in 1971
CAMAC was established by Lawal in 1986 as an agricultural trading company
Now CAMAC is a multi-billion dollar oil empire
Lawal was awarded the USAfrica Business Person of the Year in 1997
(CNN) -- Nigerian-born entrepreneur Kase Lawal is the epitome of the American dream. Arriving to the US a young, idealistic student, Lawal has carved a name for himself in one of the most competitive industries in the world: Oil.

Now head of a multi-billion dollar empire, his Houston-based company, CAMAC, is one of the largest black-owned businesses in the U.S., generating over $2 billion dollars a year.

Founded nearly 25 years ago, Lawal built CAMAC (which stands for Cameroon-American) from a small agriculture business into a global oil company. But it's taken a lot of hard work, determination and guts to get him to the top.

Born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1954, Lawal became interested in America and its civil rights movement during his teens. After finally persuading his father, a local politician, to send him to university in America, Lawal headed to Georgia and then Houston, where he attended the Texas Southern University.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 1976, Lawal, like many of his classmates, started out as a graduate in the energy industry. First as a chemist for Dresser Industries (now Halliburton) and then as a chemical engineer with Shell Oil Refining Co.

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Re: These States Ranked High In IGR aslo Ranked Low In Fiscal Performance, High Debt by Anambra1stSon(m): 5:44am On Nov 24, 2021
busybiz:


Mumu.You are. shocked

You poverty stricken Igbos have always tried to measure up to the rich and superior Yoruba people cheesy grin but woefully failed everytime.
If person pass you,know say him pass you be dat.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifeandtimesnews.com/nigerias-kase-lawal-with-a-net-worth-of-3-billion-is-americas-4th-richest-black-person/amp/

With a net-worth of over three billion dollars ($3 Billion+) Nigerian born oil and Gas baron, Kase Lawal comes after David Steward, Oprah Winfery and Robert Smith as the fourth richest black person in America

While other major oil companies have dominated the news for everything from overpaid-CEOs to accounting scandals, Kase L. Lawal has been quietly building a gas and oil empire. Nigerian-born Lawal is CEO and chairman of Camac Holdings Inc., an oil and gas exploration and refining company based in Houston, Texas. Since 1986, with a combination of hardcore business sensibilities and extensive African contacts, Lawal has built his family-owned firm into a billion-dollar business. Ranked number one in 2002 and 2003 on Black Enterprise’sprestigious list of the top 100 black-owned firms in America, Camac Holdings had offices throughout the world and employed over 1000 people. Lawal’s success has spurred him to help open up the lucrative oil business—a traditionally white, male domain—to other people of color. “I want to encourage more blacks to get involved in the oil industry as entrepreneurs,” he told Black Enterprise. Left Africa to Launch Life in America

Kase Lukman Lawal was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, to a local politician and a textile trader. He told the Houston Chronicle that when he was growing up he always knew he would be a businessman though he was not sure what that business would be. Even as far away as Nigeria, the Civil Rights struggle in America rung loud and clear. Lawal was fascinated and wanted to be a part of it. So, as his siblings went off to study in England, Lawal made plans to attend a university in the United States. “My father was absolutely opposed to me coming to America,”Lawal told the Houston Chronicle. “He feared for my safety and thought it would be hard for me to adjust to the American way of education.”

embarassed



STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Lawal moved to America in 1971
CAMAC was established by Lawal in 1986 as an agricultural trading company
Now CAMAC is a multi-billion dollar oil empire
Lawal was awarded the USAfrica Business Person of the Year in 1997
(CNN) -- Nigerian-born entrepreneur Kase Lawal is the epitome of the American dream. Arriving to the US a young, idealistic student, Lawal has carved a name for himself in one of the most competitive industries in the world: Oil.

Now head of a multi-billion dollar empire, his Houston-based company, CAMAC, is one of the largest black-owned businesses in the U.S., generating over $2 billion dollars a year.

Founded nearly 25 years ago, Lawal built CAMAC (which stands for Cameroon-American) from a small agriculture business into a global oil company. But it's taken a lot of hard work, determination and guts to get him to the top.

Born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1954, Lawal became interested in America and its civil rights movement during his teens. After finally persuading his father, a local politician, to send him to university in America, Lawal headed to Georgia and then Houston, where he attended the Texas Southern University.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 1976, Lawal, like many of his classmates, started out as a graduate in the energy industry. First as a chemist for Dresser Industries (now Halliburton) and then as a chemical engineer with Shell Oil Refining Co.
Just imagine the nonsense you are posting , serious ewdu has dealt with you guys brain

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