Nigeria: My Mother Started Me Off in Business - Rasaq Akanni Okoya

12 January 2008
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Lagos — Oluwanisola, that is Yoruba for, The Lord creates wealth.

This philosophy is not exactly in sync with the eternal gratitude Chief Razaq Akanni Okoya owes his mother. Again, it speaks volumes about the religious mien that pervades his entire life; a living in total surrender to the will of God. Okoya knows that if God didn't put it in his mother's heart, she may not have believed in him enough to start him off with the seed money that has grown into a mighty oak. Today, he is better known by his trade name, Eleganza; a name that has found its way into every Nigerian home in little tokens like flasks, food preservers, writing materials and sundry plastic products.

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