Okay, let me dream out loud. One of the plans I had in my mind when I was in Nigeria in 2015 and 2016, was to put pressure on Governor Adam Oshiomhole to buy back the facility from Pastor Oyakhilomen and I will run it and turn it over for profit within a year. And I had a similar plan for Bendel or Edo Brewery. Unfortunately, I didn't know that I wouldn't be meeting or having access to the Governor. So the elevator pitch I prepared down, specifically for Edo Brewery and Ewu Flour Mill, in America before leaving for Nigeria did not come to pass. And that's by the way.
What I have come to realize is that the leadership on the ground would readily gravitate toward the Chinese to manage the big businesses for them. Not that Edo State doesn't have competent hands or qualified indigenes to manage the industries, the truth though is that those who are in the position to search for competent hands or qualified candidates are always looking for stooges who are readily disposed to be subservient.
Look at Bendel Brewery, they don't know what to do with it and Guinness is coming out with different brands every now and then. Meanwhile, thousands of Edo indigenes are jobless. The demand for Ema flour is on the rise and a flour mill with a huge market (Edo, Ondo, Delta, Anambra, and Bayelsa States) was left in ruin, unutilized for years. Anyway, 2023 is around the corner.
Please, I am not complaining, I was prompted by Dr Chris's reference to the Chinese and big businesses.
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