Saturday, 18 May 2013

PHOTO SATURDAY: Mr. Wood - Chinese Born, Nigerian Billionaire

Mr Wood. Nigeria, Lagos. 2007
Mr. Wood was born in Shanghai in 1948 and arrived in Nigeria at the end of the 70’s were he started an industrial empire that includes today about 15 factories with more then 1600 workers, construction companies, hotels and restaurants. He is an official adviser to the president and has obtained the title of
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African chief and the authorization to use police cars as his own which helps in the monstrous Lagos traffic jams. He uses as well the police as private bodyguards, like here on the construction site of 544 villas built at record speed on the Lekki peninsula near the headquarters of the Chevron oil company.

Can I still hear somebody making excuses why he/she cant "make it" in Naija?
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:50 pm GMT+1

    No mind dem dy tink say na 4 abrod tins dy happn.

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  2. Unknown6:06 pm GMT+1

    MY BROTHERS AND SISTER WHO WILL GIVE US THE CHANCE EVERYTHING IS CONNECTION IF THEY GIVE US THE CHANCE WHY WE WILL NOT MAKE IT.

    SEE THIS CHINA MAN ENJOING AFRICA . AFRICAN PRESIDENT SHAME ON YOU YOU PUT OUR POLICE IN DISGRACE BECAUSE THIS MAN HE CANNOT DREAM IN CHINA POLICE MAN TO PUT FOR HIM UMBRELLA PLS PLS I AM VERY VERY ANGRY

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  3. OLO7:35 pm GMT+1

    Foreigners are enjoying nigria more than the nigerians. shame on naija leaders. thank God i'm no more in naija. lliving my life now in canada.

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  4. Anonymous10:35 am GMT+1

    na wa o...at time when i think of what this foreigners do with our people in their country, i feel like crushing dem. na for only naija u go see oyinbo for passenger seat den naija man go dey drive dem. God help us o

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