By Muyiwa Afolabi
Over the years avenues to wealth globally with mankind has transited from the era of hunting and subsistent farming, to industry to service delivery to information and now communication technology.
All through these seasons, men have made commendable effort to
acquire and grow wealth so as to apprehend a life of comfort, peace and
rest of mind. Many succeeded, however, many, many more failed at this
attempt.
Even today, many people, perhaps you also, have lovely dreams of becoming wealthy. Everyone wants to be comfortable at least, and truth be told, to be comfortable in Nigeria; you must be rich.
I’ve seen many buy books, attend seminars, study the lives of some
successful people, pray hard, and do all they know how, so as to break
the lack and insufficiency barrier.
Some succeeded and many more have failed and are still trying. Even some that are wealthy today became so based on luck or chance. They do not have an understanding or a guaranteed template on how to recreate their wealth should they accidentally lose everything.
Many of us hope to become wealthy based on speculative attempts, trial and error or perhaps a miracle.
Think with me this morning, why do we have so many professionals and
skilled people in Nigeria and yet many of them are not wealthy?
We have very hard working, brilliant, dedicated and intelligent
doctors, lawyers, architects, engineers, pharmacists, lecturers,
economists and the likes. And most are broke and struggling. They can
hardly make ends meet, some can’t even pay regular bills.
Why do we have so many skilled graduates even with masters’ degrees from overseas who are still struggling to become wealthy?
Why is the government under pressure to provide employment
opportunities for several youths?
