Book on 100 Nigerian entrepreneurs for launch

THE congress hall of Transcorp Hilton hotel Abuja will on June 4 host a gathering of the general public as well as 500 successful Nigerian entrepreneurs to witness the presentation of a book titled, Entrepreneurship in Nigeria.Written by Mr. James Abiona, it is a compendium that emphasizes the many economic and business possibilities in Nigeria, an effort to present the true picture of a dynamitic nation Nigeria, to the outside world and to also woo Nigerians in the Diaspora back home.One of the chapters has highlighted the profiles of 100 outstanding entrepreneurs to give numerous examples to readers why they can also become success stories. The book also contains icons of national transformation, beautiful projects and places in Nigeria like the Obudu cattle ranch, Lagos Island, Abuja city gate, Calabar city gate, Transcorp Hilton Abuja and many other places.Abiona, at the press briefing said, his motivation for writing the book was to promote a cause, the alleviation of poverty and encouragement of job creation.  The book is to encourage them to see the possibilities where they think there are none after all, with all the challenges a lot of foreign companies move into Nigeria everyday and they make huge turnovers.Amina Ayuba, a Nigerian in Diaspora who just recently returned cited an example of being the only black with a white-collar job in a three-storey building with several offices. All the other blacks were doing the odd jobs like cleaning, washing plates etc even though some of them were graduates.The promoters and facilitators of the book, Sarah Davies, Jane Silas and Nana Yakubu, said the book if properly promoted was a powerful tool to create jobs and make our workforce internationally acceptable by all standards.Silas continuing on their behalf said, Nigerians were very resourceful people making marks of excellence all over the world. We belief in our country and we have a mandate to bring Nigerians in Diaspora back home. A lot of them she said, were stranded and could not come back home for various reasons among which are, shame, fear of the unknown and lack of a good landing framework that can help them settle down.As entrepreneurs, we belief that we should provide the enabling environment to bring back our brethren in Diaspora so that the Nigerian dream which is to develop Nigeria into a place where entrepreneurs thrive, that every Nigerian has and manifests entrepreneur skills and that citizens of Nigerian carrying a dignity that comes from the ability to create financial independence be achieved. 
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