Change your Views, Focus on Opportunities, Nigerians Urged

The Group Managing Director of the Genesis Group, Dr. Nnaeto Orazulike, has urged Nigerians to change their view about Nigeria and focus on the inherent opportunities in the nation.

Orazulike, who said this while speaking on behalf of the recipients of honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, noted that despite the bad news Nigerians spread about their nation, foreigners continue to establish new businesses or expand existing ones, “which is a pointer to the fact that there foreigners see opportunities in our economy while many of our people see doom and gloom. “We need to change our perception about our country and start looking at the opportunities and how to harness them,” said the Genesis boss at the Port Harcourt event, adding: “I am not saying that the challenges are not real, but beneath every challenge lies legitimate business opportunities. It was this desire that inspired the Genesis Group.” Orazulike frowned on some people’s penchant for focusing on the negatives about Nigeria and hyping them without looking at the positives. The businessman, who started his entrepreneurship with the Genesis Restaurant at the age of 21 years immediately after graduation from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, said his success was driven by his trust in God and belief in the opportunities in Nigeria.

According to him, “that one restaurant that opened its doors to customers in 1991 is what has given rise to the conglomerate of seven businesses in the Genesis Group. The Group now has interests in Restaurants, Hotels, Catering, Cinemas, Real Estate, Bakery/Confectioneries, Facilities Management and Lifestyle Centres employing over 2000 Nigerians”.