The aspiration of everyone is to build a successful future for himself or herself. I have been asking children about their careers, none of them have told me that they want to remain poor. One day, I was teaching and I asked a question, the question was- what would you do for your hometown if you became a successful and wealthy man?
One of the participants raised his hand up, “Sir, I will build a company in my hometown.”
Why do you want to Build A company in your Hometown despite urban areas in the countries that can patronize your business?
“I will look for the raw materials in my hometown, then process those raw materials into good products and transport them to the city and urban areas. We buy products from every part of the country- phones, computers, cars and many more. Therefore, location was not the problem, ideas and resources were the biggest problems.” - Ganiu
I was amazed with his answer because I didn't expect such an awesome answer from him, and since then, I have made him my friend.
His answer opened up my mind, and I began to think about when I was in my homeland. When I was in my hometown, I saw some villagers that worked as laborers for some rich men in my region. Some of them did menial jobs to earn a living such as security, Gardners, and cook. I was a child but understood the kind of job they were doing; I began to have a vision of doing something for my hometown that would make life easy for them.
I left my hometown for another place, and I didn't remember the vision I had.
I traveled to my hometown during the festive period; after spending 24 hours in, the vision came back to me.
When I was an undergraduate, one of my uncles retired and I advised him to use his money to create a sustainable business. He asked “what business do you think is sustainable?” Sir, you can start with the ‘Block industry’ business. “Why do you think block industry is the best?”
I believe that more people are building houses, and this is how it will continue: if you look at our environment, they go to far places to get blocks or mold their blocks. “Alright, I will think about it.”
After a week he called to come home, we discussed the best place, and he called some people to confirm the amount he will spend for everything. 3 weeks later he got everything and set it up.
Today, he did not only have a block industry, he's a dealer in building materials today. He also has 3 trucks to convey building materials and 2 tippers.
I just realized that I am achieving my plan to build my hometown; though, I’m not the owner but my idea worked.
I have a plan that my first company will be built in my hometown to create jobs for jobseekers and also increase the economy of the area.
What I would like to save right now to remind my future self of something good is to save my vision of building a successful future in my homeland. I believe I’m not the only person that will remember it if it works out as I planned. The residents and workers will also benefit from it and also remember it for good.
Whenever I see people boarding buses and cars to their offices, it reminds me of my vision to do the same thing in my hometown. It is a joy for me to remember someone for the good deed he has done in his lifetime.