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Ideas Rule The World They Say, However, In Nigeria Money Rules Our World. Naturally Anybody Can Come Up With a Great Idea That Can Change The Fortune Of a Nation For Good. Yes, Anybody, The Rich, The Poor, The Educated, The Uneducated, The Believer, The Unbeliever, The Young, The Old, Male , Female, Tall And Short, Just About Anybody Can Generate Good Ideas.

However, This Is Not The Case In Nigeria Where Only The Rich And Famous Are Believed To Have The Best Opinions And Ideas. In Nigeria a Poor Man’s Opinion Has No Value And Always Regarded As Toxic And Most Of The Time No Body Cares To Listen To a Poor Man No Matter What He Has To Say.

In My Drive To Sale What I Call One Of The Best Business Ideas Ever Created That Would Provide Food For Millions Of Hungry Nigerians, Produce Wealthy Individuals, Employ Millions Of Nigerians And Proffer Solutions To The Escalating Problems Of Insecurity In Nigeria, I Had A Meeting With One Of Our Billionaires That Are Seen Everyday On The Social Media Displaying Wealth.

A Personality Briefed Him About My Idea And a Meeting Was Scheduled At Protea Hotel. On Arrival At The Venue We Met Our Prospective Billionaire Business Partner Positioned Watching Us Alight From The Car. As We Stepped In We Met Him In a Rather Moody Posture.

We Opened Up Conversation Of The Day, I And My Colleague Got The Worst Humiliation And Embarrassment Of Our Lives. Our Prospective Billionaire Partner Didn’t a Mince Word In Telling Us That He Can’t Do Business With Us Because He Expected Us To Come With Fleet Of Range Rover Suvs And Wearing Designer Clothes, Nothing We Could Say To Get His Attention, In Fact He Has To Walk Out On Us.

This Is One Out Of Other Similar Ugly Experiences I Have Encountered In My Endeavour To Sale An Innovative Business Idea. I Have Met With Bank Executives, Businessmen, Pastors, Celebrities Among Others Who From a Distance Embrace The Idea Only To Chicken Out On Discovering That The Initiator Of The Idea Is a Poor Nigerian.

Now, It Beat My Imagination And I Ask, Is Good Ideas And Opinions The Exclusive Of The Rich And Mighty?