A building contractor and entrepreneur, Mr. Musa Adeola Taoheed, has cautioned Nigerians against selling their properties to seek greener pasture abroad.

Musa said traveling abroad was for those who are ‘hopeless and jobless’ and not for those that are well to do.

He said he relocated from the United Kingdom to Nigeria after he realised there was abundant opportunities in the country than in abroad.

Speaking in an interview, Taoheed cautioned Nigerians against selling their property to travel overseas for greener pastures.

He said many professionals who left the country would not say the truth about their regrets of engaging in menial jobs abroad.

“I choose to relocate to Nigeria because I am passionate about the country. I believe the greatest opportunities are here because this is a developing country.

“There are a lot of things you can bring down and turn to money. There are ideas, experiences and other stuff that can become huge money here. When you looked at both sides, Nigeria remains the best.

“Look at the billionaires in Nigeria. The Dangotes, the Otedola, the Adenugas, they don’t live in abroad. They make their money here. If you know what you are doing and being focused consistently, with the right policies, nothing is impossible.”

On the effect of Tinubu policies, Musa said investors now have confidence in the country doing the stability in the forex market.

“For the grass to be green, someone has watered it. What Tinubu did was supposed to have been done more than 50 years ago. I mean the subsidy removal, unification of the exchange rate and others.

“People do not know that some politicians used to own companies on their laptop. They got dollars allocation at cheap rate from the CBN and go and sell it at the black market. On their bed, they make over N300m without doing anything. If you want to make money now, you must work hard.

“It would have been easy for Tinubu to continue in that trend. he would have been allocating dollars to his family, political associates and supporters but he choose not to follow that path. He does not have fear of re-election. He took the risk whether it would cost his re-election. And he is doing the right thing.

“His policies have started yielding results. Prices of food are coming down. Investors are coming into the country because the foreign exchange is stable. Investors know what they will get at the bank and at the black market. We must invest in ourselves before any investor can come. You have to carry your load yourself before others can come. Tinubu economy is doing well. He should do more by making loans available. There are a lot of people with beautiful ideas. They should not make the loan too cumbersome. The business itself can serve as collateral and properly monitored. Let people have access to loan, access to money so that they can do somehtine it. Government alone cannot employ everybody. In America and other places, there are cottage industries that employ people. Government must discourage the chase for white collar jobs.

“Tinubu has taken the bull by the horn. Past leaders did not dare what he did. Payment of subsidy festered corruption in the past. Those that used to collect free subsidy money now have to think of positive ways to create real jobs and engage people.

In the past, the governors don’t have money, they keep borrowing. But now they are offsetting their debt. When the tax reforms start yielding results, some governors will have more than N60bn. Everybody had to go back to hold governors accountable. Go to Ekiti State, the Governor will say it is because of Tinubu there are lots of flyover. There is now more money to work because of Tinubu.

“General Obasanjo had the audacity to seek a third term in office but no audacity to remove Fuel and Forex subsidies. President Tinubu didn’t just have the audacity to do it, but a willingness to take a bold risk removing subsidies during his first term.

That is unprecedented in the history of this country.”(The Nation)