19/08/2026
On BU$I₦£$$ DIG£$T this morning, August 19, 2026
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THIS IS HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE
This will benefit every individual who takes this model seriously.
California is a state in the USA with about 39 million people.
Yet California’s economy generates about $4.25 trillion in GDP. That’s over 14 times bigger than the GDP of Nigeria with over 200million people.
If you ask an average Californian that: “What do I need to do in life to have money?”
Whether the person works at Google, Apple, Oracle, Chevron, Amazon, Adobe, Disney, Cisco, Target, Deloitte or runs their own business, the answer is likely to revolve around something very simple:
Create Value!
How then can value be created?
¹♣︎Render a quality service.
²♣︎Produce something people are willing to pay for.
³♣︎Build a profitable business.
⁴♣︎Own productive assets.
⁵♣︎Invest your money.
Whether you are in the United States, China, Japan, South Korea or Europe, when it comes having money, the fundamental principle remains the same: Money is an economic matter.
We cannot continuously pray, wish or wait your way into sustainable wealth without creating economic value somewhere along the line. It is 💯% impossible.
And this is where we need to do better in Africa.
We have to stop teaching young people to interpret every financial problem primarily through the lens of a financial miracle. Our continent will continue to struggle for as long as we keep teaching that.
There is nothing wrong with prayer or faith. I love both.
But prayer is not a substitute for economic productivity.
Presently, Africa is the poorest continent in the world, and Nigeria is the second country in the world with the highest number of extremely poor people (surpassed only by India). Is it because we lack prayer or faith? No! It’s because we lack economic productivity.
No! It is because we have serious economic and productivity challenges.
So, any religious or “spiritual” person who thinks or teaches that the chronic level of poverty experienced by the average African or Nigerian will be solved primarily through financial miracles is hallucinating.
We must start telling young Nigerians, and young Africans the economic truth which are below:
◆If you want more money, learn something valuable.
◆If you want more income, provide something people need.
◆If you want to build wealth, save, invest, acquire productive assets and build businesses.
🛑Stop waiting for mysterious money.
🛑Stop waiting for someone to “remember you.”
🛑Stop believing that your financial breakthrough must come from somewhere outside the economic system.
❗Go and create value.
❗Build something.
❗Sell something.
❗Solve a problem.
❗Develop a skill.
❗Get a job.
❗Start a business.
❗Invest, and keep improving.
Because at the end of the day, sustainable wealth is not magic. It is economics. Pure economics at that!
That’s how God makes it to be: “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.”
We need to grow and expand our MSMEs vigorously in Nigeria and Africa.
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