Nigerian businessman and industrialist, Cosmas Maduka, has fired back at nightlife entrepreneur Cubana Chief Priest following comments that compared him to top billionaires.
Recall that some months ago, the duo had clashed over the ‘Money na Water’ statement.
In a strongly worded response, Maduka dismissed what he described as “noise making with empty pocket,” stating that he would never equate himself with business magnates like Femi Otedola and Aliko Dangote.
Recalling his background, Maduka said he rose from humble beginnings with only a third-grade education, describing himself as a “street boy” who worked his way up to serve on the boards of two publicly quoted banks in Nigeria and as chairman of a credit committee.
He also noted that he was invited by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna and currently conducts business across five continents.
Maduka further revealed that in 2011, he set a personal goal to mentor and help create 1,000 billionaires in Nigeria, claiming that he has successfully mentored 67 individuals who have reached billionaire status.
He said in part …
“Noise making with empty pocket is a new currency. That’s what that means. He took me on and started saying I should never equate myself with Femi Otedola and the rest. I will never equate myself with Aliko and the rest of them. If they came from where I was coming from, they would have been much more successful people. Don’t measure me with a person whose father gave opportunity to go to school and have BSc or MSc. I am a street boy who came from ground zero and worked myself up to sit in two public quoted banks in Nigeria and a chairman of a credit committee. With my third grade education I was invited by United Nations industrial development in Vienna. I also do business in 5 continents of the world. In 2011, God put it in my heart to go out there and create a thousand billionaires in Nigeria. I have 67 of them I can count on my fingers who I have mentored and they have become billionaires.”
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