How An English Literature Graduate Becomes A Business Tycoon
#Humanity Who have thought that an English Literature graduate from the University of Benin will venture into manufacturing business man rather than creating a niche for himself in the realm of Literature? Truly, this is what exactly happened to Mr. Nzube Odina, the Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of Pomegranate Distributors and Company Limited, a food distribution outfit based in Abuja. In 2000, he obtained his first degree in English Literature from the University of Benin and thereafter, did his one year compulsory service to fatherland at the Central Bank of Nigeria. On completion of the youth service program, he worked with a furniture company in Abuja for about a year and some months and resigned because according to him, there was no job satisfaction, he wanted to do more. In a chat with a Vanguard correspondent, Ebele Orakpo, Mr.Odina bares his mind on the foray into manufacturing. Here is the excerpt. Launching out: “I started ...