Beauty expert and Tiannah’s Place Empire boss, Toyin Lawani has opened her book of lamentation on a day when Nigeria is celebrating her 60th Independence Anniversary.
The popular celebrity stylist took to her instagram page to lament.
She wrote; “As A Serial Entrepreneur who Runs 33 Businesses under her Roof, I can comfortably tell you, Nigeria is no place to Run a Business and succeed easily, you have to tie your wrapper well and open your eyes, no days off for you, if your staff are not trying to ruin you or the public, the government will.”
“When I wrote my Book @thebusinessmogulsguide, I put in all the failures I faced Running multiple businesses, But the fact is if I didn’t have my hands in many pies I won’t be as successful as I am today, Fashion is just my passion, it wouldnt have made me this successful today.”
“Nigeria frustrates your Businesses, you pay all sorts of bills u haven’t even heard before in your life to distract your business, I pay estimated nepa bills and I don’t even have a meter, Radio & tv fees, parking fees infront of your own compound na so dem commot my customer plate number o, if I start I won’t finish, once you are in the eye of the public and they see your Business Booming they come everyday to milk you, someone said A Land flowing with milk and honey.”
“Pls where is the milk, I want to suck milk ooo, This same Nigeria where Buisness moguls are fustrated daily, even when you go Abroad to source the key ingredients that makes your Business standout the government frustrate you while bringing them in, so they all your gain na to use bribe so them go allow you pass, you can’t even travel & come back with personal items now, you have to pay in your own country it’s extremely sad, we go through hell as Nigerians, how do you want them to respect us internationally when we are seen as fraudsters daily.”
“There are some of us that work extremely hard with no sleep, day and night so our kids can get by and have the best education, few of this government officials can’t even send their kids to a Nigerian public school but when they see people like us send our kids abroad for better education they start to insult, yet when I go abroad I always run back home cause I miss it, the food, the rush, the hustle, the vibe, no place like home I swear, But wish home wasn’t in darkness all the time.”
“INDEPENDENCE I WISH I COULD CELEBRATE”
