By Obiabin Onukwugha
Real estate businessman, My-ACE China, popularly known as the Mayor of Housing, has stated that his company would be building the biggest estate and the best in Rivers State. According to China, the estate to be known as ‘Alesa Sustainable Smart City, is aimed at moving from brand perception to brand experience so as to move Rivers State to the next level.
China spoke at the 2024 DMOMA Awards in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at the weekend. The real estate businessman, who won several categories of the award, emphasised the need to position Rivers State in a positive light to attract investments.
He appealed to entrepreneurs not to be carried away by the old perception but to join the new way. “Position yourself because there is going to be a boom. People are rushing into Port Harcourt and new entrants may take the ground. Think expansion not contraction, think investment not divestment. Else, you miss it.
“It is no longer going to be business as usual, especially for land peddling and land grabbing. Try to grow up because tangible development is going to take over. It is no longer going to be who sells the most land but who develops the most houses. The housing deficit in the land requires effective land development strategies. Any serious land seller should grow into a housing developer because developments are going to be coming into Rivers State and a lot of people are coming into the state,” he said.
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China emphasised that people should also position themselves because all the foreign investments and local ones will take advantage of this influx. China also pointed out that there is need for more sponsorship of talents in Port Harcourt and the Niger Delta, saying what they lacked was support.
He stated: “The value of influx is coming, so prepare and take advantage. Be one of those that are big enough to take advantage. Remaining small will not be good but grow big in your products, in your services, because the market is going to grow big,” he said.
“There is more talent in Port Harcourt but there is more support in Lagos to artistes than in Port Harcourt. So, the top talents in Port Harcourt work 10 times harder than those in Lagos to attract sponsorship.”
“The Garden City has not been enjoying the best of media perception for some years now but this is the first time we have a governor committed to non-political bias in doing his work. He does not consider whether you are a member of his party or not before doing what is right.
“For the first time, we have a true father of the state to all, and he has been diligently following the blue print that stakeholders developed at the last Rivers Economic and Investment Summit, making sure he is doing it without political cronyism.”
He thanked the Board of Trustees of the DMOMA Awards Academy and the team of judges for awarding him with the Man of the Year, with his firm winning brand of the year, pointing out that the victory showed attention paid by the organisers to unveil the personality behind the corporate masquerade, not just focusing on the company.
