THE STORY EXPLAIN THE GLORY!
(Aliko Dangote (Africa's richest man
today) Encounter with God's Legend,
Arch. Bishop Benson Idahosa in the
early 90 s)
Aliko Dangote was born into a wealthy home in Kano. He got his
first-degree in Cairo, Egypt. He had
always loved trading , and reports
say he hawked sweets even as a
primary school child, even though his
family was wealthy. Dangote is really
a very humble person even by the
confessions of people who have
interacted with him.
But Dangote is not the only
hardworking Nigerian. He is not the
only humble person around. He is
probably not the most business
savvy in Africa. But he is certainly
the richest Blackman in the world.
His companies employ several
thousands of people directly – not to
mention , distributors, contractors
and other vendors who depend on
his businesses to thrive . Dangote is
a blessing to humanity.
There is no family in Nigeria today
that does not have a Dangote
product in their home. If it is not
sugar, then it is salt or the house
some Nigerians are living in was built
with a Dangote Cement. Everyone
has something to do with his
business, so like Job he earns a little
off everyone and that is the way to
get wealthy. Aliko Dangote is the 23
rd richest person in the world and is
said to be the second most powerful
African alive.
The question is how did Dangote
attain such a height?
Yes, you can' t take away his hard
work and business acumen, but that
is only the starting point. The answer
will not be found in the Forbes
Magazine or on Wikipedia. The
answer is in the verse of scripture; "If
you are willing and obedient you will
eat the good of the land." Isa 1: 19.
Sometime in the early 90 s, Aliko
Dangote had an encounter that set
his foot on the path of destiny.
Archbishop Benson Idahosa of
blessed memory had some guests
who needed to travel back urgently
from Benin City to Lagos to catch up
their flight to the United States.
Unfortunately by the time the
Archbishop took his guests to the
airport, they were told that the last
flight for the day was overbooked
and not a single seat was available.
As a matter of fact, the passengers
have boarded and were about to take
off. Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa
asked for the plane to be delayed a
few minutes and walked to the
tarmac where he was allowed to
address the passengers. He pleaded
with them about the desperate
situation of his guests and asked
that two persons should donate their
seats for his guests to get to Lagos.
Everyone in that plane who was a
Christian, not one of them bated an
eyelid. Some pretended to be asleep,
some pretended to be praying and
the man of God stood waiting.
From the back of the plane, a young
man asked the person sitting next to
him to get up and together they
vacated their seat for the American
visitors.
Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa stopped
him in the aisle of the plane and
asked,
“Youngman, what is your name and
what do you do?”
“My name is Dangote , Aliko Dangote
and this is my assistant . I am a
trader, a businessman.”
It was there and then, that Arch
Bishop Benson Idahosa prophesied
these powerful words over his life
“the World will get up for you.” He
prayed that God should take his
business beyond Africa and bless
him beyond measure.
Today, God has answered that
prayer. God destined that blessing for
someone seated in that plane that
evening. But there was a condition
attached to it –
Dangote' s wealth today was meant
for a Christian businessman who
was too proud, too fixated in his
mind to offer the men of God their
seat as requested by God's servant,
Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa of
blessed memory.
My question is, if you were there on
that plane, would you have taken the
blessing? Ponder To Be A Wonder!
- DrBenard Etta
