Elijah Adebero
BBNaija star and artiste, Hazel Onou, popularly known as Whitemoney, has underscored the importance of self motivation.
According to him, his experience, rising against adversity to get to the top, has taught him so.
This is as he opened up on his plans as he bagged a new chieftaincy title recently.
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White Money is now the ‘Ugwù ndi Igbo’ which means ‘The Pride Of Igbos’.
Speaking about the title, he says he knows that a lot of youths look up to him and so he intends to use his position to influence them positively.
The businessman adds an interview with Midweek Entertainment:
“I intend to use my title and position as ńwà àfòr Igbo to positively influence the youths in my community.
I will actively engage and mentor them as much as possible because I understand that so many of them look up to me.
“They were inspired to confer me with the chieftaincy title as the Pride of Igbos in Lagos State because of how I generally promote and uphold the values of the Igbo culture.
“They believe that I am a good fit and a role model to the Igbo youths in my community because of how I faced hardship while growing up and how I was able to persevere positively with hard work, God and determination.
“Everyone knows how particular I am about my culture, so it was only right to add a title to it in Lagos State by my community.
I’ve learnt that all that glitters is not gold and that no one can be there for you and inspire you more than yourself.”
On Monday, after being honoured, an excited White Money wrote on IG:
“First of all, our people say when a child washes his hands well, he may sit with elders.
Another title added: UGWU NDIGBO’ i.e ‘THE PRIDE OF IGBOS’.
“It was another humbling moment for me last Saturday as I was conferred as ‘UGWU NDIGBO’ by the Igbo speaking community, Lagos State.”
