The Board of Directors, FASAB FOODS Nigeria Ltd, met for the first time since the company came into being.
The directors, Fidel Diyyo, Bashir Dan-Gusau and I met three days (October 25, 2018) ago at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja.
It may interest you to know that it was the first time Fidel and I met physically. We met on Facebook, muted the idea of the company, put together some money, got it registered at Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja and commenced production of our product. We had never seen each other till the product was out! Fidel, who I knew next to nothing about, kept on saying, "Come on, Ahmed, don't even say this is our first meeting. I feel I've known you all my life". I, myself, felt as happy as I'd found my long lost brother...
Now, Fidel who is an indigene of Niger Delta, Nigeria, grew up in Jos and is a Veterinary Doctor trained at Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria. He is also an entrepreneur.
He saw my post on Facebook seeking for funding for a guy who wanted to start a small scale industry for producing Maize Flour and seized on the idea. He offered to fund the project by asking me to link him up with the guy, which I did.
Just before they started, I also decided to join them as I was about to retire. Incidentally, my childhood friend and my primary school classmate, Bashir, overheard us on phone and got interested. He is a Retired Major in the Nigerian Army. So he, too, joined.
Together, our dream came true when we got a place and started the production of Maize Flour.
The name of the company, FASAB FOODS, is an acronym made out of our names:
F = Fidel
A = Ahmed
S = Sagir
A = Abdurrahman
B = Bashir
Isn't that how Nigerians should live and work together without bothering about where we came from or what religion we belong to?