{"id":14372,"date":"2019-01-06T08:29:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T08:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=14372"},"modified":"2019-01-06T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T08:29:45","slug":"opinion-capt-hosa-61-audacity-hugs-tenacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=14372","title":{"rendered":"(Opinion) Capt. Hosa @ 61: Audacity hugs tenacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sufuyan Ojeifo<\/strong>
\nFrom deep introspection, notable marathoner Billy Mills observed that, \u201cOur life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.\u201d This perspective speaks to the shared responsibility between the celestial and the terrestrial forces over the subject of life.
\nHis position shares a kindred context with Williams Shakespeare\u2019s. The classical poet, one of the greatest playwrights ever, in one of his literary works, described the world as a stage with men and women as actors and actresses, each playing his or her roles and exiting.
\nThe legacies left behind are products of human contemplations and actions – essential validations of life and times. Humans will be judged by posterity and God for what they do to positively impact society.
\nIt is therefore from the prism of Mills\u2019 perspective that I set out to view and construct a narrative that is celebratory of one of, perhaps, Nigeria\u2019s very few businessmen with the Midas touch; one who does not covet the limelight in the fashion of many in his genre but who philosophically hugs tenacity with audacity in exploratory ventures to create and project uncommon values, especially in difficult business terrains.
\nCaptain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, (Capt. Hosa, for short) continues to traverse many sectors of the economy, deploying the force of his prolific mind to interrogate the essential environment in his restless longing to identify problems and offer solutions through delivery of goods and services that are usually exclusive.
\nThat explicates the motivations behind the success stories of his flagship company – Ocean Marine Solutions Limited that is into\u00a0the provision of marine security and logistics; the multi-billion naira five-star hospitality icon, Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartment\u00a0in Asokoro District, Abuja; and the multi-billion naira Wells Hosa Green House Farms Limited in Benin.
\nRemarkably, Capt. Hosa takes pride in his commitment to excellence and this is reflective of Wells Carlton\u2019s architectural masterpiece, which, in absolute beauty, is worthy only of Ozymandias. He said it took him nine years to construct the epitome of sheer luxury. He could have completed it earlier, of course; but his painstaking and fastidious disposition to achieve inimitable excellence in form, shape and content of services by the hotel influenced the completion time; ditto for the greenhouse farms project.
\nThe farms\u2019 original plan was reworked in line with rising complexities and exigencies. The goal was clear from the outset: farms that meet global standards in the entire value chain of cultivation and harvesting.\u00a0 It is noteworthy that the business mogul decided to attach his name to the hotel and farms to create an overarching brand that benefits from his virtues of excellence and integrity.
\nHis declaration at the inauguration of the hotel in Abuja, by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, that he does not owe any bank a dime on the hotel and the farms, validated his audacity. The fascinating disclosure recalls the words of American singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan:\u00a0\u201cHow many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? \u2026 Yes, and how many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? …The answer, my friend, is blowing\u2019 in the wind\u2026.\u201d
\nThrough what further performance parameters can an intrepid investor be declared audacious? The answer is blowing in the wind. Standing on the dais for his speech delivered, ex tempore, on December 15, 2018, at the inauguration of the hotel, he had appropriated the audacity and tenacity of purpose that translated the possibilities into realities, in fidelity to the admonition of international speaker and best-selling author, Catrice M. Jackson – to \u201cstep into the spotlight and rock the brand of you.\u201d
\nBeyond his great business accomplishments, an unusual humility defines Capt. Hosa\u2019s essence. He might have read the Indian scientist and philosopher, Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya who, perceiving that courageous men can self-destruct in arrogance, appealed to the human sensibilities that \u201cour audacity must be rooted in our humility.\u201d
\nOverall, how Capt. Hosa\u2019s sharp focus has helped to accomplish so much in the last three decades after he retired as a commercial flight pilot and made a foray into business, beginning with Hosyln Ventures Nigeria Limited, a servicing company in the oil and gas sector, is amazing.\u00a0The company had the distinction of participating in the procurement of major engineering components for the Warri Refinery Turn-Around Maintenance in 1994.
\nCapt. Hosa also, among several other companies, oversees Hosyln Technologies Nigeria Limited, one of the first indigenous companies to execute engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in Nigeria; completed and commissioned the early production facility for Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) at Ajoki Oziengbe South Field, in 2001.
\nFor one who relishes his conquest in the air, sea and presently taking advantage of the vast potentialities on land with his array of huge investments, the rest, as they say, is history. A Prussian general and military theorist, who stressed the moral and political aspects of war, Carl Von Clausewitz, once said that \u201cif the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.\u201d
\nThrough his unassuming nature, Capt. Hosa has promoted a quiet life of charity; and, via his eleemosynary deeds, he has economically empowered many to live well, thus liberalizing the offering of a French enlightenment writer, Voltaire, that \u201cGod gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.\u201d\u00a0 He ensures that he lives well and that others also live well through his benevolence.
\nIn 2012, the American Congress conferred on him the \u201cAfrican Titan\u201d award for being a voice of the Niger Delta people through a movie that he, single-handed, sponsored titled: \u201cBlack November\u201d. His contribution to the promotion of peace and good governance as well as development of his constituency was outstanding and for which he was, in 2007, honoured with the Justice of the Peace (JP).
\nThe University of Benin conferred on him a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (Honoris Causa), in 2012.\u00a0 The Oba of Benin, in 2014, decorated him as a worthy ambassador of the ancient Benin kingdom.\u00a0 He was nominated as the Vanguard Businessman of the Year 2016.
\nGiven his resoluteness in the face of daunting business challenges and unstable operating environments, Captain Hosa\u2019s life deserves celebration.\u00a0 His perspicacity and patriotism in his commitment to the national interest as reflected in his company\u2019s (OMS) recovery, remediation, maintenance and security surveillance of the Escravos-Warri and Bonny-Port Harcourt pipeline segments deserve greater accolades.
\nThe OMS\u2019 intervention had since resulted in significant turnaround of the pipeline system from its once decrepit state in the past ten years to the current efficient and highly-utilised level.
\nAs Capt. Hosa marks his 61stbirthday on Monday, January 7, the eternal words of a Roman playwright of the old Latin period, Titus Plautus, resonate with a compelling clarity: \u201cLet us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.\u201d\u00a0Happy birthday, my big brother!
\n\u25aaMr. Ojeifo\u00a0is an Abuja-based journalist.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sufuyan Ojeifo From deep introspection, notable marathoner Billy Mills observed that, \u201cOur life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.\u201d This perspective speaks to the shared responsibility between the celestial and the terrestrial forces over the subject of life. His position shares […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5777],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}