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The beginning is not always easy, especially when one does not have the wherewithal to start a business. However, taking a bold step to start may just be the springboard that makes the difference and shoots an individual to limelight.

Those where the words of the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sumptuous Meals Limited, Mr. Boniface Imo-Owo,

who after graduating as a food, catering and hotel management technologist at the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos, had to set up his own business.

He notes that in order to make his dream real, he had to first work to gather some experience. After then, I worked with Tastee Fried Chicken, I was there for a year and three months. I later decided to resign my appointment. My MD even asked me where I was going and I told her I did not know but that I felt I should do something for myself,�€ he said.

Starting up his own business, therefore, required deep reasoning, which translated his dream into reality.



According to him, I looked at the environment, I didn�€™t have the kind of resources to compete with all the big names in the eatery industry. I looked around the society and I discovered that there were people who were quite busy, business executives, bankers who were married, young ladies who were married and did not have time to cook for their husbands. So, I decided to explore that area.�€

He states, I went to one of the banks to explore. I met a few of them and discussed my proposal. I told them I knew they had problems, which bothered on issues about food and their husbands. I told them to allow me to deliver some meals to them at home. I said I would do that for a week and that was it.�€

He adds that after gathering some clients, he graduated to party services, which eventually paved the industrial catering, while the original concept remained at the background.

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