“I Don’t Want My Children With Shade To Fail Like Their Senior Ones” – Razaq Okoya

<h4>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Don’t Want My Children With Shade To Fail Like Their Senior Ones”<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Razaq Okoya&comma; the 79-year-old chairman of Eleganza Group&comma; stated in an interview&comma; widely reported around February 23–24&comma; 2026&comma; that he is mentoring his younger children &lpar;with his wife Shade Okoya&rpar; for successorship to ensure they do not fail like their older siblings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The remarks were widely shared on platforms like Instagram and Facebook&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian billionaire&comma; in sharing his vision for his younger children with Shade&comma; emphasized that he wants them to succeed where some older siblings did not&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;33978" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-33978" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-33978" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;02&sol;ELEGANZA-BOSS-AND-DAUGHTER-300x171&period;webp" alt&equals;"&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Don’t Want My Children With Shade To Fail Like Their Senior Ones” – Razaq Okoya" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"171" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-33978" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em>Rasaq Okoya with one of his daughters&comma; Rasheeda<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>He explained how he is preparing them to take over his business empire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They hold the future&period; 79 years old&comma; I have to pass it on to them&period; I don’t want them to fail like their senior ones&period; Number one is the experience&period; Number two&comma; they have to learn how to be focused&comma; honest&comma; determined and punctual&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Okoya said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He revealed that even though one of his daughters is studying in Europe&comma; she is regularly brought home to see the family business firsthand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of my daughters has been training in Europe&comma; but it has to be local ideas&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We take her to the factory to see what we are doing&period; But that’s a different level playing ground&period; We already have everything for them here&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We’re going to build everything for ourselves&period; I have to know your people&comma; so we bring her home regularly to see what we’re doing and how to be done&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Okoya credited <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Shade<&sol;a> for being the driving force behind the empire&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Shade was the one who consolidated my empire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;33979" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-33979" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-33979" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;02&sol;Folashade-Okoya-300x225&period;gif" alt&equals;"&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Don’t Want My Children With Shade To Fail Like Their Senior Ones” – Razaq Okoya" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-33979" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Mrs Shade Okoya<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>She walked in and solidified everything you see today… Shade goes to the factory by 7am and comes back by 7pm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She is in charge of everything you see in Eleganza… Shade decorates my home and maintains it&period; I don’t know how she does it&period; I just walk in and see my home like this&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On keeping the company in the family&comma; he added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I will never take my company public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I will keep it in the family&period; My eldest daughter &lpar;by Shade&rpar; is schooling in Europe&comma; but Shade and I bring her to Nigeria to see how the business works so she can take over…I hope she will not make a mistake like other children&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;