The best marriage news in recent memories. Meet the Akpani couple. Their story is a reminder that as a married couple, you don’t need to put out the light of your partner for you to shine.
The wife owns Northwest Petroleum, and the husband owns Providus Bank. When the wife started Northwest Petroleum on a small scale 27 years ago, the husband supported her with capital and finance.
She started out supplying diesel to her church and homes in her neighborhood. The business expanded, and she became a bulk buyer, leasing petrol stations and distributing other refined petroleum products.
Two and a half decades later, the company now handles international oil trading and services deals worth millions of dollars and has multiple investments in the midstream and upstream sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Now possessing vast experience in the importation, supply, distribution, and storage of petroleum products, Northwest Petroleum is approved by the NNPC for the allocation and export of Nigerian crude oil and is actively involved in the official export.
Lately, the husband, who was running a mortgage bank, United Mortgage Bank, wanted to apply for a banking license. He tapped on the wife, who is now a billionaire, and the wife invested in what is known as Providus Bank today, of which her husband is the pioneer CEO.
Not only did she invest, but her company, Northwest Petroleum, is the biggest shareholder of the bank, with over 34% shareholding.
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